Legendary Cat III film UNTOLD STORY coming to Blu-ray

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

The Untold Story has been passed uncut by the BBFC after being submitted by 88.

Interesting, even a few short years ago I'd have said that would never happen. Not mad at being proven wrong though.

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

Now that 88 are heavily getting into the UHD market, I hope there's a 4k master that they can put out.

[Richardrli Member Find all posts View Profile Close Richardrli]

The Untold Story has been passed uncut by the BBFC after being submitted by 88.

But as with the Female Street Fighter set from Arrow, does uncut necessairy mean completely uncensored?

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Cover art for the 88 Films release.

[Randy G Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Randy G]

Rewatched this on Shudder and its good but doesn't top my list of CATIII.

[Zaibatan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Zaibatan]

But as with the Female Street Fighter set from Arrow, does uncut necessairy mean completely uncensored?

No, not necessarily, because the BBFC doesn't list pre-cuts by the distributor or optical censorship like zooming, pixelation or fogging. That having been said, I see no reason why there would be any censorship shenanigans in regards to UNTOLD STORY under the current legal guidelines.

[Jack J Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jack J]

We get into it a little bit on the commentary, but it's worth noting that the CAT III designation became more than just a rating, it was also a marketing tool, so it's not uncommon to see titles like TAXI HUNTER, BLUE JEAN MONSTER, etc. promoted as CAT III films when they actually received a lesser rating. A good example is this laserdisc of RETRIBUTION SIGHT UNSEEN (aka 3 DAYS OF A BLIND GIRL) that just popped up on eBay -- the film is officially a II, but that didn't stop them from slapping a big old CAT III sticker on it:

I missed your comment in 2020! D'oh!

Nod, yeah I guess. I've also recently seen a laserdisc of TAXI HUNTER that had a newer CAT III sticker over the original CAT II rating. But I still think it's silly advertising just because it's become "cool" (or whatever) for fans to buy "CAT III" films. It's like calling a horror film a video nasty even if it were never actually banned as such in the UK.

And in reg. to TAXI HUNTER: I saw recently that 88 Films *have* actually put a CAT III stamp on the cover of their upcoming bluray. >sigh<