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Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZV1pHtEKQM

I’m a big fan of Tim Krabbe’s horror novel The Golden Egg and George Sluizer’s 1988 movie adaptation Spoorloos. That shocking ending gave me nightmares for weeks. The 1993 american remake didn’t work. The story is too blunt and tragic for the Hollywood standards, and to change that is to kill the most terrifying aspect of the film. I do think the US version has a lot going for it tho. Jeff Bridges is completely terrifying and Kiefer is a more likeable lead (which would make the character’s fate even more painful to watch).
That’s why I decided to recut the film, removing the dumb changes and preserving the essence of the story and its terrifying conclusion. I’m pretty sure it’s been done before, but I decided to do my own version and share it with whoever might be interested.

Changes:

• Decided to follow the original film’s structure, so my cut starts with the disappearence and then we’re introduced to Barney.
• A lot of ‘relationship’ scenes between Jeff and Rita were cut since Rita is not a crucial character here.
• Rita disappears from the story after she leaves Jeff for good.
• Cut out the scene of Barney following Rita to the apartment and approaching from behind while she changes the message on the answering machine. It seems careless to me that the character would try to kidnap her right there. I believe that was only included to add more tension to the film.
• And of course, the whole Hollywood ending was removed and I tried to recreate the original ending the best way I could.

Poster:
https://68.media.tumblr.com/9c03d17c738caf1c52939d8e069752c5/tumblr_owli2itiXn1urlrbdo1_540.png

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM-JzAq2700

Intro Comparison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZ4l0tyk9c

I’ve always been a fan of the 2000 Blair Witch sequel, Book of Shadows. Now that the internet is talking about the witch again thanks to the new film, I’ve decided to make my own attempt to “fix” all the issues in the film removing all the footage imposed by the studio and a few other things I didn’t like. In short, I removed the unnecessary gore and the cheap scares to make the film more psychological and ambiguous, like the director originally intended.

Changes:

• Inserted some title cards during the opening interviews with more info about the Blair Witch phenomenon and some background information about character Jeff.
• Removed all scenes of Jeff in the mental institution.
• Removed all the gore that intercuts with the opening credits. Opening music changed to Frank Sinatra’s “Witchcraft”.
• Removed all the murder flashbacks that play thru the film.
• Removed Kim staring at the horrible CGI owl at the foundation.
• Removed Tristen’s vision of the drowned little girl at the hospital (cheesy and not scary at all)
• Removed the white flash of the Coffin Rock bodies appearing in the footage and Stephen saying bored it “reminded him of Coffin Rock”. Makes no sense since they never videotaped the murders there.
• Removed Stephen’s vision of the little girl walking backwards on the bridge (same reason, cheesy and not scary). Instead he only hears the shriek and gets startled but when he looks again it’s gone.
• Removed Erica clawing Stephen’s stomach. Instead the hallucination ends after she asks him about his markings.
• Removed rednecks throwing rocks at the van because of that blaring rock music that completely kills the mood of the subsequent scene when Kim sees the kids walking on the road. Kept the kids but changed the soundtrack to Carter Burwell’s score.
• Removed Kim finding the bloody nail file in the beer bag as it gives away what happened at the store.
• All the flashbacks of Jeff drooling that white liquid were replaced by other moments of him in the hospital. The drool looks tasteless and stupid in my opinion.
• Removed child Erica staring at Stephen hanging from the broken bridge saying “You know who it is” as it makes no sense.
• Removed the owl crashing the window as it’s just out of the blue and adds nothing to the plot.
• All the interrogation scenes were moved to the end of the film.
• End credits music replaced by “10538 Overture” by Electric Light Orchestra. I like Poe’s “Haunted” but hated all the blaring rock music that played afterwards during the shaky camera footage, and Poe’s song wouldn’t work in that footage, so I’ve chose a song that would fit the whole ending credits sequence.

Format: MP4
HD: Yes
Size: 4,68 GB
Lenght: 1h 20 mins

I’m definitely on board with this. Plus, try to clean some of the dumb CGI and even dumber jump scares.

Trailer available: https://youtu.be/Xqc9L_zv9TY

TV’s Frink said:

No you can’t, since the post directly above yours has different information (for some edits anyway).

https://media.giphy.com/media/R8MIGe47XWx68/giphy.gif

I can’t speak for all faneditors, but I guess you just have to PM the editor for a link. That’s how it works with my edits anyway.

I guess you’ll have to wait and see 😉

I’ve kept the pool reflection, but not when Bughuul turns to the camera, so you can only see a shadow and half of its face. I think its more effective as you can’t make out if its a person, a ghost or what the hell is it.

Poster:
https://68.media.tumblr.com/c16e745d4e5315684632726fafee9670/tumblr_ovsef47EBP1urlrbdo1_540.png

Trailer: https://youtu.be/Xqc9L_zv9TY

My idea here is to get rid of all the fake build ups/red herrings and dumb jump scares to turn the film into a more focused supernatural thriller. I also removed most of Bughuul’s appearances and made its presence more subtle. I think the way the original cut overexposed the character made its figure less scary. Also rearranged a few scenes in a way that things would make more sense.

Changes:

• Moved the scene of Ellison watching his old interview about Kentucky Blood to the first night in the house.
• Removed false build up scene of Ellison hearing someone moving and finding Ashley looking for the bathroom. Also, scene of Ellison and Ashley talking in her room right after that moved earlier in the film.
• Ellison phones the police immediately after watching the first reel of film instead of after the second.
• All of Trevor’s ‘night terror’ scenes were removed (stupid red herring).
• Removed some of Deputy So and So’s ‘funny’ remarks.
• Removed most of Bughuul’s appearences, especially the ‘scary’ ones. I don’t find it scary and makes its presence less mysterious and creepy.
• The two nights Ellison wakes up and finds the projector rolling were merged into one night. Also removed the stupid scene of the child ghosts running around him.
• Removed the shots showing "Extended Cut Endings’ written on the envelop. Too dumb.

Format: MP4
HD: Yes
Size: 3,27 GB
Lenght: 1h 28 mins

Poster: https://68.media.tumblr.com/573b4168269c1f0a752a562e64a89d05/tumblr_ouyyaqDp2F1urlrbdo1_540.png

Trailer: https://youtu.be/oWNTuEP-uQI

Excerpt: https://youtu.be/OCfp_1h014c

Now that we finally got the return of Twin Peaks to TV, I’ve decided to release my extended edit of Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me, reintegrating some of my favorite deleted moments back into the film following David Lynch/Robert Engels’ shooting script. I know it’s been done before but this edit only integrates scenes that IMO shouldn’t have been cut in the first place. This is a very debatable topic among fans so I’m expecting a lot of disagreements, but anyway, this is a personal project of mine I’ve decided to share.

Scenes added:

• Chet and Sam talking to Jack about Teresa Banks (extended scene)
• Sunrise with power lines (deleted)
• Fight between Chet and Cable (deleted)
• Cooper chatting with Diane (deleted)
• Phillip Jeffries arriving at the Palm Deluxe in Buenos Aires (deleted)
• Full Jeffries appearance at the FBI (extended)
• Full ‘above convenience store’ reunion (extended)
• Full Jeffries disappearance from the FBI (extended)
• Jeffries reappearing at the Palm Deluxe (deleted)
• Cooper questioning Sam about Chet (deleted)
• Bobby and Mike chatting in car, messing with Donna and Laura (extended)
• Laura running into her mom at the door, asking for keys (deleted)
• Laura gets home, Sarah questions where she was (deleted)
• Palmer dinner scene, Leland teaches Sarah and Laura to speak norwegian (deleted)
• Laura meets trucker by the road (deleted)
• Ed and Nadine enter the RR, Nadine storms off, Ed runs after her (deleted)
• Donna calms Laura down, Doc Hayward plays magic tricks, they eat muffins, Leland calls Laura (deleted)
• LMFAP shows Cooper the ring, asks if it’s future or past (extended)
• Leo shows Shelly how to clean the floor (extended)
• Ed and Norma talk in Ed’s truck (deleted)
• Tommy and Buck drive Laura and Donna across the border to “The Power and the Glory” (deleted)
• Phillip Gerard/Mike chants by a circle of candles (deleted)
• Leland calls Teresa (extended)
• Teresa tells Laura and Ronette “the guy split”, Laura notices her ring, Teresa calls Jacques then Leland (deleted)
• Laura opens her diary and snorts some coke (extended)
• Bobby gives Laura the money, discovers the coke is actually laxative (deleted)
• Jacoby phones Laura (deleted)
• Laura and Sarah have dinner, Laura says she’s going to Bobby’s (deleted)
• Garland reads from the bible, Betty opens the door to Laura (deleted)
• Laura meets Bobby in the basement (extended)
• Bobby walks Laura to the door, Garland keeps reading (deleted)
• Leland arrives home and sees Laura hiding behind bush (deleted)
• The nurses rush Annie in a stretcher (deleted)
• Cooper questions LMFAP about the ring, realizes he’s trapped (deleted)
• Annie repeats her words to Laura. The nurse takes her ring (deleted)
• Doc Hayward and Truman break in and find Cooper on the floor (deleted)

Format: MP4
HD: Yes
Size: 7,21 GB
Lenght: 3h 14 mins