The Vanishing – Scary As Hell Edition
 a TRUE FANEDIT by 3raz0r
This is a drastic re-edit of the THE VANISHING, George Sluizer’s US remake of his international success SPOORLOS (1988), which was a major disappointment on so many levels. This is faster, smarter, darker and does not have the happy Hollywood ending, but the original one. member ratings: |
(12 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10, rated)
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INTENTION:
Re-create the original shocking ending, but fitting to the remake.
EDITING DETAILS:
I always loved Jeff Bridges performance in this movie. The original is of course better, but the “villain” in the remake is for me truly superior. He acts like a douche, which makes him even more cruel and scary. It’s only an experiment. Kiefer was a bit wooden in this one (but I think he was wooden in most his movie appearances). Sandra Bullock was a nice little addition, yet did not leave a big impression. Nancy Travis acts between ok and awful, but you can check that out a lot better, when you watch the deleted scenario on the DVD.
Anyway, recreating the original ending for this movie was difficult, because there were not enough scenes for that, but I think it works really well and has exactly the desired shocking effect it is supposed to have. At first I had the entire end section silent (without music) and loved it that way. But this movie has music all the time, so I had to add it there as well.
So this will give the English audience a much “truer” version of THE VANSIHING.
How intention was achieved:
The usual: slicing, cutting, removing, moving, splitting, cursing, taking millions of breaks, crying, swearing, stabbing, re-creating, recreating recreations, staying calm, trying to stay calm, focusing, concentrating, smoking, drinking, sleeping, re-arranging, searching for sound files, giving up, getting on it again, finishing.
CUTLIST:
- - small cut: Diane saying she wants to get out of here (it’s Jeff and Diane’s first appearance on screen and a not too well acted argument)
- small cut: the Colleague talking to Barney about Jeff hanging up a new poster and Barney saying that he admires his persistence (for me too obvious and unnecessary)
- cut: everything Rita Baker did after she left Jerry (these are many smaller and bigger cuts)
ADDITIONAL COMMENT:
Never give up. never surrender.
Who am I?
I am 3Raz0r, I like horror movies and I dig fanedits.
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Great edit. This new (old) ending really left me with my mouth standing open. I would not call it scary as hell, but it was a short and good shocking movie! The final song was a great match.
Review by walls83 — December 24, 2009 @ 3:17 am
This was awesome. When the ending got closer I was waiting for the girlfriend to pop up again, Yet she did not. No one did. Shit, that was shocking and delivered the style of the original, but I think it even made it superior, because of the better cast. Wonderful editing job and what a green experience.
Review by vanderbreen — January 9, 2010 @ 2:11 pm
After watching the deleted scenes I know what I am not missing! I was not scared, but very thrilled and enjoyed this fanedit a lot.
Great cover art! Nice menus! Really good movie! Nice extras. What else is left to praise? This lady is awesome.
Review by zackepple — January 10, 2010 @ 2:08 pm
This is an enjoyable FanEdit by 3Razor mainly because of the great performance by Jeff Bridges.
I noticed only one awkward cut when the police officer gives Bridges a ticket and there is an errant frame after the grave establishing shot and the cut to black.
I absolutely love the beautiful DVD cover art created for this by 3Razor.
Review by Rock Savage — January 10, 2010 @ 10:14 pm