Event Horizon (DVD)

...I sat through. To call Event Horizon a sci-fi however, might be to do it something of a disservice because its as much a horror film than a sci-fi - its certainly pretty horrific anyway! I prefer to think of it as a haunted house in outer space, this time with a haunted spaceship in a movie which plays out like a strange hybrid of Aliens, The Shining, Sphere and Hellraiser...and borrows quite frequently from all those sources for its ideas. In some ...
...what you are given and Event Horizon is still quite entertaining on a visceral and visual level despite its lack of originality and shambolic plot. The story begins with a salvage craft travelling to Neptune to investigate the reappearance of a ship called the Event Horizon. The Event Horizon was the first of its kind, an experimental vessel which used a system of creating mini black holes to transport itself from one part of the universe to another ...

wampyrii 09.07.2002 · Read full review
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Although Event Horizon is a reasonably entertaining science fiction/ horror movie, its story and imagery are highly derivative of other films, and there is scant evidence of any originality or creativity in its construction. Starting as an uninspired imitation of Alien, Event Horizon suddenly turns into a tired retread of The Shining. Some of Clive Barker's highly idiosyncratic imagery from his classic Hellraiser is also used, to little effect. The ...
...is something evil... Event Horizon's initial closeness to Ridley Scott's Alien is glaringly obvious. Both films feature ships that have the low-tech feel of long distance trucks, and both crews squabble and speak in hard-boiled one liners. The Event Horizon crew are military, but this seems little more than a nod to James Cameron's Aliens. The plot unfolds in the same way as that of Alien: the crew go into suspended animation; they awake to discover ...

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...call is received from the Event Horizon; a United States Aerospace Command research vessel. The ship had been working on a secret government project to find a way to travel faster than light, using an atrificial black hole as its means of transport. 7 years ago, the ship disappeared. A cover story was created, and fed to the public, and the ship passed into history, until now... The USAC salvage ship Lewis and Clark has been despatched to Neptune ...
...How crap is that?), Event Horizon is subtle, the storyline building as the film progresses, until the viewer is scared into a new pair of underwear by the time it finishes. And isn't that what a film's about? Storyline? My favourite film is the Terminator. Not because of the explosions, the gunfights, or the blood, but because the storyline is so engrossing and believable that I become part of it whenever I watch the film. A film with lots of blood, ...

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...salvage mission set for The Event Horizon. The crew contain the designer of the lost Eent Horizon Dr. Weir (Sam Neill), who is backed up by a military like crew with a brave and fearless captain named Miller (Laurence Fishburne). As they travel into deep space and discover the lost ship, a search mission takes place only to find blood and corpses. Unknown to the crew, the Event Horizon is a ship designed to travel at the speed of light. Not by ...
...crew fourced to board the Event Horizon by an accident on their own ship, slowly discover they are not alone. And events that produce fear and panic in the crews mind, make them realise they need to leave. this is hightened by one of the crew dissapearing and reappearing into the ships main drive system, then only to be found trying to kill himself through fear of whats happened. Dr. Weir soon becomes what seems to be possesed by the Event Horizon, ...

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...this story. Plot Event Horizon is a secret project star ship. It Has BEEN equipped with experimental prototype of gravitons engine. Thanks that was able to create an artificial wormhole which bend time and space so travel from point to point lasted nothing (kind of inter-dimensional bridge). In 2040 sent to Neptune to get ready for its first jump to our nearest star system - Proxima Centauri. Everything is working great till Earth loose contact ...
...receives fainted signal from Event Horizon. They try to contact crew and investigate what happened, but unfortunately there is no answer. Rescue star ship has been sent to check what is going on and if crew is still alive. When they get to Event horizon a number of strange things start to happen. Rescue team experiences a number of extremely really hallucinations. When they find out what is happening they start theirs survival fighting with...... ...

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...British director, Paul Anderson. Event Horizon boasts an all star cast including; Laurence Fishbourne (The Matrix), Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), Kathleen Quinlan and Joely Richardson. Along with a good cast the sound track contains songs from such groups as the Prodigy. The slogan for the film “Infinite Space, Infinite Terror” was not far wrong, however the film was a lot better in the cinema the first time you see it. If you are going ...
...earlier a pioneering space craft Event Horizon (name I will explain later) vanishes without a trace. They ship no has been detected and a rescue craft captained by Lauence Fishbourne and with the ships designer Sam Neill. All they have to do is salvage what they can do of the ship. This turns out to be more difficult than it appears at first. The Event Horizon was testing a new engine, which basically made a black hole to travel through space, hence ...

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...the maiden voyage of the event horizon, a spacecraft that was believed to have exploded, killing all aboard. All are therefore surprised, when a garbled distress call is received, seemingly from the doomed ship. A ship (the lewis and clark) is sent out to the rescue, crewed by a bunch of misfits, and accompanied by Dr william weir. On the journey he explains the true fate of the ship, which he created. He developed a new gravity drive, an engine ...
...forces in space. The term event horizon, does indeed come from the scientific term of the same name, which is the gravity field surrounding a black hole. The event horizon was going to plan, until they engaged the gravity drive, and disappeared. When they arrive on the ship, it appears deserted. No real sins of life, but the crew of the lewis all feel strange. They are mentally drained, and they all start to have hallucinations, so real to them that ...

giksy21 24.03.2008 · Read full review
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This is easily the best horror film that I have seen in a long time. It is scary, has gore and is fun. Instead of just being horrible like alot of horror films it is actually incredibly pychological as well. The film begins with a rescue vessel embarking on a top secret mission, and form there a very complex and clever plot spirals out. The tension at the end is so great that I was on the end of my seat, which believe is not a very common thing ...

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The Event Horizon. The ship that was going to explore the reaches of space beyond our own solar system. But something went wrong. It went missing. It was the greatest space disaster man had known. Seven years later, a rescue transmission is broadcast from a ship orbiting Neptune. It is identified as the Event Horizon. A crew is called of shore leave to go and and discover what has happened to the ship and where has it been for the last seven years. ...
...who designed and created the Event Horizon. They all set off in their ship the Lois & Clark. Upon the way Wier explains that IASA (the future version of NASA) told everyone that the Event Horizon's reactor core went critical and exploded. This was not the truth. The Event Horizon actually contained a new secret experimental drive. It worked by creating a small black hole and then folding space. So it could travel any distance instantly. (Don't worry ...

JamieMckeen 25.01.2001 · Read full review
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...and years earlier the ship Event Horizon vanished into thin air (or should I say space) and has never been heard from since (although from the title we can guess whats about to happen)...until now. The United States Aerospace Command recieve a signal from the lost ship and send out a crew to investigate what went on. The crew find the ship and it's crew (dead but still a crew) and are forced to stay on the Event Horizon because of damages to their ...
...the previous crew strange things start happening and the ships new victims have to fight to survive themselves and each other. I would recommend this film to most people but if you don't have a strong stomach have a cushion ready to hide behind because believe me you'll need it! ...

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The Event Horizon is a state-of-the-art research craft that dispeared without trace after its launch into space. Now a specialist crew must find the ship and return it to earth. No-one could have predicted what happens next, and soon the last thing on the crews mind is saving the ship! Event Horizon has a very original story line, implementing great sci-fi, mind bending horror and twists round every corner. Sam Neill plays the scientist who built ...
...On arrival at the Event Horizons location, it is clear that this is not going to be a straight forward salvage mission. It becomes clear that all is not well, all the Event Horizons crew are missing and strange phenomenon are being reported throughout the ship. This is defiantely a film to watch. It's a bit dated now (released in 1997) but the unpredictable story certainly isn't, and is guarenteed to keep you on the edge of your seat. There are ...

Snolax_Kid 19.05.2003 · Read full review
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I first saw this film when it came on the television, and enjoyed it thoughroughly. It started off very slow but once it got into the plot it became extremely hard to take your eyes off the screen. I thought it was a cross between aliens and sphere. It contains the scariness and violence as aliens and the mystery of sphere. It is about this crew that re-locate a ship that went missing seven years before only to unlock a deadly secret about what has ...

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I first saw this film in the cinema and as soon as it came out on DVD I had to but it. Sci-fi + horror in one, what more could one want?! So a spaeship which can leap through space which was lost years ago suddenly crops up in the dim and distant end of our solar system. Sam Neill, the creator of this ship, joins a crew that are going on the long journey to investigate what happened to the ship and if anyone is still alive. The ship itself sets ...
...swathed in "space" adds to the effect. The ship is found and although it is in a relatively healthy state it seems after further investigation that the crew are not, blood and corpses being found and a video link to the literally dying moments of some of the original crew members. The rescue crew begin to realise that this is no ordinary ship, hallucinations lead to numerous members of the crew acting peculiarly, including one who thinks that sending ...

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...is set in 2047 and Event Horizon is the name of a manned prototype space ship that disappeared seven years earlier. Suddenly, it reappears near Neptune and a rescue crew is sent retrieve it. Of course, when they reach the Event Horizon, they soon discover that ALL IS NOT WELL. Tom and I agreed on this movie. We both found it quite entertaining and interesting. However, we can't give it too much credit for originality since it manages to simultaneously ...
...It also succeeds in not answering many of the questions it raises about what is really going on aboard the ship. It does, however, star Jack Spongeworthy, an actor that I have long had the hots for, but who apparently has a bad agent and rarely appears in any films. I must complain that while Sam Neil runs around in his skivvies (Sam should have worked out), the movie only shows a brief glimpse of Jack's physique - while he's lying unresponsive ...

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...rescue mission to explore the Event Horizon along with technical advice from the creepy Sam Neill. The film is survival horror at its best as the ship starts to destroy the crew one at a time as they struggle to escape and discover what went on, it is extremely gruesome and not for the faint hearted and has the creepy atmosphere not seen in horror since the 70s. This backed up by an awesome soundtrack leads to a film everyone must own. ...

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