"Do you see? Do you see? DO YOU SEE?"

Rating: 9/10 (16 October 2013)

I've seen this movie over 20 times. I love it. And I'm not a big Anderson fan. Now, his wife on the other hand.........
Anyway, I'm a big 90's kid and this is a true 90's horror film. The idea of a haunted house movie in a spaceship is a good one.
Anderson may suck as a writer, but he actually not that bad of a director. As long as he is not writing the script, it's okay.
He knew how to scare people with this movie. The jump scares are great and there is a lot of moments that make you cringe. Like the video footage scene and D.J.'s demise. (shudder!)
For me, the most intense scene is when Justin is in the airlock without a suit. This scene really had me on the edge of my seat.
The Effects are still great. The model for the Event Horizon looks amazing. There are a few moments of poor CGI, like the scene where Justin goes into the core and there's bad CGI blobs everywhere and when the Lewis and Clark explodes. But everything else holds up today.
And you gotta love that corridor. It's so HUGE! The filmmakers used a very big mirror to make it look bigger. Same trick used in Aliens.
The performances are great. Sam Neil is very creepy as Dr Weir, and Richard T. Jones was very funny as Cooper. Normally the comic relief is the most annoying character in the film. But Cooper works because he's not played by a comedian, he's not annoying and he's not stereotypical. Also, they avoid the "Killing the black guy" cliché. Well, Miller dies though.
However, some of the editing in the climax between Miller and Weir is a bit choppy and what's with the massive close ups on Weir's mouth in that scene?
A failure on release, but has found it's audience on TV and DVD. There are teenagers discovering Event Horizon today.
Overall, the best movie Anderson has made. I think he said that this is his favourite movie he's done.