under appreciated

Rating: 9/10 (26 June 2008)

I remember this film getting a critical lashing and not fairing too well at the box office, but I can see Anderson's comments in the special features being true. His vision was of a film that, not unlike "The Shining", that didn't fair well on it's release, he hoped that "Event Horizon" would steadily gain followers over the years.
I really don't see why that shouldn't be the case. Although Anderson's more recent films haven't been much to shout about I think he still has a great imagination and better films will surely follow from him. I think "Event Horizon" should eventually become a real classic.
It's a great spin on 'monster horror', the irony and ingeniousity being there are no actual monsters. Not unlike other great horror's, you don't actually see the evil character in question, only the product of that evil which in this case is Sam Neill's character.
There great performances all around in particular Sam Neill and Kathleen Quinlan, it's not overly reliant on special effects, although the effects that are used are timeless, excellent makeup and pyrotechnics (apart from the dodgy early CGI engine coolant), it's excellently held together with timing and pacing which always keeps you on the edge of your seat.
The work on lighting especially creates the mood for a great horror. I think it's awesome