- The Ghoul was originally certified by the UK BBFC at 93m following cuts to (a) remove the third close-up of the knife embedded in Geoffrey's face (b) remove a knee to the groin delivered by Veronica Carlson to John Hurt. However, the subsequent theatrical version was only 87m following some last minute snipping by the distributors. The full 93m version, with BBFC cuts restored, was subsequently released on UK video on the Taste of Fear label. The differences are as follows:
- the opening party sequence is extended by about 2m 30s via several additional dialogue extensions that largely serve to explain Carlson's character. In particular the conversation between her and Ian McCulloch when she is sitting in the car is nearly a minute longer and the subsequent three way conversation by another car involving Stewart Bevan is extended by about 40s.
- About 35m into the film, directly after Peter Cushing asks Carlson whether there is anything she would like before dinner, the extended version has a new sequence lasting about 2m 30s in which Carlson is escorted upstairs to her bedroom and takes a bath (fans of the lady should note that her left breast is briefly visible). This sequence is missing entirely from the theatrical print.
- After Bach's tocatta and fugue strikes up on the soundtrack the extended version has an extra 1m showing Carlson emerge from the bedroom, clothed again, and go down the stairs where she then peeks in on Cushing in his chapel. In the theatrical version it's a bit odd that Cushing is surprised by her given that in the previous scene they'd been together in his drawing room.
- There is a third version of this film, aside from the full uncut version and the UK cut theatrical version. In 2002, Brentwood Home video released the film under the title "Night of the Ghoul" in the U.S.A. with an NTSC run time of 80 minutes 26 seconds. Brentwood substituted the original title sequence with a new video generated title sequence removing around a minute of footage at this point. The ending is less succinct and overall the film is cut by a full 13 minutes compared to the full uncut 93 minute version, and is 7 minutes less than the 87 minute UK theatrical cut version. All run times quoted are NTSC/theatrical run times to allow for direct comparison.
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