Childhood Trauma

Rating: 9/10 (22 May 2019)

The titel "Event Horizon" references either the end of the known universe or the sphere around a blackhole. In other words, we don't know anything about what's behind. The concept of opening a portal to hell isn't unique, but the combination with such sci-fi-aspects (explore the unknown) makes it work pretty well. Many people criticize the acting and the visual effects in this, but I compare it to other horror movies or other animated films from that era and that actually makes it look good. I probably overrate Event Horizon by a large margin, because I watched it when I was young and it almost scared me to death. But even when I watch it today, I see a solid Sci-Fi-Horror movie with a good story, many disturbing scenes and a great deal of space adventure. In my opinion, it follows in the footseps of the best in the genre like Alien 1979 or The Thing 1982. It's a shame, that this kind of movies are pretty rare these days, since the genre has so many possibilities for a great horror story.