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Kissing Darkness (2014)
How did this get so butchered
Having seen some of the rough cuts of the film, and having read the entire script, I was excited for the final film to be released. To much surprise, it was finally made available for viewing via DailyMotion. I had a few friends over and sat back for what I knew was gonna be a fun film full of comedy and creepy undertones starring several friends. The morning after, I am sitting here in disbelief. The producers and whomever did the final editing BUTCHERED the film. There are cast members completely left out of the credits, names spelled incorrectly, scenes literally cut in half and no explanation why. What was a smart tongue-in-cheek comedy-horror film has now become a fragmented mess. Sean Paul Lockhart has several scenes cut. Allusia Alusia and Misty Violet are cut. Death scenes are cut. Ongoing jokes sparked from these scenes, pop up as punchlines with no reference how they came about as being on-going jokes in the first place. There are weird b-roll and shots of trees added in that are not color corrected and clearly out of place. The sound is atrocious. What did the final editors do to corrupt this film?! There were a few sound issues with the rough cuts I have seen... but this is just sabotage. The story that does remain is cute... but butchered. The entire cast delivers and come across naturally as friends. The movie-connections and subtle jokes are great. But, clearly people were not seeing eye to eye. What a shame. This team deserves the film to be released how originally intended. I can now see why some of the cast, director, etc. are so upset.