up to 1993 the only version of this film was the cut uk cinema version available on warner and lorima i think its called on vhs. so is the latest version the same cut uk cinema print or a uncut original pre cinema print?
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange eons even death may die
H.P.LOVECRAFT
Get the Region 1 version its uncut. Unsure about the Region 2 version but judging by the lack of care that's gone into it my money's on it still geing cut.
sharewhat exactly did they cut out?
shareWhat was cut out you can read by clicking on Alternate Versions
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2 scenes in partcular are cut in the UK, the staking of Helen is cut out (not the whole scene but the actual stake entering her body) also the scene with Dracula and Diana where he cuts open his chest and makes her drink, the scene is edited so you don't see her actually go to drink the blood from his chest.
sharethe only one not cut by the censors is ,dracula ad,1972 so that one is uncut on dvd and the first hammer drac which was restored by the bfi in 07 is uncut the rest were all cut by the BBFC when they came out and the vhs use these cut prints, also some of the dvds i know the extended version of taste the blood of dracula does not even come to the uncut length (95mins uncut)so i would love to know if they tried to find uncut prints,
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange eons even death may die
H.P.LOVECRAFT
Actually FYI D: POD is now restored on dvd.
"UK - Studio Canal / Optimum
New anamorphic 2.40:1 transfer, offering considerable improvement over the non-anamorphic Warner Home Video UK release (and much better than the Anolis version). The disc features the 57m documentary The Many Faces of Christopher Lee, but none of the bonus features from the Anchor Bay or Anolis discs. Also available as part of Optimum's Ultimate Hammer Box Set.
UK - Studio Canal Plus / Warner Home Video [Out of Print]
Presented in non-anamorphic, slightly window-boxed format, at about 2.25:1, this disc also has some noticeable MPEG compression artefacts, and lacks the extra features on the US and German discs. The transfer is, however, far superior to the German version, from Anolis: it has better contrast and much more vivid hues. It appears that Lumiere have used an uncut print (the previous VHS releases from Lumiere and Warner Home Video, were cut by about twenty seconds - cuts to the resurrection scene, the staking, and the scene where Dracula cuts open his chest with his fingernail). No subtitles / captions. This disc was deleted when Studio Canal's sales and distribution deal with Warner Home Video expired, in December 2005."
From the Hammer dvd guide section of zetaminor.com