Creepy and Entertaining

Rating: 9/10 (28 April 2006)

A movie with mixed feeling for the premise, but still great to watch. Many argue that "Event Horizon" is one of the scariest sci-fi movies ever made, while others say it's just a rip off of other great space movies. It's always a gamble when the plot has been done before, but "Even Horizon" stands out as an original of it's kind, which could be either good or bad. I did find "Event Horizon" to be quite a thrill. The idea that no one can hear you in space is haunting, and that the rescue crew is millions of miles away form civilization. The special effects were done well and are even up to today's standards. Both Sam Neill and Laurence Fishburne give good performances, as well as the rest of the cast. The crew is a tough, marine style bunch, but their morale quickly dies as they soon fall apart upon landing on the Event Horizon.
When the rescue crew finally boards the Event Horizon, they learn that the crew that once inhabited the ship is gone, but a strange presence returned with the ship after it's long disappearance. Creepy sound effects and haunting echoes may be enough to scare most viewers, as this movie achieves it's goal as being a good horror film. The plot however, remains flimsy. There are plenty of holes in the script, and several questions are unanswered regarding some the events that occur. And many other things go completely unexplained.
"Event Horizon" earned a reputation as an extremely gory film. There are several disturbing scenes, such as a spike impaling accompanied by more blood than I have ever seen in a movie before. There are also some cool fire effects to add to the intensity. An interesting point is the way the alien like creatures toy with the human rescue team. They cause them to hallucinate and visit their worst and most frightening memories of their past, that cause them to break down on the brink of insanity. And you get to see it all as the crew imagines it. Often images of dead loved ones appear out of nowhere and it scares the hell out of some of the crew members. Frightening, but also entertaining.