Season 2 edit has now been released.
This one is a much deeper cut than the initial season - I cut anything where the show felt like a parody of itself, or lacked the heart/charm of the original season. As much as the show focuses on supernatural stuff the zombie angle felt out of place to me, so that’s where I started my cuts, and it just evolved from there. This brings the entire second season down to a single 90 minute film length - primarily focusing on one of the side plots from the season rather than the core narrative.
Below is the high-level edit list:
- cut serial killer cold open and airport scene (keep doll and mention of where it came from)
- cut drive to Nevermore showing brother’s power - we only see it once when he revives a tarantula during a musical interlude
- cut birds mystery
+ keep new headmaster
+ keep stalker storyline, but trim down the fame scenes a bit
- heavily trim down Enid romance to be more natural
+ rework headmaster\Bianca scenes to reveal his intentions earlier
- cut stalker trying to burn Wednesday’s book, but keep bonfire
- cut zombie storyline
- cut most of the black tears storyline aside from seeing it happen once and mention her powers not working to explain why she isn’t using it to solve the stalker mystery
+ keep Prank Day
- cut Asylum storyline
- cut camping trip
- Uncle Fester only arrives at the end since he isn’t needed for the Asylum plot
- cut return of Weems, and body swap
+ keep most of Enid’s alpha storyline
- cut Thing origin story
+ rework the ending monologue to be a bit more vague in line with the new edit direction