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• German DVD/VHS releases by VCL/MAWA were offered in two versions: the uncut 'Not under 18' version and a cut version which misses ca. 4 minutes and has a 'Not under 16' rating.
  
  
• Japenese Region 2 DVD includes the NC-17 Uncut version and R Rated version.
  
  
• A video version released in late 1997 includes some of the cut footage. There is also a boxed set with the widescreen version, as well as a widescreen version with commentary that does not include the extra footage.
  
  
• Video Director's Cut on VHS removes a brief scene showing Stu saying "yesssss" and moving his arm after the announcement that the school has been closed.
  
  
• Version shown on USA cable network Starz is cut for violence (using a freeze-frame, for example, for the scene where Casey looks at Steve's guts).
  
  
• What's called "Director's Cut" in Germany is the normal R-rated version, not the real "Director's Cut". The real "Director's Cut" was released on DVD in 2005 by Kinowelt Home Entertainment.
  
  
• In the VHS copy of Scream, like the deleted Matthew Lillard "yess!", there is about 1 or 2 seconds missing from Tatums death scene. In the theatrical release an above shot of Tatums head coming toward the camera, cut to her POV of the garage rafters before her head is Flattened. In the VHS release her POV is deleted. In the opening scene, in the theatrical release the zoom in on Casey's corpse was time compressed, when released on video it is at normal speed. The sound however has not been altered. The thunder crash and Her mother scream stop a great deal before the cut and lightening on screen. In the next scene to make up for the time, the sound of Sidney typing is looped twice before the picture pops back up.
  
  
• The US LaserDisc version contains the director's cut with ca. 20 seconds of restored footage that was originally cut to avoid being slapped with the NC-17 by the MPAA. It also has commentary by director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson. In the commentary, Craven notes five places where his cut differs from the theatrical release:
  • Steve's guts are shown pouring out of him as Casey looks on. In the released version, the very last few moments of this are shown.
  • Casey hanging from the tree was time compressed in the film release (it is at normal speed here).
  • When Tatum meets her death by garage door, her head is shown, very briefly being flattened.
  • After Kenny the cameraman's throat is cut, he stares at the blood on his hand after touching his neck, and then looks up at the killer.
  • Billy clearly loses control as he delivers his final cuts to Stuart.
  • After Billy and Stuart have finished stabbing each other, there is a shot of Stu's hand dripping blood into a puddle, with Sydney's father looking on.
  
  
  

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