Are violent movies still banned or cut these days?

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Manu7

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Back in the 70's & 80's violent movies were cut and sometimes banned altogether in the UK, is this still the case now? Are scenes from movies like the Saw series, Hostel, Devils Rejects cut?
 
Most of the extremely violent films are uncut now. Most modern films that are 12A sometimes have edits made to the soundtrack to reduce the impact noise in fight scenes.
 
From what I have noticed on the BBFC site is that very few films are cut and are only edited if the distributor wants a lower rating. For instance, The Matrix was going to be an 18, until Warner took a headbutt out of a scene and released it as a 15.

Last film to be edited to my knowledge was Beerfest as 8 seconRAB were cut to make it a 15 certificate.
 
Movies tend not to be banned anymore, but that's not to say that the system is perfect.

The BBFC has a more hanRAB-off approach nowadays, but there are several films that are still highly trimmed by distributors. The BBFC tend to work with filmmakers to ensure they get the ratings that they want/need...
 
Many of the films that were banned in the 80's during the video nasties era are now available uncut.
The Exorcist and Texas Chainsaw were passed in 1999,Straw Dogs followed about 3 or 4 years later.
The really controversial stuff is available but still cut:
I Spit On Your Grave cut by about 6 minutes
Last House On the Left cut by about 30 seconRAB
House ON the Edge of the Park cut by 12 minutes
Island of Death still cut by over 10 minutes

Classics like Death Wish and Zombie Flesheaters have only been passed fully uncut in the last year,while Driller Killer is also uncut along with SS Experiment Camp
 
Ichi the Killer which is a recent Japanese movie was cut according to the BBFC website which doesn't surprise me, I watched the uncut version and there were some really messed up scenes in that one:
 
As mentioned above, cuts will sometimes be made to secure a classification that will mean the film is more accessible.

For example, with the 2003 film Agent Cody Banks, the uncut film would have been given a '15' rating, effectively killing its chances of box office success. By removing a 7-second segment they secured a 12A rating and broadened the potential audience onsiderably.
 
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