The only person who actually viewed any of the footage during their initial 28-day shoot was editor David Handman, meaning no one was viewing the dailies as per normal procedure. They were all too focused on moving to the next thing to stop and make sure that what they got was usable. A lot of it wasn't. Adam Marcus had made as many first director mistakes as you'd expect. For example, he originally had an 8-minute sequence in non-stop slow-motion (the diner massacre), and the various conversation scenes dragged on so long not even Mystery Science Theater 3000 could make them funny/interesting. They were only able to salvage around 45-50 minutes of Marcus' original work.So, as much as 43 minutes of the final film came via re-shoots and re-purposed footage. During this process, storylines were completely dropped (e.g., Erin Gray character and the sheriff being engaged and planning their honeymoon) while others were added via creative editing (e.g., Kari Keegan and Steven Culp's characters having been a couple). They also compressed some vital scenes, such as Creighton Duke explaining "the rules." Even after all that, Sean S. Cunningham still found the finished film beyond embarrassing, saying:"Adam came to me and said, 'The last thing the fans want is to see Jason going through Camp Crystal Lake chopping up teenagers again.' Of course, it was the only thing they wanted to see, and Adam delivered this movie that was so not good."

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