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The Reinstated Scenes

posted 20 years ago by LanceManley
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Got the British Mosaic DVD yesterday via Amazon. Noticed the following scenes that weren't in any version I have seen previously (even the pre-cert Thorn EMI release in the early 1980s).

* Introuctory written prologue concerning the amount of attacks on staff in US High Schools.

* Fight with Joo Joo's gang is slightly longer, more shots of Fallon punching people with his chain.

* Sally strips naked in front of the gang when introduced to Stegman as a potential whore.

* Fallon's death is much more graphic. First Norris cuts his right arm off before pushing him back over the saw blade.

* Patsy, Barnyard and Drugstore finding Fallon's body. Fallon switches off the saw and vows to 'cut Norris's *beep* heart out'.

* Drugstore's immolation is marginally longer, as is the close up of his twitching, roasted corpse.

* Norris hits Barnyard several times over the head with the pipe.

* Stegman cuts Diane's breasts before his final fight with Norris.

* A written epilogue which states 'Andy Norris was never prosecuted as the police couldn't find anyone who actually saw it happen'.

Some of these scenes (Sally's introduction, Fallon's death) are blatantly separate takes from previously seen versions (even dialogue is changed slightly). Sally was fully dressed throughout her scene in the version I saw in the UK circa 1985 and Fallon's death went immediately from Norris breaking free to him pushing Fallon back over the blade without any visible cuts.

The rape scene I haven't sat through yet as my interest was mainly seeing how Fallon died in the unedited version.

I preferred the version I originally saw which did not have the written epilogue as this left Andy's fate uncertain.

Oh, and Mark Lester states on the DVD that originally Stegman was meant to lose his grip on the ropes and fall to his death but preview audiences wanted to see the teacher knock him down.

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[–] andymac67 20 years ago

Ditto as Gavintheman said...have seen all those scenes as well on vhs.

[–] LanceManley 20 years ago

I think the original UK VHS version was the most heavily edited of all. Sally was definitely clothed in the version I saw and the written pro and epi logues weren't present. I'll have to compare them one fine day.

[–] matt_74 20 years ago

Yes, you are definitely right about this. It seems that parts of this scene were re-shot for the original UK release.

The parts with Stegman speaking are the same, but the parts in between showing Sally and the others are different.

The way Fallon speaks to her in the UK release is slightly nicer too - 'can I take a moment of your precious time?'

Also, the scene where they are all dancing in the punk club is slightly longer, as the part where the girl gets her breasts out in front of the stage where 'Teenage Head' are playing was not in the original UK release.

The scene in the alley where Patsy holds a broken bottle to Deneen's throat is now slightly longer.

There are a few very short differences like this. There were actually 4 minutes cut from the original UK VHS Version. Before this DVD was released I bought the French version so I was able to compare the two.

I much prefer it with the 4 minutes reinstated, but I agree that the final epilogue is unrealistic and should have been left out.