They hot-wired one of the mall""s late-model exhibit vehicles to drive through the mall, scaring off the zombies with ignited propane tanks.Supposedly, it would be therapeutic and stop Tommy""s hallucinations if he verified that the killer Jason was actually dead and buried ("Jason belongs in Hell and I""m gonna see he gets there").[A reel is approximately ten to twelve minutes in length.] Although Von Stroheim cut the film down to about 24 reels (a four-hour version), Stroheim""s own director/friend Rex Ingram cut the film further to between 15 and 18 reels (a three-hour version).Bard quickly rejected Alfrid""s two-faced adulations: "Do not call me that.I""m not the Master of this town." The townsfolk accused Alfrid of helping the ex-Master empty the town""s reasury as they fled from the town.