It's not unheard of that there's a misprint on the cover and/or disc. It's quite possible that it was released with an 18 certificate by accident as that was it's original rating when released in the 80's & then corrected soon after.

As both have a 2002 copyright, I would say that we'll have to stick with the existing information.

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There's really no "solution" for the online database; you could make a case for either option and see what the voters think. If I were you, I'd certainly go with the "15"-rating locally, not only because that's what's on your cover, but also because it's confirmed as the correct one by the BBFC-website.

Fully agree with T!M here; it was passed 18 for the cinema and video but when re-submitted for the DVD it looks like it got an 15 unexpectedly.
I dare say they'd already printed up lots of covers with an 18 (I note that the BBFC clearance at 15 was about a week after the DVD release!) so this is probably the original release or maybe even it was released the same day with some marked one way, some the other.

FWIW when a disc/release has been mis-marked in the past I've discussed this and the general consensus was "go with the cover" even if we know it is wrong (probably to stop multiple people trying to "correct" it over the coming years!). However not all agreed and in this case it's certainly worth submitting a new scan, explaining this cover agrees with the BBFC DVD rating and see what the Voters say... but don't get upset if someone who bought on Day of release with the 18 cover feels they must No vote... the Screeners still may agree with you if your Notes make things clear.

I'm 99% confident - and I don't have my disc to hand - that although my cover has the 18 logo, the disc itself says 15. It looks to me like the covers were printed up ahead of time with the assumption that it would be an 18 and that Paramount were caught off guard when it was certified at 15. They then released it with the already printed covers and then changed them for the next pressing. Thus making the cover with a 15 rating a re-release cover.

Technically what Paramount did is illegal under the VRA but they probably thought nobody would complain about a film being released with a higher classification than it actually should be.