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Event Horizon
1997
In this eerie science-fiction ghost story, an astrophysicist (Sam Neill), haunted by the memory of his wife's suicide, joins a rescue mission to salvage his life's work: the Event Horizon, a prototype spacecraft capable of faster-than-light travel that has been missing for seven years. Their arrival triggers contact with .. Read more
| Starring | Sam Neill, Laurence Fishburne, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson |
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| Director | Paul W.S. Anderson |
| Genres | Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Critics' reviews (6)
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This is a messy (in more ways than one) but enjoyable slice of space splatter from British director Paul Anderson. Named after the area of space around a black hole beyond which matter seemingly disappears, the Event Horizon here is an experimental spacecraft that has been missing for years but has just reappeared off Neptune. A rescue team, led by Laurence Fishburne, is sent to retrieve it, but it soon becomes apparent that it's in the grip of a malevolent force. Fishburne, Sam Neill, Joely Richardson and Sean Pertwee bring some class to the determinedly B-movie dialogue, and Anderson delivers some eye-poppingly nasty sequences that will please horror fans.
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Creepy horror movie in outer space that delivers the requisite shocks; a little less predictability would have been welcome, though.
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After 35 years lost in the cosmos, the spaceship 'Event Horizon' re-establishes contact. A team of crack astronauts,... read more on Time Out
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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20 out of 23 people found this review helpful
Stolen But Simply Outstanding
I watched this film as part of a double bill one afternoon at a local cinema. On the end of this I watched The Exorcist. Event Horizon left me feeling truly disturbed.
A crew venture into space to recover a vessel that has been fitted with a device that can bend time (fitting with recent theories on space travel). They find a ship that appears to be quite lifeless. Unfortunatly for them it isn't
As the other reviewer says if you slow down the log files you'll appreciate why this was rated so heavily, we didn't have that luxury in the cinema, but even at that time enough of the flickering images remain in the brain long enough to make you shudder, and they aren't the half of it.
A thoroughly taught blood and guts thriller, the like of which are rarely seen. Any criticisms? Well.. they did steal ideas from practically all the best horror movies ever made. Certainly comparisons to a sci-fi version of Hellraiser wouldn't be out of line.. But then why make it a criticism it was all done so exceptionally well!!
Not only do I rate this a 5 but I've rented it on both VHS and DVD twice. The only reason I haven't bought it is because of the lack of extras! -
9 out of 14 people found this review helpful
I always suspect 'horror' films set in space.
I always suspect 'horror' films set in space. They always turn out to be a big disappointment. Event Horizon though was not.
Sam Neil is a scienist haunted by the past, his wife who commited suicide. He throws himself into his work, a space vessel capable of bending space to travel instantaneously from one point to another...The Event Horizon. One its first trails the Event Horizon engaged it's drive and disappeared...The problem being, it never came back.
Years later the Event Horizon emerges near Jupiter. Calls to the ship are not returned. The Search and Rescue ship, the Lewis and Clarke with her captain (Fishburne), crew and Sam Neil set out the find out if there are any survivors, what happened... and where has it being for the past number of years.
The sets in the film are great and the acting by both lead actors is too. Sean Pertwee (son of the third Dr Who, Jon) also makes a good impression. -
10 out of 17 people found this review helpful
Non-event
An Alien/Aliens clone without one original idea to call its own. A few pleasant to look at zero-gravity effects at the beginning raise ones hopes that this may be ok, but the script/plotting is aimed at 12 year olds and the film achieves all its jolts by the cheap trick of sudden loud bursts in the soundtrack. Every character is one dimensional, every line a cliche. Really. Watching Aliens for the 10th time would be more entertaining than this
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- Grimmy from Up North
- Posted 14 Aug 2007 17:07
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Awful! Rip-off!
Rip-off of the Alien sets (with better computers) even down to life support machines and life scanners.
I had been looking forward to this film, after hearing how the story was full of suspense. Sadly I kept waiting for the suspense.
I had no sympathy for the characters and some of the plotlines you are expected to believe are way too far fetched for even a science fiction movie.
Laughable, poor man's Aliens. -
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
AMAZING
Well What more can i say. Without a doubt the scariest SciFi / Thriller i've seen in a very, very long time. Nail biting, edge of my seat stuff. Without a doubt 5/5!!!!!!!
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20 out of 23 people found this review helpful
Stolen But Simply Outstanding
I watched this film as part of a double bill one afternoon at a local cinema. On the end of this I watched The Exorcist. Event Horizon left me feeling truly disturbed.
A crew venture into space to recover a vessel that has been fitted with a device that can bend time (fitting with recent theories on space travel). They find a ship that appears to be quite lifeless. Unfortunatly for them it isn't
As the other reviewer says if you slow down the log files you'll appreciate why this was rated so heavily, we didn't have that luxury in the cinema, but even at that time enough of the flickering images remain in the brain long enough to make you shudder, and they aren't the half of it.
A thoroughly taught blood and guts thriller, the like of which are rarely seen. Any criticisms? Well.. they did steal ideas from practically all the best horror movies ever made. Certainly comparisons to a sci-fi version of Hellraiser wouldn't be out of line.. But then why make it a criticism it was all done so exceptionally well!!
Not only do I rate this a 5 but I've rented it on both VHS and DVD twice. The only reason I haven't bought it is because of the lack of extras! -
9 out of 14 people found this review helpful
I always suspect 'horror' films set in space.
I always suspect 'horror' films set in space. They always turn out to be a big disappointment. Event Horizon though was not.
Sam Neil is a scienist haunted by the past, his wife who commited suicide. He throws himself into his work, a space vessel capable of bending space to travel instantaneously from one point to another...The Event Horizon. One its first trails the Event Horizon engaged it's drive and disappeared...The problem being, it never came back.
Years later the Event Horizon emerges near Jupiter. Calls to the ship are not returned. The Search and Rescue ship, the Lewis and Clarke with her captain (Fishburne), crew and Sam Neil set out the find out if there are any survivors, what happened... and where has it being for the past number of years.
The sets in the film are great and the acting by both lead actors is too. Sean Pertwee (son of the third Dr Who, Jon) also makes a good impression. -
10 out of 17 people found this review helpful
Non-event
An Alien/Aliens clone without one original idea to call its own. A few pleasant to look at zero-gravity effects at the beginning raise ones hopes that this may be ok, but the script/plotting is aimed at 12 year olds and the film achieves all its jolts by the cheap trick of sudden loud bursts in the soundtrack. Every character is one dimensional, every line a cliche. Really. Watching Aliens for the 10th time would be more entertaining than this
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- Grimmy from Up North
- Posted 14 Aug 2007 17:07
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7 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Very good sci-fi horror
I'm not sure why this film is so poorly rated amongst critcis. It is a very decent watch and has a plausable plot. Its doesn't go overboard on the cheese and is very jumpy in parts. Any sci-fi fan will enjoy and like me wonder why there hasn't been a sequel.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Awful! Rip-off!
Rip-off of the Alien sets (with better computers) even down to life support machines and life scanners.
I had been looking forward to this film, after hearing how the story was full of suspense. Sadly I kept waiting for the suspense.
I had no sympathy for the characters and some of the plotlines you are expected to believe are way too far fetched for even a science fiction movie.
Laughable, poor man's Aliens. -
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Scariest Movie
Sitting around a large table with friends recently a question was asked.
What was the last movie that actually managed to scare you?
Everybody answered with Event Horizon.
An extremely disturbing movie.
Rent it today. -
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Nasty and brilliant
I was very impressed by this. I do have a weakness for sci-fi movies and particularly sci-fi horrors but I somehow managed to miss it when it first came out.
Its not perfect - the plot at times seems cobbled together from bits of Alien, The Shining and various other movies, but the use of unpleasant flashbacks and a great cast (including the utterly marvelous Sean Pertwee) makes it stand head and shoulders above most of its contemporaries! See it, but don't see it alone - I did and it made me jump so much I spilled my wine all over the carpet! -
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Drivel
A movie that can't decide what it is. Starts out as Aliens, moves to Solaris, diverges via Them and ends up as Hellraiser, with echoes of Stargate. Result is dull, confusing and a waste of a good cast.
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
AMAZING
Well What more can i say. Without a doubt the scariest SciFi / Thriller i've seen in a very, very long time. Nail biting, edge of my seat stuff. Without a doubt 5/5!!!!!!!
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Missed potential
This lacked what all good sci-fi films have i.e a good story independent of the science.(See Star Wars, Forbidden Planet etc). There is a middle way between films like Event Horizon and space soaps like the later Star Trek off-shoots.The themes were incompletely developed eg the scientist wife's suicide. Where exactly had the ship been ? Predictably another dimension. And what had it brought back ? Something. Too many loose ends. Why did the original captain choose to tell people to save themselves in Latin ? The filming wasn't bad and with more emphasis on character (making proper use of Neill and Richardson) in addition to the very basic 'struggle for survival' plot, it could have been much better.
Unfortunately the film never really focussed properly on potentially interesting 'side issues' and failed to use Neill's considerable ability. In the end it struggles to be average.
Critics' reviews (6)
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This is a messy (in more ways than one) but enjoyable slice of space splatter from British director Paul Anderson. Named after the area of space around a black hole beyond which matter seemingly disappears, the Event Horizon here is an experimental spacecraft that has been missing for years but has just reappeared off Neptune. A rescue team, led by Laurence Fishburne, is sent to retrieve it, but it soon becomes apparent that it's in the grip of a malevolent force. Fishburne, Sam Neill, Joely Richardson and Sean Pertwee bring some class to the determinedly B-movie dialogue, and Anderson delivers some eye-poppingly nasty sequences that will please horror fans.
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Creepy horror movie in outer space that delivers the requisite shocks; a little less predictability would have been welcome, though.
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After 35 years lost in the cosmos, the spaceship 'Event Horizon' re-establishes contact. A team of crack astronauts,... read more on Time Out
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"...It's especially well-cast....And Philip Eisner's script holds our interest..."
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"...Visually staggering production design -- truly an event itself..."
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"...The director, Paul Anderson, is a stylist to watch..."
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Event Horizon
In this eerie science-fiction ghost story, an astrophysicist (Sam Neill), haunted by the memory of his wife's suicide, joins a rescue mission to salvage his life's work: the Event Horizon, a prototype spacecraft capable of faster-than-light travel that has been missing for seven years. Their ...
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