10 Times Studios LOCKED AWAY Deleted Movie Scenes From Directors

10. Event Horizon

Say what you will about director Paul W.S. Anderson, but his cult classic Event Horizon is a deeply atmospheric and unsettling slice of gonzo sci-fi horror - and easily his best film.

While Anderson is generally accepted to be a journeyman director who plays ball with the studio, on this movie he fought tooth and nail against Paramount, who ended up cutting the film down from 130 minutes to just 95.

The studio primarily objected to the original cut's extreme gore, which featured a prolonged "blood orgy" sequence as is only hinted at in the theatrical release, and made other cuts to expository and character development scenes intended to streamline the narrative.

Though Event Horizon performed well enough on home video for Paramount to consider a Director's Cut, they ultimately discovered that they'd improperly stored the original negatives in a Transylvanian salt mine, making it impossible to reconstitute the 35 minutes' worth of cut scenes.

While Anderson did confirm that producer Lloyd Levin found a VHS copy of the Director's Cut in 2012, it's obviously of insufficient quality to be mastered for a home video release, and so short of a bootleg copy ever find its way online, fans are basically out of luck.