Optimum / Studio Canal Thread - Page 24

Vampix · #**231** 9th June 2010, 03:13 PM

I have the Cinema Club DVD of Cannibal Apocalypse, minus 2 seconds of BBFC censored rat burning footage.Anyone know whether this minor cut will be restored for Optimum's release? If the BBFC can restore Inferno's mouse chomping scenes surely they could restore this cut too.

Pete · #**232** 9th June 2010, 04:00 PM

It's still cut.

Gojirosan · #**233** 9th June 2010, 05:11 PM

Without wanting to start another censorship bun fight, does anyone have an idea why Cannibal Apocalypse is cut for rat burning but Rats - Night Of Terror is not?

Is is simply a question of vicinity to the camera/focus of the shot? t's been many years since last I saw Cannibal Apocalypse and I can't remember the scene. The burning rat in Rats - NOT is not the focus of the shot in question.

Pete · #**234** 9th June 2010, 05:22 PM

I've always wondered about that. The treatment of the rats in Rats is appaling but the bbfc have never cut it, even though it's been confirmed by the cast and crew that the rats were deliberately harmed during the shoot. (apparently some of them complained but no one cared)

I don't think the shot in CA was intentional, I think the rat just got caught by the flames as it was running around.

The rat burning sequence in Wild Beasts is disgusting.

The Reaper Man@Cult Labs · #**235** 9th June 2010, 06:41 PM

They should have burned the big Roland Rat character at the end of RATS NIGHT OF TERROR.....

nick1982 · #**236** 10th June 2010, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Noir

Cannibal Apocalypse

You already know the technical characteristics of this dvd?
Will also have italian audio?

Is there any news??

thanks

The Reaper Man@Cult Labs · #**237** 10th June 2010, 08:37 PM

Mine should arrive tomorrow,I'll let you know.

kingofwitches666 · #**238** 2nd July 2010, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by vincenzo

That would be great. The two scenes to compare closely are the decapitation (possibly trimmed by 1-3 seconds) and the soldering iron torture scene. The BBFC list the cuts as 22 secs though they may not have been made at all.

Well finally after 2 months I managed to compared the decapitation & soldering iron torture scenes in The Exterminator between the Synergy release & the Optimum release.

I can honestly say the scenes looked identical on both. I think the decapitation scene is pretty much intact, both releases have the same fade out from the girl screaming as the soldering iron torture starts to the scene with Christopher George & Samantha Eggar in the park, so as far as I can tell both releases are the same version apart from the Synergy version being in Widescreen & having the original trailer as an extra.

wayfarer · #**239** 2nd July 2010, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by loops

Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue

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I reviewed that release here;

http://www.flash-bang-movie-reviews....ving_dead.html

I was disappointed that the release never mirrored that of the Blue Underground version, with a Blu-Ray and extras.

Splatterdragon73 · #**240** 2nd July 2010, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by kingofwitches666

Well finally after 2 months I managed to compared the decapitation & soldering iron torture scenes in The Exterminator between the Synergy release & the Optimum release.

I can honestly say the scenes looked identical on both. I think the decapitation scene is pretty much intact, both releases have the same fade out from the girl screaming as the soldering iron torture starts to the scene with Christopher George & Samantha Eggar in the park, so as far as I can tell both releases are the same version apart from the Synergy version being in Widescreen & having the original trailer as an extra.

Well said and my thoughts exactly.