- For its 1979 debut on CBS, some gruesome shots were removed and additional scenes were shot to pad out the film's running time, reportedly by writer/director Stephanie Rothman. Roger Davis, Crystin Sinclaire and other bit players returned to flesh out their roles, and several new cast members were added uncredited. Director Curtis Harrington was so disgusted that he requested his name be removed from this cut, which is credited to Hollywood's favorite pseudonym, Allen Smithee.
- The original R-rated cut features gore and credits Curtis Harrington as the director. This is the only version available on DVD.
- With the exception of the premiere VCI videocassette debut in the early 1980s, all subsequent North American home video releases featured the longer, alternate television cut of the film. It wasn't until the 2001 VCI DVD premiere that the original theatrical version was again available on domestic home video.
- Scenes added to the TV version:
- Deputy Len tells Sheriff Rich that he was investigating a report of a hanging and spotted Mae Belle, the sheriff's wife, with another man.
- Rich questions Mae Belle about her whereabouts the previous night.
- Kenny asks Barney about the old days at the drive-in.
- Lila June talks on the phone and defends her actions to her mother.
- The sheriff comes to the drive-in and question Barney.
- Dr. Keller goes searching for an answer to what happened on the night Nicky died. He visits newspaper editor George Whitehouse, the sheriff, and an unseen third man who greets him with gunfire.
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