- The original UK cinema version (released as "A Craving For Lust") was heavily cut by 13 minutes by the BBFC and the film later ended up on the DPP 74 list of video nasties. The initial 1987 video release (now retitled "Psychic Killer II" despite having no connection with the previous film of that title) had been edited by the distributors before submission to remove the original UK cinema cuts but was rejected by the BBFC. The 2002 DVD release by Vipco was cut by 4 minutes 9 secs to edit the rape scenes, a woman's face being burned with a lit aerosol, a repeated kicking, a urination scene, and shots of a sickle blade in a woman's bare breast. The director's interview extra on the DVD was also cut by 54 secs by the BBFC with the same edits to the sickle, aerosol and kicking scenes. All the cuts were fully waived in 2010 for the 2011 Arrow DVD.
- The 2002 German 'Special Edition' DVD by Omega Entertainment is uncut. The front cover art is almost identical to that of the UK video that was banned.
- The original opening titles for the film were long and basic, consisting of the credits on a white/grey background, with a camera clicking sound when moving from one credit to the next. Later prints, including the uncut German and the Image Entertainment DVDs, feature much quicker credits with red typewriter style credits on a black background, with a song playing.
- The video version of this film was passed uncut in Australia in the early 1980s, after twice being rejected for a cinema certificate in the 1970s. It was released under the title 'Island of Perversion' on the Showcase Video label, and is the exact same version as the old uncut UK 'video nasty'. It is now difficult to find in video stores, though it might be located in a well stocked adult section of a typical store. This is due to its porn-like cover of a naked woman being embraced by a man.
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