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** In the 1967 cut, since Asmodeus was an addition to the later 1970 version, it’s not made clear what [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced Jim]], only that it’s not human. Additionally, the gradual transformation from Jim to the winged demon is mor pronounced with his final state prior to becoming the winged creature having reddish skin, tusks, and black devil horns.
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** In the 1967 cut, since Asmodeus was an addition to the later 1970 version, it’s not made clear what [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced Jim]], only that it’s not human. Additionally, the gradual transformation from Jim to the winged demon is mor pronounced with his final state prior to becoming the winged creature having reddish skin, tusks, and black devil horns. The {{StopMotion}} creature terrifies Dave just before the demon knocks him out with his wing.
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** In the 1967 cut, since Asmodeus was an addition to the later 1970 version, it’s not made clear what [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced Jim]], only that it’s not human. Additionally, the gradual transformation from Jim to the winged demon is mor pronounced with his final state prior to becoming the winged creature having reddish skin, tusks, and black devil horns.
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** In the 1967 cut, Waterman’s narration has him speaking in an ominous tone as imagery such as a robed figure in front of a blood-orange clock.
*** One of his recollections has him accidentally calling forth the damned in black robes commanded by a {{StopMotion}} skeleton demon in a dark cape with a pitchfork commanding the dead to fall into Hell.
*** One of his recollections has him accidentally calling forth the damned in black robes commanded by a {{StopMotion}} skeleton demon in a dark cape with a pitchfork commanding the dead to fall into Hell.
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** In the 1967 cut, Dr. Waterman meets his demise being chased by the demon ape, which is initially presented as a point of view shot from the monster, as the scientist desperately tried to escape only to be killed by the demon in a state of terror.
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** In the 1967 cut, Dr. Waterman meets his demise being chased by the demon ape, which is initially presented as a point of view shot from the monster, as the scientist desperately tried to escape only to be nearly killed by the demon in a state of terror.
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** In the 1967 cut, when Vicki finds the foot print of the Asmodeus creature, it’s given more ominous emphasis that something inhuman is around.
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** In the 1967 cut, the [[EldritchAbomination the ammonite monster]] that Waterman summoned destroys Dr. Waterman’s cabin just before the group arrives. When the group gets there, they only see the wreckage afterwards. The lack of clarity as to what the monster was, hints that something unnatural is going on.
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** In the 1967 cut, Dr. Waterman meets his demise being chased by the demon ape, which is initially presented as a point of view shot from the monster, as the scientist desperately tried to escape only to be killed by the demon in a state of terror.
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** While the 1970 cut has Dave being run over by a driver-less car implied to be empowered by the dark forces, the 1967 cut initially seems to have a driver that ran over Dave by mistake, which leads to the reveal in the next shot that it never had a driver, making the seemingly innocuous accident a shocking revelation that the curse was legitimate.
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** The original 1967 cut manages to be even more frightening than the more popular 1970 cut, with several of the cut content causing the film to be more disturbing.
*** The towering pitch black reaper figure appears at the beginning rather than the end, [[EvilSoundsRaspy having a much more raspy voice compared to the deeper voice of the 1970 cut]]. Making much clearer that Dave is being cursed to die in a year and a day by the forces of Hell himself. Dave immediately runs away as an understandable reaction.
*** The towering pitch black reaper figure appears at the beginning rather than the end, [[EvilSoundsRaspy having a much more raspy voice compared to the deeper voice of the 1970 cut]]. Making much clearer that Dave is being cursed to die in a year and a day by the forces of Hell himself. Dave immediately runs away as an understandable reaction.
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** The moment Asmodeus directly involves himself is the moment where [[FromBadToWorse things escalate from harrowing to hopeless]], leading into the DownerEnding. Beforehand, [[HopeSpot the group had managed to defeat the demon ape and it looked like they'd manage to escape]], only for Asmodeus to summon his demonic giant to lure Jim into the other dimension to kill them before killing Vicki in a sudden violent manner. Dave and Susan only survive the encounter through Asmodeus ramming into a cross tombstone.
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** The moment Asmodeus directly involves himself is the moment where [[FromBadToWorse things escalate from harrowing to hopeless]], leading into the DownerEnding. Beforehand, [[HopeSpot the group had managed to defeat the demon ape and it looked like they'd manage to escape]], only for Asmodeus to summon his demonic giant to lure Jim into the other dimension to kill them before killing Vicki in a sudden violent manner. Dave and Susan only survive the encounter through Asmodeus ramming into a cross tombstone.tombstone, causing him to explode into flames. Only for the sudden quake to kill Susan anyway. Just as Dave is about to mourn Susan, a massive black-robed figure, [[TheGrimReaper resembling Death]] states that Dave will die in a year and a day ominously. [[NothingIsScarier With no indication of what this creature is, but heavily implied to be something much worse than Asmodeus]].
** This leads to the beginning of the film where Dave is run over by a car without a driver, implied to be powered by the same robed creature from before. And when he's sent to an asylum after being reduced to madness due to no one believing him, he loses his cross and a certain possessed Susan arrives to finish the job...
** This leads to the beginning of the film where Dave is run over by a car without a driver, implied to be powered by the same robed creature from before. And when he's sent to an asylum after being reduced to madness due to no one believing him, he loses his cross and a certain possessed Susan arrives to finish the job...
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** Asmodeus in general, initially appears as a reasonable park ranger, but he's gradually hinted to be something unnatural as [[OffscreenTeleportation he has a habit of randomly appearing out of nowhere on his horse without hints of the latter moving]], his face gradually becomes inhuman, and finally, he's revealed to be a {{StopMotion}} red-skinned, skull-faced demon with bat-like wings for hands, a trident tail, and taloned feet. Such feet are what he uses to kill Vicki by clawing her in one painful strike.
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** Asmodeus in general, initially appears as a reasonable park ranger, but he's gradually hinted to be something unnatural as [[OffscreenTeleportation he has a habit of randomly appearing out of nowhere on his horse without hints of the latter moving]], his face gradually becomes inhuman, and finally, he's revealed to be a {{StopMotion}} red-skinned, skull-faced demon with bat-like wings for hands, a trident tail, and taloned feet. Such feet are what he uses to kill Vicki by clawing her in one painful strike.strike and proceeds to lift Susan up to then drop her to her death, nearly killing her.
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** The moment Asmodeus directly involves himself is the moment where [[FromBadToWorse things escalate from harrowing to hopeless]], leading into the DownerEnding. Beforehand, [[HopeSpot the group had managed to defeat the demon ape and it looked like they'd manage to escape]], only for Asmodeus to summon his demonic giant to lure Jim into the other dimension to kill them before killing Vicki in a sudden violent manner. Dave and Susan only survive the encounter through Asmodeus ramming into a cross tombstone.
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** Asmodeus in general, initially appears as a reasonable park ranger, but he's gradually hinted to be something unnatural as [[OffscreenTeleportation he has a habit of randomly appearing out of nowhere on his horse without hints of the latter moving]], his face gradually becomes inhuman, and finally, he's revealed to be a red-skinned, skull-faced demon with bat-like wings for hands, a barbed tail, and taloned feet.
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** Asmodeus in general, initially appears as a reasonable park ranger, but he's gradually hinted to be something unnatural as [[OffscreenTeleportation he has a habit of randomly appearing out of nowhere on his horse without hints of the latter moving]], his face gradually becomes inhuman, and finally, he's revealed to be a {{StopMotion}} red-skinned, skull-faced demon with bat-like wings for hands, a barbed trident tail, and taloned feet.feet. Such feet are what he uses to kill Vicki by clawing her in one painful strike.
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** The closeup of Asmodeus-Jim with the makeup makes his eyesockets appear pure black, making him unnerving to look at.
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** The closeup of Asmodeus-Jim with the makeup makes his eyesockets appear pure black, making him unnerving to look at. And his fight with Dave continues, his ears subtly more pointed and reddish- making his true demonic nature more apparent.
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** The demonic troglodyte that Asmodeus summons, pursuing Jim into the dimensional space, and [[HeroKiller kills him within the space as Jim delivers his friends the book before he's taken into the space]] [[SenselessSacrifice wherein he's then killed by Asmodeus who kills him in order to steal his appearance]].
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** The demonic troglodyte that Asmodeus summons, pursuing Jim into the dimensional space, and [[HeroKiller kills him within the space as Jim delivers his friends the book before he's taken into the space]] [[SenselessSacrifice wherein he's then killed by Asmodeus who kills him in order to steal his appearance]].appearance to steal back the book]].
** The closeup of Asmodeus-Jim with the makeup makes his eyesockets appear pure black, making him unnerving to look at.
** The closeup of Asmodeus-Jim with the makeup makes his eyesockets appear pure black, making him unnerving to look at.
