Cuts Laid to Rest...Latest DVD of The Oblong Box is uncut

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

The Oblong Box is a 1969 UK horror film by Gordon Hessler (Optimum) The 2009 DVD from Optimum is uncut Peviously the 1969 cinema release was cut by the BBFC and the same cuts persisted to the 1987 Guild video and the 1993 Vision video From cuts details on IMDb About 1m of the pre-credits sequence (various small trims) is missing a scene in which Vincent Price and Hilary Dwyer walk in a garden talking about Africa The murders of Carl Rigg and Uta Levka were abridged Ute Levka’s brief nude shots were missing A short scene in which Christopher Lee administers a tonic to a patient was removed.

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