Man getting pulled in half

I think the reason the quality drops on the dvd during this scene is because this particular was a scene that was cut from the original film & had to be restored from the original negative. There are a few others like it in the film, & some other dvds have this particular look too during scenes that have been added back into the film. Two that I can think of with scenes like that right off the top of my head are Anchor Bay's release of "Silent Night, Deadly Night", & the Paramount/Lionsgate's release of "My Bloody Valentine" (1981). Both have scenes that had to be restored from negatives because they were cut from the film. Not all "restored scenes" look like *beep* but from time to time they do. Usually, though, as was the case with "Silent Night, Deadly Night", there will be a little caption come on the screen right before the film that tells you some of the scenes might not be as good of a quailty as the rest of the film.

I'm not sure why certain "deleted" scenes look better than others. I'm guessing it either has to do with the dvd distributor & how much work they actually feel like putting in to it, or the condition of the negatives. Or maybe a combination of both.