In the current day and age of movie releases, it’s become standard that a movie will hit theaters and then, when it arrives on home video, it earns an extended or alternate cut, sometimes leaning into one aspect of the project. In some cases, it means a movie will be bloodier and more intense, or in other cases, a filmmaker gets the chance to revisit their theatrical release to make tweaks that they weren’t able to make upon initial release. Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy and its extended editions might be the most famous example of this, while Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and James Cameron’s The Abyss have also earned drastically different cuts after release.

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