- A dual DVD set in a burnt wooden box was released in 2001 by Anchor Bay. It has the standard 88 (or 87) minute Theatrical Version. It also has a 99 minute Extended Version. This also has the events in chronological order (unlike the 88 min version). Unlike the 95 minute version it does have footage prior to Sgt. Howie's arrival on Summerisle, including him as a Preacher.
- There are four main versions of the film. The 1973 theatrical version, shortened and rearranged against director Robin Hardy's wishes, runs 88 minutes. It rearranges a few scenes, notably Willow's Song is moved to the 19 minute mark in the theatrical; it happens almost an hour into the director's cut and final cut. In 1979, director Robin Hardy was able to put together a 96 minute director's cut, with missing scenes coming from a videotape telecine as original film elements were not known to exist at the time. In the intervening years, a 100 minute version of the director's cut was also made, with additional prologue scenes of Sgt. Howie on the mainland before traveling to Summerisle (the theatrical cut begins with his flight to Summerisle). In 2013, Hardy made 'The Final Cut', which runs 93 minutes. It removes all of the mainland prologue except for Sgt. Howie at church, and has the deleted material come from film elements (discovered at the Harvard Film Archive) as opposed to videotape.
- The later video release featured another recovered pre-title scene of Howie in the police station, which was not seen in the Director's Cut theatrical release.
- A 95 min version also exists that has the events in chronological order (unlike the 87 min version) but omits all footage prior to Sgt. Howie's arrival on Summerisle.
- The 1978 Magnum Entertainment VHS version released in the USA is uncut.
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