Young couple Katie and Micah plan to film their home at night while sleeping in hopes of capturing evidence of a ghost that seems to haunting them, or more precisely Katie, since this is not the first time she has experienced these type of visitations. The storytelling here is simple but also inspired. A little research has indicated it still might. I was fortunate to see this film about a year ago, and have become curious as to why it still has not seen the light of day. The film fades to black, and a text appears that dedicates the film to Katie and Micah. The final sixty seconds of the film shows the confused policemen, asking "Where did that come from?" and ultimately declaring the house "clear". The door to the attic slams shut, startling the police so much that one accidentally shoots Katie dead. She's dazed, running toward them yelling, "Where's Micah!? Where's Micah?!". The police come upstairs, find Katie and warn her to drop the weapon. As they search the first floor, it appears as if the demon has left Katie's body: we see the light to the attic turn on, then off, as if the demon went back into hiding. Twenty minutes later, we hear the police knock and enter, warning anyone in the house to "make themselves known" because they have their weapons drawn. The friend lets out a scream and runs out of the house. Eventually, one of her friends comes in to check on her and finds Micah's body, which momentarily interrupts Katie's rocking. We hear her ignore phone calls and the door bell. Katie sits down on the floor against the bed and proceeds to rock back and forth, knife in hand, for several days. Micah's body is not thrown at the camera he remains downstairs. Like before, Katie slowly climbs the stairs, except the footstep effect is slightly altered and when she enters the room, she is holding a knife and covered in blood. After Micah is awakened by the scream, he runs downstairs and we hear the ensuing scuffle. Unlike the Theatrical Cut, she does not move to his side of the bed to continue watching him, and the sheets do not fly off of his body. Katie awakes shortly after midnight on the final night, gets out of bed and stares at Micah for roughly three hours. Unlike the Theatrical Cut, the two voices are very distinct. The double-layered voice Katie projects in bed when she says, "Everything will be fine from now on" (and later screaming downstairs) uses a different effect to achieve this. Eventually, the footage shows that the exorcism was unsuccessful, and the possessed Dianne becomes so destructive that she chews her own arm off to the elbow. Her appearance transforms from healthy to disheveled and dark, with large cuts on her face and body.
Micah shows Katie footage of Dianne's demonic possession and subsequent exorcism as she is tied to a bed.
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There is at least two minutes of added footage of the woman's ordeal, which has been heavily used in the TV commercials.
There's an extra video attached to the "Goodbye Dianne" explanation at the computer. The only time we get a good look at the picture that is smashed and clawed is when the two run up and down the hallway during the night to get away from the demon. The demon's daytime attack is completely absent. He says he lost a large sum of money playing the stock market earlier, and that he'll be taking a break for awhile. She says she's failing her university course and won't pass unless she "does something drastic" on her midterm. There's some added dialogue between Katie and Micah where they discuss how the stress is negatively affecting their lives. The knocking is much faster and louder in the Theatrical Cut. The night when the demon plays the door games with Katie and Micah (opening and slamming it shut, knocking furiously) has been re-dubbed, as well. There seem to be at least two added "shadow" effects - another on the bedroom door, and a silhouette in the hallway - in the Director's Cut, whereas the Theatrical Cut only has one shadow used. All of these scenes are much, much louder/noticeable in theaters for jump scares. A lot of the demon noises - the loud growl followed by the bang, the footsteps, even the shadows that appear on the bedroom doors - were completely re-dubbed and retouched. There is only one instance of the demon whispering in the Theatrical Cut there are at least three in the Director's Cut, all of which are heard in the bedroom at night. The low frequency tone that occurs when the demon is present is not quite as loud in the Director's cut. There is a scene in the Theatrical Cut not present in the Director's Cut that takes place early on, where Katie and Micah wake up and find her keys thrown from the kitchen counter to the floor.
The Director's Cut, comprised of the unedited film with three possible endings, has several differences: The version that was released in theaters is the cut supervised by Steven Spielberg.
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