 The film was initially rejected for a UK cinema certificate by the  BBFC when first submitted in March 1981, and later found itself on  the DPP list of "video nasties" when it was revealed that the uncut  version was readily available on UK video. When it was eventually  passed by the BBFC in July 2002 it was cut by 11 minutes and 43  secs, with almost all of the rape and violence either replaced or  removed entirely.