Driller Killer was never cut or banned by the BBFC. It was first submitted in 1999 (after Ferman had retired) in a pre-cut form, minus around 54 secs (length of cuts debatable) of edits to 3 of the murder scenes. When it was submitted a second time in 2002 the cuts were fully waived.
Salo was never passed for general release during Ferman's lifetime. He initially rejected it for cinema and, following a police raid during a showing of the film at a private cinema club, he prepared a special version of the film for club showings only to avoid a potential charge of gross indecency. This version was cut by 6 mins and had a descriptive prologue added to the movie with the accent on the history of De Sade & the town of Salo etc. The full uncut version was finally passed by Duval in 2000.
Man Bites Dog was indeed extremely lucky to get through unscathed, as was Romper Stomper. Ferman was very lenient with these for 1992. He also passed Bad Lieutenant uncut for cinema around the same time, though the video release coincided with the appalling Bulger case and was cut by just under 2 mins.
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