The Vipco Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

I have Star Crash Reaps.

On Betamax.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Beta was the biz.

[Nordicdusk]

Dose anyone have a link to which Vipco releases were uncut. A few pop up now and again in the second hand shop in town.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by nordicdusk

Dose anyone have a link to which Vipco releases were uncut. A few pop up now and again in the second hand shop in town.

Give Pete a PM. I'm sure he'll oblige.

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Give Pete a PM. I'm sure he'll oblige.

Will do Dem cheers.

[trebor8273]

What are these vipco releases like are they uncut and are they anygood ?

Stagefright
Werewolf of Washington
Grave of the vampire
Zombie holocaust
Zombie creeping flesh
mausoleum

[zane]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

What are these vipco releases like are they uncut and are they anygood ?

Stagefright

It has a full frame, solid transfer and is uncut.

[Pete]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

What are these vipco releases like are they uncut and are they anygood ?

Stagefright
Werewolf of Washington
Grave of the vampire
Zombie holocaust
Zombie creeping flesh
mausoleum

As Zane said, Stagefright is uncut and features a decent transfer. The later 'Beyond Terror' release is just a repack of this edition (in fact all the films mentioned here have been re-packaged by Beyond Terror, whoever they are)

Werewolf of Washington is uncut but the transfer is from VHS.

Grave of the Vampire is one of the worst looking DVD's I've ever seen and is cut.

Zombie Holocaust wasn't released by Vipco; It was originally put out by Stonevision, then re-released on their 'Dead of Night' collection which was a copy of Vipco's Screatime range. It was later re-issued on Cornerstone Media's 'Beyond Terror' label. I did have the Stonevision disc and it's uncut, the transfer is non-anamorphic and looks better than the R1 edition IMO.

Zombie Creeping Flesh has a decent non-anamorphic widescreen print and is uncut.

Mausoleum is another which was not a Vipco release. It was originally put out by 'Dark Vision', then on the 'Dead of Night' label and, like all of the above, was later gobbled up by 'Beyond Terror'. I haven't seen that disc so can't comment on it.

[Pete]

Originally Posted by nordicdusk

Dose anyone have a link to which Vipco releases were uncut. A few pop up now and again in the second hand shop in town.

Off the top of my head:

City of the Living Dead
The Beyond
Stagefright
Zombie Creeping Flesh
Zombie Flesh Eaters 3
The Zombie Dead (aka Burial Ground)
Rats Night of Terror
A Blade in the Dark
Shogun Assassin
The Bogeyman
Death Trap
The Slayer
The Burning (2nd release with skulls on cover)
Emanuelle in Prison
Violence in a Women's Prison
The Violent Professionals
Bronx Warriors
The New Barbarians
God Told Me To
House of Lost Souls
House of Witchcraft
Sweet House of Horrors
House of Clocks
Spookies
The Nostril Picker
Psychic Killer
Snowbeast
The Case of the Bloody Iris
Ghosthouse
Demons 3: The Ogre
Drive in Massacre
Vault of Horror
The Incredible Melting Man
And Now The Screaming Starts
Shockwaves
Drive In Massacre
The Deadly Spwan
Blood Camp Thatcher (aka Turkey Shoot)
Zombie Nosh (aka: Flesh Eater)
The Dungeon
Prozzie
Nightkill
The Claw

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Nordicdusk

Dose anyone have a link to which Vipco releases were uncut. A few pop up now and again in the second hand shop in town.

"Cut Versions!
Vipco released a great many films and, inevitably for a UK company specialising in Horror and Exploitation films, a good few were cut.

Here is a list of all their cut releases from 1992 up until they closed shop in 2007.

1992:
THE BEYOND - Cut cinema version (passed uncut in 2001)
BLOOD RAGE - (Unconfirmed) No BBFC cuts but I have heard rumours that this was cut.
THE BOGEYMAN (aka The Boogeyman) - 44 seconds cut by the BBFC. (all cuts were waived in 2000)
THE BURNING - pre cut but BBFC still removed a further 9 seconds (Passed uncut in 2002)
CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD - same as 1988 Elephant Video release (passed uncut in 2001)
DEATH TRAP (aka Eaten Alive) - 25 seconds cut by the BBFC (passed uncut in 2000)
DEATH WARMED UP - same cut print released by Medusa back in the 80's
EATEN ALIVE - Heavily cut cinema version which was missing 5mins 44 seconds.
PSYCHIC KILLER - No BBFC cuts but 8 seconds pre-cut to remove 'blood on breasts' - a real no-no at the time. (Released uncut in 2000)
SHOGUN ASSASSIN - Cut cinema version (passed uncut in 1999)
THE SLAYER - 14 seconds cut by BBFC (passed uncut in 2001)
ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS - Cut UK cinema verison (passed uncut in 2005)

1993
BLOOD CAMP THATCHER (aka Turkey Shoot) - 5mins 42 secs removed by BBFC (Passed uncut in 2003)
BLOODY MOON - 1min 20s removed by BBFC (Passed uncut in 2008)
GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE - Cut UK cinema version
THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY - Same as heavily cut Elephant Video release with additional cuts by Vipco. (Passed uncut in 2009)
HUMAN EXPERIMENTS (aka Strange Behaviour) - 26 seconds removed by BBFC
MIDNIGHT - No BBFC cuts but print submitted was already cut (Released uncut in 2011)
THE MUTILATOR - 26 seconds removed by BBFC
SEWAGE BABY - 2 seconds removed by BBFC
TERROR EYES - 9 seconds removed by BBFC
TORSO - 50 seconds removed by BBFC (Passed uncut in 2007)
ZOMBIE NOSH (aka Flesh Eaters) 1min 41 secs removed by BBFC (Passed uncut in 2003)

1994
NIGHT OF THE DEMON - 1min 41secs removed by BBFC
ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS (Widescreen re-issue) - Cut cinema version


1999
ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS - over a minute of previous cuts waived but still missing 27 seconds due to recent successful prosecution of uncut version


2000
THE BURNING - Same as 1992 VHS release
CANNIBAL FEROX - 6 seconds removed by BBFC in addition to the 6 mins pre cut by Vipco
EATEN ALIVE - Same as previous VHS release
THE MUTILATOR - Most previous cuts waived except for 7 seconds in which a girl has hook shoved between her legs
THE TOOLBOX MURDERS - 1m 46secs removed by BBFC in addition to pre-cuts made by Vipco

2001
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST - 5mins 44secs removed by BBFC
THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY - Most previous cuts waived aside from 33 seconds due to successful prosecution of Uncut verison a few years previously.
MOUNTAIN OF THE CANNIBAL GOD - 2mins 6secs removed by BBFC
PRANKS (aka The Dorm That Dripped Blood) - Print submitted was missing 10 seconds from the 'drill' murder

2002
THE BIG RACKET - 14 seconds removed by BBFC
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 2 (aka The Green Inferno) 11 seconds removed by BBFC
CANNIBAL FEROX 2 (aka Massacre in Dinosaur Valley) - 1min 54secs removed by BBFC. Also missing brief sex scene but this is not due to the BBFC.
HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK - 11mins 43secs removed by BBFC
ISLAND OF DEATH - 4mins 9secs cut by BBFC. Bonus interview with director also cut by 54seconds (passed uncut in 2010)
THE LAST HUNTER - Previous BBFC cuts waived but print submitted missing 30 seconds.
A MAN CALLED BLADE (aka Mannaja) - 6seconds removed by BBFC (Horsefalls)
THE NEW YORK RIPPER - 22secs removed by BBFC
ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS 2 (aka Zombie 3) - No BBFC cuts, but print missing pre-title sequence, brief scene of terrorist checking into hotel and short sequence showing girls praying for their sick friend

2003
BRONX WARRIORS 2 (aka Escape From the Bronx) - Previous BBFC cuts waived but print missing 15 seconds of footage (released uncut in 2009)

2004
BLOODY MOON - This had not been re-submitted to the BBFC, Vipco simply reissued the old cut version on to DVD.
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (16/9 re-issue) - Same as 2001 release
GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE - Cut UK cinema version
HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK - Bonus disc with CH re-issue, same cuts as before
NIGHT OF THE DEMON - This had not been re-submitted to the BBFC, Vipco simply reissued the old cut version on to DVD.

2005
THE BIG RACKET - re-issued in a double pack with The Violent Professionals; same cuts as before
BRONX WARRIORS 2 - Re-issued in a double pack with first Bronx Warriors; same as 2004 release

2006
GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE - cut cinema version re-issued as part of double pack with 'Flesh Eating Mothers'
NIGHT OF THE DEMON - re-issued in a double pack with 'Death Screams'; same cut version as 1994 & 2004 releases."

The VIPCO blog: Cut Versions!