Friday the 13th Part 2 (found deleted scenes from horror film; 1981)

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The film's unused theatrical poster

Status: Partially Found

The 1981 cult classic horror movie Friday the 13th Part 2 was submitted a total of 8 times to the MPAA, being given each time a X rating. 48 seconds of violent shots were subsequently trimmed for the theatrical release. In addition, at least two scenes were shot but never included in the final cut of the film.

MPAA Cuts

Alice's death was more graphic compared to the bloodless version seen in the final cut.

Crazy Ralph's death initially had the wire choking him to death and piercing his skin.

The slit throat effect for Scott was considerably longer.

Mark's death was altered. Originally, you could see Jason approaching behind him and there was a reverse camera angle showing the machete going into Mark's face.

Perhaps most infamous of all, the double impalement scene originally showed a spear penetrating both Jeff and Sandra in graphic detail. A still of this scene was published in Fangoria before the movie was released and later reused as a picture on the back cover of a VHS release.

Additional Cut Scenes

A scene was also cut at the end of the movie where the mummified head of Jason's mother head opens her eyes and smiles in freeze frame before the credits roll; this was cut as the Director Steve Miner decided it lessened the movie's impact.

Actress Marta Kober had lied about her age before filming a sex scene that involved full frontal nudity. When Paramount discovered this, her sex scene was severely trimmed.^[1]

Rediscovery

Fans for a long time have clamored for a full uncut version release, to which Paramount have stated that they've long since disposed of the negative and is now believed to no longer exist.

On September 2, 2020, Shout! Factory unveiled the full extent of the bonus features on their complete Friday the 13th Collection Blu-Ray boxset, which mentioned the deleted gore footage from Friday the 13th Part 2. Samuelson Studios was responsible for tracking this down and elaborated on the process through a Facebook post. The footage originated from a VHS tape owned by the film's special effects artist Carl Fullerton, who sought to preserve his work in light of the heavy MPAA censorship. Fullerton asked the editors to compile the cut footage into a VHS transfer for the young artist's portfolio. The tape had reportedly been screened over the years, but was currently unplayable and had to be baked to transfer the footage. While it did not have a soundtrack, the footage still retained its quality over the years.^[2]