Eager to avoid the problems with censorship that Scream (1996) had, director Wes Craven attempted to manipulate the MPAA by sending them a version of the film that had been edited to focus on and enhance the gore and violence present beyond what they actually wanted in the film, including re-using a clip of Omar Epps' character being stabbed in the ear three times, instead of only once as seen in the final film, and an extended scene of Randy Meeks' (Jamie Kennedy's) death that showed his throat being slashed. Craven's reasoning was that the parts of the film they wished to keep would be more acceptable when viewed with the enhanced violence, and so the MPAA would force them to remove the footage they already did not want to keep, while passing the content they did want. However, the MPAA granted this movie an R-rating for the more violent cut, as they believed the underlying message of the film was significant enough to warrant the violence.

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