 Reportedly, Hallorans death scene as filmed is not the one we actually see.  The one filmed depicts a much longer, much more graphic death. In its  entirety, the scene lasts almost seventy seconds, and is full of gore. Rather  then just run up and hit him as seen in the released version, Jack instead  runs up, hits him in the back of the head. Halloran screams. Jack pulls the  ax back, and then slams the spike on the back of the ax into the base of  Hallorans spine. Halloran screams and recoils, and then Jack slams the ax  into his back and he falls down. Halloran rolls onto his back and is looking  up, and Jack starts to beat him with the ax before he "hears" something and  leaves (Halloran rolling onto his back before Jack beat him is why in the  uncut version we see Halloran on his back with blood when Wendy finds him,  rather then on his face like we see him fall).