Okay, I obtained an original release VHS of the film, and that is the version that is on Hulu. Now, of course, SPOILERS!
Simply put, they arrest Jack, there are scenes at the police station, there's the scene in the shoe store, and then, the scene in the apartment with the unseen serial killer singing. Then, it cuts to black, and the final act begins with Ricky have another series of flashes. He then visits Dr. Battera at his home, gets hypnotized, and then, realizes that it was Dr. Tannerson that is the serial killer. There's then the race to save Chris from being the next victim, and so on. I assume this is the proper, original version of the movie running 97 minutes long. If so, you can watch "Jack's Back" in widescreen on Hulu, and I believe it is free to watch.
Now, I don't know what sex scene you were referring to since the VHS release features no sex scenes of any kind.
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Moviemadness2012
11 years ago
I've seen the Hulu, Netflix, and UK Region-2 DVD versions and they are all identical. And you also confirmed that the VHS was the same. The OP was the only one in this thread, and on the Internet apparently, who thought there was another ending. Clearly, the OP was mistaken due to faulty memory. An average person watches hundreds and thousands of films and TV shows in their lifetimes and could easily misplace similar scenes and plotlines in their heads.
The psychiatrist pulled out a gun due to SELF-DEFENSE against the seemingly hostile Rick. The movie clearly used that as a red herring.
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bridgetjones12002
11 years ago
I just purchased an import version of it tonight that is 97 minutes long. Honestly, I have not seen this movie since it was first released in the 1980s so I don't even remember the ending. I just came here to the board to see if there were any postings, so it looks like there ARE two versions. The disc I bought is NTSC so it plays on all DVD players and is "new and sealed". It has the same cover as the VHS tape (maybe it's ripped? Don't care as long as it plays decently). In the venue I bought it from there were also UK Region 2 versions running 93 minutes. There's also an Australian release but the seller did not give the running time.
I even just looked at Amazon. There is the VHS original tape there that is 97 minutes long, and the UK version Region 2 DVD is 93 minutes.
PS: the Netflix version is 1 hour 32 minutes
Hulu Version" 1 hour 36 minutes
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Moviemadness2012
11 years ago
Please note that the starter of this thread is the only one I've heard on all of the Internet who claims there is an alternate ending. So does your VHS have this ending? If not, that's more confirmation the OP is mistaken.
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ghostgate2001
10 years ago
The difference in run-time will be due to the 4% speed-up factor with PAL versions, i.e. a 100-minute movie will run only 96 minutes on a PAL DVD or VHS, but the content is the same - it's just imperceptibly sped-up, one extra frame per second, due to the differing refresh-rates of the two TV systems. NTSC versions run at the normal speed, same as the cinema version.
I first saw Jack's Back on rental VHS way back in the 80s, and I own a DVD of it. Region 2 DVD, I'm sure. It's a genuine DVD, but the film's a full-frame presentation with a shoddy washed-out print that looks like a cheap VHS transfer.
SPOILERS!
The killer is the same in the DVD as I recalled from the original VHS. It's not Picardo, it's the elderly doctor guy. You're supposed to suspect Picardo for a while, but that's just misdirection - a red herring.
The ending is as described above: Spader goes to visit Picardo, realises who the killer really is, and races off to the woman's house for a showdown as the killer attempts to murder her. I've never seen any other ending, either in the 80s or since.
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