OVERALL: Draw

The Australian, German, and UK releases for the differing exclusive extras.

Cuts:
When originally submitted to the BBFC in 1971, the film had a running time of 88:39 mins and suffered unidentified cuts. Whilst Wayne Kinsey's 2007 book Hammer Films: The Elstree Studio Years claims that the film only suffered one cut (a 1s shot of hatpins in a woman's eye), according to information that Tim Lucas has published at his online blog and in Video Watchdog, the Network and Carlton DVDs may retain at least one other BBFC-imposed cut, to a scene in which a character's throat is slashed (see here). This information is TBC and under investigation. (If true, this cut has persisted into all extant DVD and BD versions, all of which feature only one slash to the character's throat, not the three mentioned in the Video Watchdog article.) If you have any more information about the BBFC's original cuts to this film, please let us know via our forums.

The BBFC's information is available at this link.

In America, the film was released in a heavily-edited version; this version of the film, which has been released on videocassette (with an NTSC running time of 81:18 mins) is unavailable on DVD.

CUTS:

• Blu-ray A Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack America- Synapse Films - No cuts (85:14)
• Blu-ray ALL Hammer Horror: Four Gothic Horror Films Australia- Via Vision - No cuts (85:13)
• Blu-ray B Limited Edition Germany- Anolis Entertainment - No cuts (85:09)
• Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Network - No cuts (85:08)

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Comparison added by Eric_Cotenas on 09/07/13
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 26/02/24

UPDATE LOG:

09/07/13 : Initial entry
05/08/13 : 1st extra 28 not 22 mins; added link to DVD
20/06/14 : Added note about cuts
20/08/14 : Added UK release
09/01/22 : Added Germany, dates, tagline.
27/02/24: Added Australia.