Interesting

Rating: Null/10 (19 September 2011)

Event Horizon is an interesting and unusual movie. It is a straight blend of supernatural horror with hard science fiction (as opposed to, say, Alien, which is a science fiction horror movie ie. the horror derives from the science fiction).
The rescue spaceship Lewis & Clark is sent to rescue the Event Horizon which went missing years before, having pioneered a faster-than-light drive. When they board it, there is lots of blood, but no people. And then they start seeing things. Horrible, horrible things...
This movie has lots of sci-fi hardware - it is reminiscent of Alien in terms of what the spacecraft interiors look like, and set design and effects (makeup, physical, photographic etc.) are fine.
The cast, and performances are also fine - it is an A list cast (Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill etc.) so one would expect no less.
The text of the film is never specific as to what extent the supernatural crosses over with the scientific into real life - we could be witnessing hallucinations or something real. I think it doesn't matter - what matters is the effect of such manifestations. This is a "last man standing" film.
By its own standards, it works well.