Bodes well for Aliens v Predator

Rating: 9/10 (16 February 2004)

One of those films which deserves its placing through its initial effect on me. Seldom have I been more shat up by a film. Most of the big scares are false ones  hands on someone's shoulder etc  but it still had me on the edge of my seat, as the cliche has it. It looks wonderful  check out not just the Event Horizon itself but also the zoom out from Sam Neill at the beginning, which just keeps going and going... Maybe it does rip off Hellraiser, and maybe there are bits that don't make sense, but it does have a bloke on fire, Sean Pertwee (always a plus), a member of one of Britain's noblest acting dynasties being almost drowned in blood, and a truly horrible scene where one character goes out of an airlock. This proves that the generally accepted `Paul WS Anderson is a talentless hack' line is pure baloney.