 In an interview with Mick Garris on Take One, John Landis (I) (qv)  stated that in a preview, he included a scene in which you saw more  of how the three bums in the junkyard were killed. People reacted so  strongly, and loudly for the rest of the preview, that he was afraid  that people would miss some of the key plot points at the end of the  film. He added that he felt it was a bad idea because it might have  made the movie stand out more.