View Full Version : I can't believe it....
gorefreak
01-23-2006, 05:22 AM
I decided to buy some horror movies over the weekend so I found cool, unrated copies of "Night Of The Demons" and "Squirm", but the "Sleepaway Camp" box set.... I can't believe the "Sleep" series were actually censored versions! :( Thank God I looked at the back of the covers and saw the "R" rating and hopped online to investigate it and found out they were all cut. There was one of those generic 'double DVD' package that had 4 movies, one of which was "Sleepaway Camp 1". Runtime.... 88 minutes, the box-set, 84 minutes. That's a gonna account for a good chunk of gore and violence missing. The worst cut one is part 3. I think a whopping 5 to 6 minutes was missing due to heavy trimming of the death scenes. Although it was 'included as a deleted scenes' package as a still gallery?!
urgeok
01-23-2006, 05:28 AM
Originally posted by gorefreak
I decided to buy some horror movies over the weekend so I found cool, unrated copies of "Night Of The Demons" and "Squirm", but the "Sleepaway Camp" box set.... I can't believe the "Sleep" series were actually censored versions! :( Thank God I looked at the back of the covers and saw the "R" rating and hopped online to investigate it and found out they were all cut. There was one of those generic 'double DVD' package that had 4 movies, one of which was "Sleepaway Camp 1". Runtime.... 88 minutes, the box-set, 84 minutes. That's a gonna account for a good chunk of gore and violence missing. The worst cut one is part 3. I think a whopping 5 to 6 minutes was missing due to heavy trimming of the death scenes. Although it was 'included as a deleted scenes' package as a still gallery?!
when in doubt - stick with the Anchor Bay releases ..
zwoti
01-23-2006, 05:55 AM
or blue underground
urgeok
01-23-2006, 07:10 AM
Originally posted by zwoti
or blue underground
yeah, i like those guys too ..
hard to find around here though - i only have 5 titles or so ..
i read somewhere that chains like blockbuster and wal mart were pushing for all these cut films - its retail censorship in my mind.
urgeok
01-23-2006, 08:06 AM
blockbuster has christian roots ..
they had cut version specially made for them...
not sure if it still happens now or not ?
Originally posted by urgeok
blockbuster has christian roots ..
they had cut version specially made for them...
not sure if it still happens now or not ?
since they are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy let's hope not. i read a cool book called Veni Vidi Video about the birth of the video industry (rentals, etc.) - it was cool and made me sad at how corporate it has all become
Juicy Jon
01-23-2006, 08:12 AM
I bought A Tale of Two Sisters at walmart.. its rated R. Was it edited some?
urgeok
01-23-2006, 08:14 AM
i saw an unrated Betty Blue at walmart .. couldnt believe it.
next time i was there it had been pulled.
Elvis_Christ
01-23-2006, 03:56 PM
Umbrella Entertainment brings out excellent uncut versions aswell.
Blockbuster are scum.
The STE
01-23-2006, 04:05 PM
fuck Blockbuster, Hollywood Video's the place to rent from (in-store, at least. Netflix is still #1 for rental in general)
gorefreak
01-23-2006, 07:28 PM
Originally posted by urgeok
when in doubt - stick with the Anchor Bay releases ..
Dude! That's just it. The "Sleepaway" set was from Anchor Bay. And it's fucked up. At least 4 minutes is missing from part 1, and over 5 minutes missing from the sequels. And the bitch of it is, part 3 offers deleted gore scenes as lame ass movie stills?! :mad:
Originally posted by Zero
i read somewhere that chains like blockbuster and wal mart were pushing for all these cut films - its retail censorship in my mind.
Ehhh, I dunno.... believe it or not, one of the local Blockbusters actually has a DVD rental of "I Drink Your Blood" unrated. Yeah, threw me for a curve, too. :)
The problem is the friggin MPAA always seems to feel the need to get their dirty little fingers on all the gory horror VHS/DVD's and hack em to oblivion. :( The MPAA sucks.
gorefreak
01-24-2006, 05:03 PM
Guys, any other ideas? 'Blue Underground' has nothing even close to it. Any other media companies that might carry the uncut versions, either in a set or separately?
there was this guy on the corner of 5th and 31st - said his name was Julio, but might've lied - he had some unbelievable uncut shit . . . tell him Benito sent you