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Prequel?!

posted 11 years ago by VidaBoheme
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I just don't get why they changed the details of the original movie murders (original had the FAMILY killed while they were sleeping and their bodies discovered at night)? I know they had to stretch the story out a bit, but this totally contradicts the original. Was it a prequel or a sequel, with a different family altogether? Because if it's a prequel, they did a sh!teous job here. I mean, I can live with the Exorcist rip-off, but not the inconsistencies. Maybe they thought audience goers in 1982 wouldn't remember, since there were no VHS/DVDs at the time? It would have been a much better film if they had done it the right way.

[–] Demon_Best_Friend 11 years ago

VHS were available way back in the 70s...

Hell, I ain't no quitter. I've been smoking for 30 years...

[–] michaelsmith30 11 years ago

It was changed because shooting them while they were asleep would have been boring rather than chasing then around. Watching him shoot his family, especially his little brother was hard to watch. The Defeos lived there from 1965-1974. The movie made or seem like they only lived there for a few weeks. Obviously they couldn't fit 9 years worth of events into just 2 hrs. The real Defeo son was heavily into drugs. There was no mention of drigs in the movie probably because they wanted to give the audience the impression that it was the demon that
caused his behavior.

[–] psalmverse6-844-865746 9 years ago

Except that it wasn't the DeFeos they were talking about...."prequel"? Happened BEFORE?

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[–] lehtojoonas49 10 years ago

I DONT KNOW BUT THIS VERSION HAS NEVER SEEN IN FINNISH TV