Horror film with a bite - not for the squeamish!

Rating: Null/10 (16 October 1999)

I never got a chance to go to the cinema for this, but as soon as it came out on video I had to rent it. In retrospect, I'm in two minds about whether I should have made the trip to the local cinema, as Event Horizon has to be one of the scariest films I have EVER seen, and holds highly in my esteem for being one of only three things to have given me nightmares (the others being Stephen Kings "IT" - the book not the film, and "Silent Hill" on the playstation). Anyway back to the film. Hell is portrayed very realistically and effectively, and while the ending seemed a bit of a let down in terms of action; this should not deter you from renting or buying this. Unless you cannot handle dark and very depraved scenes of violence, and cope with extremely depressing and distressing scenes, I wholeheartedly recommend this film. The atmosphere is dark and brooding, and you get a very real sense of the spaceship being alive. The acting is very good, it was nice to see an english person who was not a baddie for once(!), and you did feel sorry for the search team who had to endure everything that awaited them on the ship. To sum up, this film is one of my favourites, and I don't have many of those. Oh, and it will have you saying "liberate tutamae, ex eferris" for days afterwards!