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• The UK cinema release was identical to the U.S R-rated version which removed around 2 minutes of graphic violence including various scenes of blood spurts, more explicit footage of the creations of Pinhead and the Channard cenobite, and nearly a minute from the resurrection of Julia. The 1990 UK video version then lost a further 7 secs of BBFC cuts for gore with edits made to closeups of a bare-breasted skinless woman and to shorten a razor self-mutilation scene, though confusingly the 1999 video release was cut further with an extra minute of sound edits replacing some of the previous cuts. The full unrated version was passed uncut by the BBFC in 2004.
  
  
• There are two alternate releases of "Hellbound" in addition to the standard R-rated U.S. theatrical/video release.
  
  
• The unrated/uncut U.S. video and laserdisc releases and some European prints feature two new scenes showing Dr. Channard slicing a patient's hand off, and a hammer nailing in Pinhead's nails. In addition, some scenes are also more graphically explicit in this version, including Browning slashing himself with the razor; Tiffany experiencing her flashbacks; Dr. Channard becoming a Cenobite; and blood draining when Pinhead's throat is slashed.
  
  
• Another uncut video version is reportedly available on a Japanese laserdisc edition and features an extra scene in hell where Kirsty finds herself in a normal-looking room she associates with her childhood; a framed photograph of her parents is displayed on a bureau. She admires the photo and looks yearningly at her mother. After taking a short look around the room, she finds that Julia has replaced her mother in the photo. Suddenly, it begins to ripple and a bevy of cockroaches burst forth from the frame. Roaches crawl forth from behind the bureau, toppling it, and she screams. This scene is inserted during the spinning shot of Kirsty screaming, but before the Cenobites appear. A subsequent shot of Kirsty running along a hellish path with Tiffany is also slightly extended.
  
  
• There are also reports of an additional scene featuring Pinhead and the Female cenobite in surgery room outfits, but this is not included in any known version (see below). A glimpse of the scene, showing the Chatterer jumping out of an elevator, can be seen in one of the trailers.
  
  
• The new special edition laserdisc from Lumivision features the restored "Kirsty's Room" sequence (also featured in the japanese disc) as well the additional graphic scenes that were cut to achieve an R rating. The total running time of this latest version is 99 minutes. The laserdisc also contains audio commentary from director Tony Randel and screenwriter Peter Atkins were they state that the infamous "surgery room" sequence turned out to be a disaster and therefore was never included in any version of the film, and will probably never see the light of day.
  
  
• The new sell-through video version released in Australia by Paramount is the uncut version of the film, not the cut verison that was first released on Roadshow in the late '80s; the new Paramount tape also includes the "Kirsty's room" sequence.
  
  

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