 The film had considerable problems with the BBFC on its initial cinema  release and was subsequently cut by around 2 minutes. Among the scenes edited  were heavy cuts to the repeated stabbing of the Marquis (reduced to 1 stab),  the murder of the prostitute where scenes of biting and a shot of her dead  body were completely removed, and the killing of the werewolf in the bell  tower which saw shots of his screaming when the bells ring, a blood spurt  from a gunshot, and a closeup of his blood