 The original ending was alot less scary. After Freddy busts the cameraman,  the CSI team investigates the scene. As a CSI women look down a hole where  Michael slept, he jumps out and gets her. The theatrical endin was scarier  and showed a coroner examining Michaels burnts face. His eyes then pop open  as she screams. Also, the theatrical version seems to have longer shots of  any death or gore than the original version.