- The DVD version, though unrated, runs 73 minutes, 11 minutes shorter than the original. The cuts significantly reduce the explicit nature found in the original.
- UK video versions were cut by 2 minutes 41 secs by the BBFC. When the film was resubmitted in 2001 most of the edits were restored, though 45 secs of a scene featuring a dildo remained cut.
- There are three versions of this movie:
- the theatrical European version (also dubbed into French, Italian and German), known as the "director's cut" version;
- the US version, including new scenes produced by Roger Corman and directed by Steve Barnett. Members of the original cast, as well as new actors, were brought to Los Angeles a year later to shoot the additional footage. This version was completed in 1987, and also utilizes Borowczyk's out-takes. The attempt was to give the story more cohesion, and tighten the pacing, making it more commercial. No final film print edit was done, it was all put together on 3/4 video with a series of fade-ins and bleeds. After a few years, Corman's New Horizon imprint opted for a home video release in 1992, only available in a full-screen transfer. It never screened theatrically. This version is available on New Horizons DVD in the US;
- the French home video version, including hard-core sex scenes that don't feature any of the principal cast. This version is trimmed of several minutes of footage found in the theatrical European version. This version was released in France by Carrere Video on VHS (dubbed in French). It was never released on DVD in an uncut form, but it was released in 2006 by Lionsgate UK on DVD in a cut version removing all hardcore footage.
- Some video prints include hardcore sex scenes.
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