The Evil Dead - BBFC UK Video Edits (1990)

This video is a compilation of scenes that were drastically edited by the BBFC (British Board Of Film Classification) when The Evil Dead was re-released on VHS by Palace Video in 1990.

A brief bit of history for younger or non-British audiences: Evil Dead was targeted by the UK government as a "video nasty" in the mid-1980s and was the subject of various trials. Despite the film being acquitted, James Ferman (director of the BBFC) would only allow it to be re-released if he could make a further 1 minute and 6 seconds of cuts in addition to the 49 seconds he had already cut out for its initial 1982 cinema/video release.

The Evil Dead has been available uncut in the UK since 2000. But back before it was easy enough to go on eBay or a torrent site and get the uncut version of pretty much any film you want, THIS is how UK audiences experienced The Evil Dead for over a decade... Pretty scary, huh?

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