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For a list of the differences between this version and the Japanese 'INTEGRAL' version, click here.

On the dvd commentary, Sergio Stivaletti tells how Dario wanted a shot of the pills going down Jennifer's throat when she is in Daria Nicolodi's bathroom. In 1984 they did not have the technology to do this successfully but the very same shot turns up in the stendhal syndrome 12 years later.

Argento's protege and Assistant Director on the film, Michele Soavi appears as a detective who goes with Inspector Geiger to visit McGregor after the murder of the Danish tourist.

The majority of the cast did their own dubbing for the English-language version.

The original version, released in Italy and other parts of Europe, includes a number of scenes left out of the American and/or UK version, mostly of key dialogue including:

Jennifer tells her roommate how her mother left with her lover at Christmas when she was eight;

Jennifer eats baby food and explains that she is a vegetarian;

John McGregor shows his book on communicating with insects and explains how insects can be used to help solve crimes;

Andy Sex Gang is shown on Sophie's television performing "The Quick and the Dead";

Motorhead's "Locomotive" continues to play in the background during the scene where Inspector Geiger visits the asylum;

Iron Maiden's "Flash of the Blade" continues to play as Diezla Sulzer is pursued by the killer in a suspense sequence cut from the U.S. version;

Morris Shapiro's unavailability is played like a horror cliche in the U.S. version; here Jennifer is told he is with his family for Passover.

Jennifer is given an electroencephalogram after her first sleepwalking attack.

In addition to the above, some gory scenes featured in the original Italian version were removed from the US release:

The scissors stabbing the girl's hand during the first attack;

Inspector Geiger's breaking his thumb to get out of the hand cuffs;

The blade through the back of the head and out the mouth scene.

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