Song difference - VHS vs. DVD version.
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Mr_Ectoplasma — 19 years ago(June 29, 2006 08:07 PM)
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I was happy to see this movie finally on DVD, but there was one thing that bothered me. In the third story, there is a really eerie song that plays over on the phonograph when the murder of the daughter and her lover is re-enacted over and over again every night. I owned the VHS of this movie because that was all that was available for quite some time, and that song is creepy to me to this day.
But on the DVD release, the song is recognizably different, and the whole third story didn't seem as creepy to me anymore, because the song on the original VHS version had a much more eerie tone to it. I'm just wondering if anyone else noticed the same thing, and if so, why they changed the song for the DVD release? -
StArDaNcE007 — 19 years ago(July 01, 2006 06:56 PM)
I just re-watched this today, and while I didn't notice that the song was different, I did notice that I didn't think that story had the same creepy effect that it used to, and I bet the reason was because of the song. What song plays now when it is ever on TV now?
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MissMargoChanning — 18 years ago(July 09, 2007 06:06 PM)
It most likely has to do with legalities and song rights or something of that nature.
Have you ever seen the late 70s comedy, "Love at First Bite" with George Hamilton and Susan St.James? It had this really great scene where they are at this disco.(George plays Dracula in modern New York) They do a dance to "I Like The Night Life" in the original. I got the movie on DVD last year, and the song has been replaced by some stupid instrumental garbage. It ruined the whole scene. I looked the movie up here on IMDb just to see why that was done. It turns out that the writer or the artist or both(cant remember) demanded more money to use "I Like the Night Life" on the DVD release. More money than the distributers were willing to pay, apparently. It`s a crying shame. -
aliceboy — 17 years ago(March 01, 2009 12:06 PM)
Seems like it must be 'Old Man Jack' by THE STILL (it's all caps in the credits for some reason), courtesy of Folkus, Inc. That's the last song in the credits before 'Monster Mash.'
'Destiny is a fickle bitch.'
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Mr_Ectoplasma — 10 years ago(April 17, 2015 12:39 AM)
Whoa, can't believe this thread is still here!
I remembered this movie the other day and came on here to peruse the board. I have the VHS of this movie still and want to go back and watch the Locket segment again, because it's been years since I've seen it with the original song featured. It definitely made the segment much scarier, and the song they replaced it with on the DVD is not even remotely as eerie. Kind of sad, really. It's funny how great of an effect a song can have on the way you perceive a film. Watching it on the DVD with the alternate song, it's not the same.