"Continental Versions" of Horror Films
I find this a fascinating topic. I even thought there was a thread on the subject that I can't find, but since I can't find it, I'm starting my own. Basically, I'd like to know more about the whole...
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Thank goodness what happens on Voodoo Island stays on Voodoo Island. Though technically not Continental Versions, an awful lot of films seem to play in America in an altered state, making the full...
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Hey Hal! Regarding "Kill Bill Vol. 1", yes, the Japanese dvd release does in fact include the "House of Blue Light" seqeunce in full color (as well as various frames of additional gore and mayhem that...
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Sometimes, some gore was filmed specially for Continental versions, one of the best examples being "Corruption". In the domestic print (Great-Britain), Cushing murders a girl in her flat. The entire...
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To quote my own question: 7) Is it possible that some nude scenes were shot just for the producer's private reels? I got the following interesting answer from Mr. Tim Lucas: 7.) I have interviewed...
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The only specific instance I ever read of in which 'extra' nude scenes were shot was, of all things, a TV-movie. It was THE INITIATION OF SARAH, a TV horror flick from the late '70's. I don't know who...
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4) I've heard that Night of the Bloody Apes is basically like a Mexican "continental version", and that the tamed version no longer exists. Is it the only continental edit out there that is commonly...
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Nude scenes were also shot for Gene Rodenberry's 70's TV pilot SPECTRE -- the "nudie" version ran on cable a few years ago. Pretty mild stuff, several shots of topless female Satanists writhing during...
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BijouBob8mm wrote: And the full frontal nudity in EYES WIDE SHUT that was digitally replaced by, I think, a couch or something. And the shots of Al Hedison's leg getting bitten off and Anthony Zerbe's...
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HalLane wrote: Quote: 7) Is it possible that some nude scenes were shot just for the producer's private reels? It's my understanding that the actresses that were photographed nude for THE BRAIN THAT...
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According to the Tandra Quinn interview in the I Talked With A Zombie book, she shot a topless shower scene for one of her films (I believe it was Problem Girls), so it sounds like the practice was...
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I watch Jess Franco sometimes, and sometimes think that this was all done for his own perversions. I may be totally wrong on that, but, man, his stuff seems like more than just exploitation. He seems...
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I saw a theatrical American Werewolf In London in Mexico, there was a LOT of nudity included which I've missed in all home video presentations. And I really do miss it 'cause it was pretty hot stuff!...
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This question doesn't really go here, but I've never gotten an answer (or even very much guessing) about it. I've always wondered why I've never seen nudity, and seldom even anything really...
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"Continental Versions" go back (at least) to the 'thirties. Maurice Chevalier filmed many French-language versions of his movies, and in FOLIES BERGERE there was a shot of topless chorus girls in a...
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Regarding spy films, I've never seen prints of them that had any extended cuts, even if they were European-produced. While American studios actually filmed these "action versions" as they called them,...
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Doesn't the Italian cut of DOCTOR GOLDFOOT AND THE GIRL BOMBS feature more footage of those two stupid comedians than does 'our' version? I think I read about that in VW, once upon a time.
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Despite all the talk and stories, for years I thought that the continental/Japanese versions were mythical. Cut scenes could have been shot just so that they COULD get cut; the censors would pass by...
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lencandraw wrote: I often wonder if these versions are not a lot like the "director's cuts" of today. Usually full of extra padding that more often than not does nothing for the story. Oh, I...
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But I get it anyway, Tumak! Thanks for the laugh.
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