
UK Censorship - Video Nasties Then And Now


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The DPP list of 'video nasties' was first made public in June 1983. The list was modified monthly as prosecutions failed or were dropped. In total 74 separate films appeared on the list at one time or another. Thirty-nine films were successfully prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act but some of these films have been subsequently cut and then approved for release by the BBFC.
Here is that list of 39 films with scans of the original UK VHS sleeves as they were back then along with details of any re-releases since those *dark* days.
ABSURD (1981,It.) (aka ROSSO SANGUE aka HORRIBLE aka THE MONSTER HUNTER) - Passed by the BBFC for a cinema release with 2m 32s cut in 1983 but has not had a home video/DVD release since.

ANTHROPOPHAGOUS THE BEAST (1980,It.) (aka ANTROPOHAGUS aka THE GRIM REAPER) - released with approximately 3m of pre-cuts in 2002

AXE (1977,US) (aka CALIFORNIA AXE MASSACRE aka LISA LISA) - re-released uncut in 2005

THE BEAST IN HEAT (1977,It.) (aka SS HELL CAMP aka SS EXPERIMENT CAMP 2) - Banned outright

BLOODBATH (1971,It.) (aka A BAY OF BLOOD aka TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE) - released with 43s cut in 1994

BLOOD FEAST (1963,US) - re-released uncut in 2005

BLOOD RITES (1969,US) (aka THE GHASTLY ONES) - Banned outright

BLOODY MOON (1980,Sp/WG.) (aka PRO FONDE TENEBRE aka COLEGIALAS VIOLADAS) - released with 1m 20s cut in 1993, released uncut November 2008

THE BURNING (1980,US) - re-released uncut in 2001

CANNIBAL APOCALYPSE (1980,It.) (aka CANNIBALS IN THE STREETS aka INVASION OF THE FLESH HUNTERS) - released with 2s cut in 2005

CANNIBAL FEROX (1981,It.) (aka MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLY aka WOMAN FROM DEEP RIVER) - released with approximately 5m of pre-cuts plus 6s of additional cuts in 2000

CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1979,It.) - released in 2001 with 5m 44s cut to remove all scenes of animal cruelty

CANNIBAL MAN (1972,Sp.) (aka LA SEMENA DEL ASESINO aka THE APARTMENT ON THE 13TH FLOOR) - released with 3s cut in 1993

DEVIL HUNTER (1980,Sp/WG) (aka SEXO CANIBAL) - Banned outright

DON'T GO IN THE WOODS (1980,US) (aka DON'T GO IN THE WOODS...ALONE!) - released uncut in 2007

DRILLER KILLER (1979,US) - released with cuts in 1999 - re-released uncut in 2002

EVILSPEAK (1981,US) - re-released uncut in 1999

EXPOSE (1975,GB) (aka THE HOUSE ON STRAW HILL aka TRAUMA) - re-released with approximately 30s cut in 2006

FACES OF DEATH (1979,US) - released with 2m 19s cut in 2003

FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE (1977,GB) (aka I HATE YOUR GUTS aka BLOODBATH AT 1313 FURY DRIVE) - Banned outright

FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN (1973,It/Fr.) - (aka ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN aka IL MOSTRO E IN TAVOLA... BARONE FRANKENSTEIN) - re-released uncut in 2006

FOREST OF FEAR (1979,US) (aka TOXIC ZOMBIES) - Banned outright

THE GESTAPO'S LAST ORGY (1977,It.) (aka L'ULTIMA ORGIA DEL III REICH) - Banned outright

THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY (1981,It.) (aka QUELLA VILLA ACCANTO AL CIMITERO) - re-released with 33s cut in 2001

HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK (1980,It.) (aka LA CASA SPERDUTA DEL PARCO) - released with 11m 43s cut in 2002

I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978,US) (aka DAY OF THE WOMAN) - released with 7m 2s cut in 2001

ISLAND OF DEATH (1975,Gr.) (aka ISLAND OF PERVERSION aka A CRAVING FOR LUST) - released with 4m 9s cut in 2002

THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972,US) (aka KRUG AND COMPANY aka SEX CRIME OF THE CENTURY) - passed uncut on the 17th March, 2008

LOVE CAMP 7 (1968,US) (aka CAMP 7: LAGER FEMMINILE aka CAMP SPECIAL NO.7) - Banned outright

MADHOUSE (1981,US) (aka THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL aka AND WHEN SHE WAS BAD) - released uncut in 2004

MARDI GRAS MASSACRE (1981,US) - Banned outright

NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES (1968,Mex) (aka HORROR Y SEXO aka GOMAR, THE HUMAN GORILLA) - released with approximately 1m of pre-cuts in 1999

NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1980,US) - released with 1m 41s cut in 1994

NIGHTMARES IN A DAMAGED BRAIN (1981,US) (aka NIGHTMARE aka BLOOD SPLASH) - re-released with pre-cuts in 2005

SNUFF (1976,Arg/US) (aka SLAUGHTER) - released uncut in 2003

SS EXPERIMENT CAMP (1976,It) (aka SS EXPERIMENT LOVE CAMP) - released uncut in 2005

TENEBRAE (1982,It) (aka TENBRE aka UNSANE) - re-released uncut in 2003

THE WEREWOLF AND THE YETI (1975,Sp) (aka NIGHT OF THE HOWLING BEAST) - Banned outright

ZOMBIE FLESH-EATERS (1979,It.) (aka ZOMBIE aka ISLAND OF THE LIVING DEAD) - re-released uncut in 2005

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