Scream Factory is hoping to include lost footage from the Laurence Fishburne-starring movie in an upcoming Blu-ray release.
Most people are not looking to see more visions of hell, especially these days.
But horror fans got very excited this week at the prospect of witnessing just that.
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“We welcome any leads you may have alongside our efforts.”
I don’t think they were really expecting what they got."
Seven years on, the ship has returned, seemingly alive, and definitely dangerous.
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you could’t tap dance."
But it was actually all of the hell footage.
So, there was a real beauty to it even though it was very disturbing."
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“I did a horror film years ago,Event Horizon,” she said.
“Okay, now thatwasn’tsuch a fun project, though a lot of the people were lovely.
Lots of things went wrong on that.”
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For Anderson, the real-life horror story began once shooting was over.
Anderson was forced to rush the post-production process and effectively edit the film in just four weeks.
Anderson would recall that this 130-minute-long cut of the film revolted many members of the audience.
“The first test screening that we had ofEventwas just disastrous,” he said.
Or, some people liked it passionately, but not enough."
Anderson cut around 30 minutes of footage from the film.
Event Horizonwas negatively reviewed.
“And then I discovered it on VHS.
The filmmaker was amenable to the idea but then discovered that the material had vanished.
“The idea came up of doing a restored version of the movie,” said Anderson.
The longer cut of the film swiftly gained legendary status among horror fans.
“I’ve always had to say, ‘Frankly no.’
“It sounds like the end ofRaiders of the Lost Ark,” Barker said.
“I have no knowledge of why that stuff was there, how it got there.
All I know is the cinema gods must have loved us because it was all there.”
To misquote Neill’s character, whereEvent Horizonfans are going, theywillneed eyes to see.
