 UK cinema and 1987 video versions were cut by 54 secs by the BBFC. The 1997  Maverick Directors video release was cut by 39 seconds to edit scenes of a  knife being passed over a victims body, the victim being bound, and a pan  shot of the interior of a gay bar. In 2003 most of these cuts were waived,  although a brief 1 second cut of subliminal explicit anal sex remains missing  from all UK prints. The fully uncut version was later shown on Sky TV.