The highly controversial French thriller Baise Moi has been passed for a UK video release by the BBFC, who have asked for 2 seconds of cuts in addition to 10 seconds removed at theatrial release. The video cuts were “required to two sequences of sexual violence involving strong sexual imagery (explicit close up of sexual penetration of woman during rape scene; sight of gun being pressed into man's anus prior to being fired)”, while the initial editing was to “an explicit close-up shot of a penis penetrating a vagina during a violent rape sequence”. In other BBFC news, Italian zombie gorefest The Zombie Dead (aka Burial Ground/Zombie 3) and Halloween 2 have had their previous cuts waived.
