{
  "id": 791787,
  "title": "'The X-Files' creator Chris Carter says new director's cut of 'I Want to Believe' is 'the horror movie that we really wanted to make' (interview)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/the-x-files-creator-chris-carter-says-new-directors-cut-of-i-want-to",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-13T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Space.com",
    "slug": "space-com",
    "url": "https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-movies-shows/the-x-files-creator-chris-carter-says-new-directors-cut-of-i-want-to-believe-is-the-horror-movie-that-we-really-wanted-to-make-interview"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Eighteen years after its release, the director's cut of \"The X-Files: I Want to Believe\" is set to be a horror film that the creator, Chris Carter, had always intended to make. The story follows Agent Mulder, in pursuit of a group of murderers harvesting organs, breaking into a makeshift lab to save an abducted woman. Inside, he discovers a gruesome scene of bodies on ice and surgeons preparing to transplant the villain's head onto the woman's body. The director's cut, set to release on Hulu on August 14, will be the R-rated version of the film, a stark contrast to its original PG-13 theatrical release.\n\nCarter's original vision for the film was a scary movie, one that he had intended to direct. However, due to pressure from 20th Century Fox, the film underwent two re-edits to meet the PG-13 rating. The first re-edit was to placate the executives, while the second was to satisfy the motion picture censors. Despite these changes, Carter felt that the film could be streamlined and focuses more on the horror movie he had initially envisioned. The new version will feature a different name, \"The X-Files: I Want to Believe — Vrach Frankenshteyn,\" alluding to the tone and themes Carter had intended for the original film. This Frankenstein story draws inspiration from a doctor in Cleveland who transplanted the head of a monkey onto another monkey, a perfect X-Files territory.",
  "summary": "Chris Carter, creator of \"The X-Files\", is revisiting the 2008 film \"The X-Files: I Want to Believe\" in an new R-rated director's cut coming to Hulu on Aug. 14.",
  "key_points": [
    "Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files, envisions new director's cut as horror film.",
    "Original film underwent two re-edits to achieve PG-13 rating.",
    "New version, titled I Want to Believe — Vrach Frankenshteyn, focuses on horror theme."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}