Sci-Fi/horror film with creepy images and eerie events when a motley crew investigates a rare aircraft

Rating: 6/10 (1 April 2012)

A rescue team investigates a spaceship called ¨Event Horizon¨ that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned , re-establishing contact after 25 years lost in cosmos , but now , 2047 , with someone or something new on-board . The vessel has been sent to salvage and pick up survivors and discover strange deeds . This frightening Sci-Fi movie concerns about some crack astronauts being trapped into a claustrophobic space aircraft . This is a spectacular and moving story full of twists and turns ; however being pretty claustrophobic , though this is never tiring . It starts with some astronauts wake up from pods , they are captained by Laurence Fishburne and accompanied by scientific Sam Neill . One of them goes to explore the zone and encounters an extraordinary surprise . Meanwhile , they meet new mysteries hidden throughout the aircraft and attempting to survive . They then encounter themselves chased by bloodthirsty , predatory visions which have haunted them . They must confront some of the most horrifying spectres ever seen and some has been decimating the crew . The survivor group is surrounded , as they encounter horrible visions that are waiting for them , facing their destruction and exposed to cruel dangers . They undertake a desperate fighting to survive and confronting each other .
This exciting picture contains thrills , chills , plot twists, action-filled and lots of gore and guts . The terror and action moments are fast moving and compactly realized enhanced by excellent special effects by the expert Richard Yuricich . The film turns out to be a crossover between old-fashioned ghost terror yarn and modern horror/Sci-Fi film taking ideas here and there , resulting in a fine movie . And of course the theme of people being stranded in a hostile, perilous space environment with attackers creatures is justly reminiscent of Alien . The creepy images of wide range from the genuinely fantastic to the bizarre along with an eerie and amazing frames that creates horror piles on horror . It's predictable but also its predictability is redeemed for some extraordinary surprises and in part by the charismatic acting from the main protagonists as Fishburne , Sam Neill and large support cast as Richard T Jones , Jason Isaacs , Sean Pertwee , Kathleen Quinlan , Joely Richardson and Noseworthy . The shapeless evil hovers , phantoms appearance deliver the goods , plenty of screams, shocks and tension . The make-up artist as Rob Bottin and assistants create the truly terrible images . Horrifying and astonishing frames about eerie events with deserted and threatening corridors , walls drips blood , Gothic halls as well as the creepy scenarios in the large spacial craft without barely people and covered of metal and iron . Cool , dark cinematography by Adran Biddle who creates a perfect atmosphere and haunting musical score fitting to action and horror by Michael Kamen .
The motion picture is surprisingly directed with startling visual style by Brit filmmaker Paul W. S. Anderson in his third film , his first was ¨Shopping¨ . He is a notorious producer , writer and director of Sci-Fi , some super-productions as ¨Resident Evil¨ saga, ¨Alien Vs Predator¨ , ¨Soldier¨ , ¨Mortal combat¨ and recently a fantastic ¨Three musketeers¨.