Scariest Movie Ever ?

Rating: Null/10 (23 April 2002)

It might be. This movie is horrifying. It was on TV recently and even though I knew it would screw me up, I couldn't avert my eyes.
It's on the same level as Psycho and Blair Witch. Which for me at least means that it's terrifying. The Event Horizon it gorier than the aforementioned two, but like them, it relies heavily on suggestion and a good dramatic tension -- a sense of unease pervades the entire movie. Conveying this unease is a hallmark of good horror movie (I'm not a fan of the genre, I might add). Another part of the brilliance of this, and other top tier movies is the strategic use of ambiguity -- the creation of "gaps" which are left for the viewer's imagination to fill-in. The movie establishes a framework, or a direction of thought and the viewers complete the myth in their own minds. In this case, the results are disturbing.