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Tommy's conscience is saying that Jason is not buried far from the surface of his mind.
County cop cars rarely have the screen separating them, unless they are in a big city, which they are not in this movie.
Jason is a hallucination. Tommy doesn't see the chickens when he's hallucinating.
The entire end sequence is a dream or hallucination of Tommy's.
The old British VHS misses out several scenes containing violence and/or nudity and has been cut for about 80 seconds. A detailed comprison between both versions with pictures can be found here.
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