 Early versions of the film featured an alternate ending in which Tims friend  Steve (Dave Levine) comes to see him after Tim stops answering his calls.  Steve finds Tim near death, sitting in front of the mirror, the entire room  in shambles around him. The video equipment is destroyed. Steve glances into  the mirror and sees Tims "father" perched over him, draining the life from  him. Tim falls dead, Steve stumbles back in shock, and then becomes enchanted  by the mirror. The earliest versions of this ending had Tims dead body sit  up and attack Steve, the later versions just left Steve staring into the  glass, transfixed.