Conceptually very scary film...

Rating: 9/10 (3 November 2005)

I saw this movie in theater when I was 12 and since then it has remained in my top three scariest films. I don't think my parents realized how frightening it was going to be when they took me to see it. The film, which takes place in 2047 (when humans have already established colonies on the moon and have started commercial mining on Mars), moves quickly and gets scary fast. Sam Neill plays a scientific engineer (Dr. Weir) assigned to guide a search-and-rescue vessel to Neptune where a ship (the Event Horizon) has suddenly resurfaced seven years after disappearing. Laurence Fishburne stars as the crew's captain (Cpt. Miller) and mediator after news of the lost vessel found creates panic. The Event Horizon (which was a research vessel destined for our nearest star) was actually part of an exploratory project designed by Weir. In the film, he creates a gateway (black hole) that allows for faster-than-light travel. However, unforeseen accidents occur and the Event Horizon ends up at a place far, far away from its intended destination. A truly terrifying film that expands on Stephen Hawkings' ideas about black holes for the WORSE...