In 2019, it was revealed that Paramount and Shout! Factory managed to locate the original negative for the uncut scenes. It has disappeared and we’ll never see it.” Then the miner goes whoop! And them both. She opens her mouth and her eyes just widen as he bleeds into her mouth. She’s got her eyes closed and thinks he’s just being a little frisky. They’re just necking and Tom’s lying on top of and the miner comes in and puts the through him. "There was a scene with the two kids in the mine and they’re joined together forever,”. Mihalka remembered filming this scene and is quoted as saying: One scene in particular and possibly the most violent is where a couple gets impaled with a mining drill. Ī scene where a character is drowned by forcing his head in a boiling pot is missing a frame, possibly because of damage or loss. The footage sourced was from the film's Producer John Dunning's storage facility in Canada this print was 35mm and the footage that was restored was noticeably grainy and in low quality which required color correction. It was believed the original negative has either deteriorated beyond repair or has long since disappeared. He later explained that the other 6 minutes was expository footage that didn't impact the rest of the film and gave his seal of approval stating that this was how the film was meant to be seen.
George Mihalka stated that 9 minutes of cuts were made before release which caused concern for fans as when the new version was finally released only 2 and a half minutes were restored contradicting his earlier statement. Paramount refused to release an uncut version, to which Lionsgate acquired the rights for an uncut DVD release in 2009.
Another reason was the murder of John Lennon in December 1980 which caused a major negative reaction to violence in media in the wake of his death.įor a long time, it was believed that the uncut version of the film was the Holy Grail for Horror fans.
Reasons have varied over the severe cutting, the major one being the backlash of the violence in Friday the 13th a year prior. My Bloody Valentine had severe problems with the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) before the release of the film, they requested cuts to every death in the movie in order to attain an R rating, and even then the movie was given an X rating.