' s ▁game ▁of ▁cat - and - mouse ▁will ▁end ▁in ▁dead ly ▁confront ation ." ▁ ▁Distribution ▁Although ▁the ▁word ▁" ra pe " ▁was ▁entirely ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁script ▁before ▁shooting , ▁the ▁film ▁still ▁en rag ed ▁the ▁cens ors , ▁who ▁wor ried ▁that ▁" there ▁was ▁a ▁continuous ▁threat ▁of ▁sexual ▁assault ▁on ▁a ▁child ." ▁To ▁accept ▁the ▁film , ▁British ▁cens ors ▁required ▁extensive ▁editing ▁and ▁deleting ▁of ▁specific ▁scenes . ▁After ▁making ▁around ▁ 6 ▁minutes ▁of ▁cut s , ▁the ▁film ▁still ▁nearly ▁gar ner ed ▁a ▁British ▁X ▁rating ▁( mean ing ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁" S uit able ▁for ▁those ▁aged ▁ 1 8 ▁and ▁older ", ▁not ▁necessarily ▁meaning ▁there ▁was ▁sex ually ▁explicit ▁or ▁violent ▁content ). ▁ ▁Home ▁media ▁Cape ▁F ear ▁was ▁first ▁made ▁available ▁on ▁V HS ▁on ▁March ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁It ▁was ▁later ▁re - re leased ▁on ▁V HS , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁DVD , ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁onto ▁Bl u - ray ▁on ▁January ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁It ▁contains ▁production ▁photos ▁and ▁a ▁" making - of " ▁feature tte . ▁ ▁Re action ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁response ▁Upon ▁its ▁release , ▁the ▁film ▁received ▁positive ▁but ▁c aut ious ▁feedback ▁from ▁critics ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁film ' s ▁content . ▁Review ▁aggreg ator ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes