Post by megaman on Sept 3, 2020 1:55:43 GMT
The upcoming complete Friday the 13th boxset by Scream Factory will in fact include footage thought long lost, and also the subject of a previous LMW article.
lostmediawiki.com/Friday_the_13th_Part_2_(partially_found_unreleased_deleted_scenes_from_horror_film;_1981)
Edwin Samuelson accounts the impossible journey of recovering this footage
It's believed that the original footage was willfully destroyed. No way around that. Except makeup artist Carl Fullerton had the foresight to keep a reel of the deleted footage for his portfolio (he was an up and coming artist, who has since made a name for himself in Hollywood). Not sure how it remained hidden for so long, but he has graciously handed the tape over to be digitized. Then came another shock where the tape was stuck together and unplayable. But after carefully being baked, it was finally properly restored. Like I said, it will never look good enough to be on par with the new 4K transfer of the film's original negative, but it exists now. After years of rumors and hoaxes, this is where the journey ends. This was a holy grail for horror fans, perhaps only trailing behind the lost footage from Part 3.
lostmediawiki.com/Friday_the_13th_Part_2_(partially_found_unreleased_deleted_scenes_from_horror_film;_1981)
Edwin Samuelson accounts the impossible journey of recovering this footage
It's believed that the original footage was willfully destroyed. No way around that. Except makeup artist Carl Fullerton had the foresight to keep a reel of the deleted footage for his portfolio (he was an up and coming artist, who has since made a name for himself in Hollywood). Not sure how it remained hidden for so long, but he has graciously handed the tape over to be digitized. Then came another shock where the tape was stuck together and unplayable. But after carefully being baked, it was finally properly restored. Like I said, it will never look good enough to be on par with the new 4K transfer of the film's original negative, but it exists now. After years of rumors and hoaxes, this is where the journey ends. This was a holy grail for horror fans, perhaps only trailing behind the lost footage from Part 3.
