Event Horizon had extensive scenes cut, making the film shorter and less terrifying for audiences. Director's cuts and deleted footage are often the saving grace for heavily edited films, but Event Horizon's footage was destroyed. The lost footage from Event Horizon was sent to a Transylvanian salt mine and deteriorated, forever preventing a director's cut.

A 27-year-old horror sci-fi movie was extensively cut short before its theatrical release, leaving it with almost none of its best scenes. To make things even worse, its deleted footage was later destroyed, leaving no trace of the director's initial vision for the film. After being filmed and compiled together into a final cut, most movies are often trimmed before their release for several reasons. While some of these reasons are practical, others are driven more by early audience reactions, budgetary constraints, and market demands.

Primarily belonging to the latter category, a 1997 movie was...