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Movie has a solid story that is entertaining! The story is pretty intense for children, but moves at a pace that adults can follow with ease! There are elements of suspense and fear that feed to the momentum of the movie! There are a few scenes that are more than what the movie needs! Those scenes are more graphic than they need to be and can create a distraction for some audiences! But an entertaining movie for anybody who likes sci-fi horror!
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The atmosphere is creepy. If that doesn't get to you within the first few minutes of the movie, the idea behind the "haunting" will. First off, the crew are stuck on a space ship in the middle of a vacuum. Claustrophobia, anyone? And that space ship is pretty frikkin' scary looking from the inside and the outside. And then you have the videos that show the crew doing God knows what to each other and themselves. Then there's the whole idea behind the haunting. The ship supposedly dove into a dimension outside the known universe, called "Hell" in the movie, though what Hell really is will vary from religion to religion, but that's not the point. The point is that this dimension is a dimension of "pure chaos, pure evil," a dimension with such a powerful presence that it causes the crew to mutilate each other and do the most deplorable stuff to one another and themselves. Basically, it's like the Blue Dolphin Hotel Room 1408 floating in space. And like Alma Wade in F.E.A.R., the presence is constantly felt. It may not be totally known to the viewer (or the characters) in the beginning, but from the intro, you can already tell there's something wrong here, there's something "evil" onboard. But just as is all things supernatural, you can never know what "it" really is and where it came from. Compared to recent slasher "horror" films of today like The Hills Have Eyes, Hostel, the Saw Series, etc. that manage to do little more than gross the crap out of you, Event Horizon crawls under your skin akin to how Silent Hill affected many young teens and even some grown men when it first came out. It's the atmosphere. It just chokes the hell out of you. I personally couldn't imagine actually BEING in the position that the crew were in. And I feel particularly sad for the guy that got pulled into that extra-dimensional space. I mean, heck, he came out catatonic.Read full review
Event Horizon was written by Philip Eisner. The film came from the directing skills of Paul W Anderson who was also responsible for Resident Evil and Alien-VS- Predator. Starring Sam Neill and Laurence Fishburne, we find ourselves swept into this space adventure with awe and wonder. Yet Fear is always present. We find that the heart stopping moments close to the end Captain Miller decides to blow the ship is tremendously enjoyable and tense. You may become mesmerized if watched alone at night with all the lights off where you can properly get swept up in it's claustrophobic atmosphere. We learn that the ship has brought back evil from another dimension. Dr. Weir is continually haunted by his dead wife (Holley Chant) who committed suicide years earlier. Set in the year 2047 the story concerns the sudden reappearance of a prototype spaceship The Event Horizon which vanished on it's maiden voyage seven years previously. A salvage ship called The Lewis And Clark is sent out to investigate and brings along Dr William Weir (Sam Neil), a physics expert originally responsible for the ship's creation. They dock with the Horizon but find no signs of life and as they set about making repairs, the crew begins to experience hallucinations and sense that they are not totally alone. Event Horizon was initially unfairly dismissed by mainstream movie critics as a cross between Alien and Hell-Raiser. In my opinion this film will eventually be ranked among the classics. This movie works on your own sense of unease and seems to culminate on the crew's growing sense of anxiety and paranoia. There is no definitive explanation given for what they are experiencing. Another Dimension may exist within the workings of this space ship but are only left to wonder whether we are actually parked on the edge of hell itself. The Lewis and Clark space ship was modeled after the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. As Sam Neill (Dr. Weir) says at the end, "You'll never need eyes to see again where we are going." 5/5 for perfection and scariness. The double set is well worth the extra disc. IF YOU LIKE MY REVIEWS PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO VOTE. THANKS.Read full review
This review is written based upon having previously owned this movie and watched it innumerable times on VHS. For anyone who is a scifi and or horror film fan this movie will be a total thrill ride from start to finish. Laurence Fishburne and Sam Neill deliver immaculate and gripping performances in their respective roles in this film. The storyline is dark and edgy and takes its scifi/horror plot to a level which I have never conceived would ever be possible in any film. If you love scifi and horror movies which deal indirectly with existentialism and fast paced action, this is a must have film.
I saw this movie when it was released in 1997. It didn't do well at the box office and was underrated. The story was decent, although somewhat cliche. You had some good actors in this movie including Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill and Kathleen Quinlan. Overall entertaining with good special effects.
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