The dark!!!

Rating: 10/10 (27 February 2001)

Its poo-poo time! Sam Neil proves again that he can act 'accountant normal' and completely insane in one character (as in 'In the Mouth of Madness). This is one of the only films (see 'Eraserhead' or 'The Shining') that can still weird the bejesus out of me after repeated viewing - mommy!
Set in the distant future, Dr. William Weir (Neil) has created time travel by...well it's too hard to explain if you don't know about physics! Which I don't!! Anyway, the ship that he designed for the testing of his new invention, the Event Horizon, disappears without a trace, several years later it's back - but where has it been?
To answer this question and see if there are any survivors, a search team is sent that includes Laurence Fishburne as Captain Miller and Sean Pertwee as the modestly-named Smith(!) as well as Dr. Weir - because he knows his ship best. Needless to say, all is not well aboard the Horizon (it's a horror film for heavens sakes!) and bizarro events begin to occur.
This film is best described as 'A Ghost House in Outer Space' (Hey, thats a pretty good title! A bit 50's maybe.) and the special effects are very effective. There are however some cheesy acting moments that give the film that B-Movie feel ("This is not just something that's in our heads."), but they are not bad enough to distract from the pure chill factor, chills in the sense that they will be travelling up your spine, oh yes, and there isn't a thing you can do about it. It's lucky I don't like or partake in camping because that 'tent-scene' - bugger me if I didn't nearly pee my panties, ahem boxer shorts, I meant boxer shorts!
If you want to be scared - have kids. If that's too much for you, then this film might just be what your after.