What Prometheus Should Have Been

Rating: 8/10 (29 September 2018)

This intense and psychological driven sci-fi thriller has kind of languished obscurity, which is kind of unfair. Event Horizon was some what overwhelmed by Titanic when released back in 1997, but twenty one years on (!) It is definitely overdue a reassessment.
When a rescue team led by an excellent Lawrence Fishburn, advised by an effective Sam Neill, and a superb cast of British character actors (including Joely Richardson, Jason Isaac and Sean Pertwee) are summoned a mysterious experimental research vessel - The Event Horizon - which disappeared on her maiden voyage, an increasingly strange and frightening incidents start to overwhelm the crew, some of whom are not quite what they seem....
Although certain elements are pretty derative - what horror film hasn't been set in some abandoned or derelict venue or other? - Event Horizon certainly does not lack suspense, frights or thrills. The sets are impressive, contributing to the grow sense of unease and eventual menace.
Horror films set on abandoned ships seem tricky to master. Event Horizon set a standard that most other films should aspire to. Take note Ridley Scott!