OVERALL: R1

R1 for the 1.66:1 OAR. Both R1 and R2 UK have significant but different extras; however, the UK image, while having some additional information at the side, is also stretched somewhat to give a resultant 1.78:1 AR. The 2015 German disc has an exclusive commentary but it is not English-friendly.

Cuts:
When originally submitted to the BBFC in 1971, the film had a running time of 88:39 mins and suffered unidentified cuts. The currently-available home video releases (which contain the longest available version of the film) run for 81:41 mins (PAL), which equates to a film-based running time of around 85:05 mins. Whilst Wayne Kinsey's 2007 book Hammer Films: The Elstree Studio Years claims that the film only suffered one cut (a 1s shot of hatpins in a woman's eye), according to information that Tim Lucas has published at his online blog and in Video Watchdog, the Network and Carlton DVDs may retain at least one other BBFC-imposed cut, to a scene in which a character's throat is slashed (see here). This information is TBC and under investigation; if you have any more information about the BBFC's original cuts to this film, please let us know via our forums.

The BBFC's information is available at this link.

One BBFC-imposed cut, to a shot of a hatpin in a woman's eye, was waived for the Carlton release in 2002. The shot is also intact on Network's DVD release.

In America, the film was released in a heavily-edited version; this version of the film, which has been released on videocassette (with an NTSC running time of 81:18 mins) is unavailable on DVD.

CUTS:

• R1 Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack America- Synapse Films - No cuts (85:08 NTSC)
• R2 Germany- Anolis/E-M-S - No cuts - FSK 18 version (81:39 PAL)
• R2 Limited Edition Germany- Anolis - No cuts - FSK 18 version (81:44 PAL)
• R2 Holland- MMP - No cuts (81:37 PAL)
• R2 Special Edition Italy- Sinister Film - No cuts (81:41 PAL)
• R2 Special Edition United Kingdom- Network - No cuts (81:41 PAL)
• R2 The Classic Horror Collection United Kingdom- Carlton Visual Entertainment - No cuts (81:41 PAL)

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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 27/03/04
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 09/01/22

UPDATE LOG:

05/08/13 : R1 added
19/02/13 : R2 Germany added
19/02/13 : R2 Italy added
09/01/22 : Dates, tagline, Holland.