1.I don't remember exactly when I watched '86 Cronenberg version for the first time but I must have watched it as dubbed or Japanese subtitled one. Anyway, I was lucky to be sitting at right in front of a big screen, watching perfectly restored DCP version, and not only that! with double featured with '86 version, too!! Thank you!, Film Forum!!!
The first round was this original version. Compared to the one I watched first, it was more like "a family movie", except the way Vincent Price acting mysteriously all the way to the ending. Things in common between two versions were sad feeling and tender feeling. The biggest difference would be the way story is being told. This level of mystery would be higher in this version. The only reason I took away one star would be..... you know... I just needed a bit more larger degree of shock when the covering black cloth was taken away. I can't deny that. Sorry. : p
Should I watch other versions between and later of these two?
It should be worth doing so.