Not bad, not good either

Rating: Null/10 (17 October 2000)

I remember catching this with my friends during the summer of '97 and I must say, I've never been so disturbed. After we saw the movie and left, my friends said whoever the hell wrote that film, is a very sick individual. I remember going out to dinner that night and not bothering to eat because of how disturbing this film was. My friends all understood. Eventually, time passed, and I saw this film. It's not necessarily a bad film, it's not necessarily a good film either. Besides a really poor marketing campaign, the movie is very dark. It's weaknesses rely on it's ability to scare people. It uses really loud sounds where loud sounds don't need to be used like the opening of a door was kind of lame. I'd have to say for gore factor, this by far, is one of the grossest films I've ever seen. I remember reading a review that said it seemed all the characters were tossed in a meat grinder. I couldn't agree more because the gore factor is seriously high. There's one stand out scene that I won't have to explain if you've already seen it. If not, you'll know what I'm talking about if you see it. To describe Event Horizon, it's The Shining meets Alien meets From Dusk Till Dawn in terms of blood. The spaceship is really cool looking and the cast is good but it's the story that kind of falls flat and that's where The Shining comes into play.