![]() ![]() Although it would definitely make for an intriguing addition, the current cut works perfectly due to a combination of stark depravity and the fear of the unknown, which is left at the mercy of our individual imaginations. While Anderson has ignited the dim hope of an uncut version of the captain's log over the years, this extended version seems to have been lost forever. "Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see," he says, before going on a sinister rampage of murder and vivisection. Weir, who follows the previous captain's footsteps and gouges his eyes out. However, it is too late, as the malicious entity that resides in the vessel takes a hold of its maker, Dr. ![]() The final twist of the knife is the captain holding his freshly-ripped eyeballs while exclaiming " Liberate tutemet ex inferis" - chillingly translated to "save yourself from hell." This recording, which culminates the dual impulses of desire and death - Eros and Thanatos - in the most repulsive of ways, serves as a grim warning to the rescue crew. These aspects culminate when Weir reveals the true nature of the gravity drive: upon activation, it forms a black hole that doubles as a parallel dimension that is literally hell. The latter interpretation is bolstered by Anderson's consistent usage of Christian iconography, from the demonic howls in the distress call to the use of Latin to express a dying sentiment. (Jason Isaacs), who finds the captain's garbled video log, is able to isolate the Latin phrase " Liberate me," which translates to "Save me," denoting that the crew was either in danger or were driven to seek religious salvation (or both). This footage is unlikely to be seen or restored, however, since footage from Event Horizon was stored in a salt mine and found to have degraded beyond use when the studio was looking to use it for a 2006 special edition DVD release.Everyone is haunted by some deep-seated trauma, either one that belongs in the past or lies in the anxieties of the future, and the sentient vessel turns on its current residents by using these fears against them. For instance, Miller and Weir are haunted by people they could not save, while Peters (Kathleen Quinlan) is lured to her death with visions of her son, whom she had left behind on Earth after a broken marriage.Įxcept one dead body, Event Horizon is a ghost ship, making the rescuers wonder what exactly happened to the crew. In the end, it's little wonder executives were so blindsided by the viciousness of the uncut "Blood Orgy" sequence and were overzealous in ordering Anderson to cut most of it. The original version also made it clear that sexual assaults were happening in addition to the mutilations. This whole sequence was shot over two days by another director called Vadim Jean, and the crew knew most of what they were filming would likely be cut. In addition, numerous gore effects like bites and stab wounds were trimmed from the scene. Some choice deletions include a woman being held down while screws are drilled into her teeth, a man's legs beaten with pipes to point they break off as he crawls away, a crew member's breast being torn off and another who's arm is broken with a pipe but the hand is still seen wiggling. Dave Bonneywell ( Game Of Thrones), an effects artist on Event Horizon, later detailed in response to a fan what was shot but later cut out of the "Blood Orgy." Bonneywell was told by Anderson to come up with creative effects for the scene and the director chose the ones he liked best. ![]()
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