10 Horror Movie Scenes You Didn't See (Thanks To Test Audiences)

10. Preacher Dies - Deep Blue Sea

Before we start dunking on test audiences outright, let's kick things off with a rare instance of a test screening that almost certainly produced a better result, even if it's a shame the cut material has never been released.

Renny Harlin's shamelessly schlocky 1999 B-movie Deep Blue Sea features a memorable performance from LL Cool J as Sherman "Preacher" Dudley, the underwater lab's resident chef who gets fiery revenge on the shark that ate his bird.

In an original test screening, though, Preacher actually died fairly early in the film, yet because the audience was so pervasively disappointed by his demise while the unlikeable Dr. Susan McCallister (Saffron Burrows) got to live, their fates were reversed through reshoots.

In the end, Preacher is a major part of the re-filmed climax and narrowly survives, while McCallister is brutally devoured shortly before the end.

All in all the right calls were made, though considering how little we know about Preacher's original death, it's a damn shame the original shot scene has never been included on any home video release.