The same debate wouldn't rage, as I'm sure most folk will acknowledge that the animal cruelty will have to go, it's not a debatable point as this is UK law - as the BBFC and Vince informed us, they consulted with the Home Office and the rules for cinema are applied to home video in regard to the Cinematograph Act.
However, the only UK DVD release was from Vipco, which was 4:3 and heavily cut - and not just the animal stuff, it's a practically bloodless film now. So if a version that was widescreen and reinstated the fake gore was released by Shameless, it would undoubtedly be a UK first, even if the animal violence is gone.
This is some of what's missing from the UK release, according to DVD Compare:
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◦R2 United Kingdom- Vipco - Yes, 06:06 min of cuts (Distributor pre-cut 6 mins, BBFC requested further 6 secs.) Cuts include (read at your own risk..):
- Removing most of the gore footage
- All elements of actual cannibalism ie: the cannibals picking at the dead bodies are removed, and when Zora Kerowa is killed, this edited version plays as though she has dissapeared, never once showing either the actual event or the aftermath of the famous "hooks through the breasts" death
- All but one of the animal deaths are missing, and the death of the pig appears trimmed
- Also cut, amongst others, is John Morghen's arm being lopped off
- The 2 castration scenes are cut
- John Morghen removing a natives eye with a knife is also cut
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I have little doubt that most, if not all, of the fake gore and violence would scrape through the BBFC these days. I think this is the point Vipco is driving at. I'm not saying it will sell truckloads - but if an even more unknown title like
New York Ripper can sell well, then there's hope for
Ferox.
