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Event Horizon

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Original title

Event Horizon

Year

1997

Running time

96 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Paul W.S. Anderson

Screenwriter

Philip Eisner

Cast

Music

Michael Kamen

Cinematography

Adrian Biddle

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Genre

Sci-Fi. Horror | Space Adventure. Body Horror. Psychological Thriller

Synopsis

The year 2047. The rescue ship Lewis and Clark is launched on a mission to investigate after the spaceship Event Horizon suddenly reappears in Neptune’s atmosphere. The Event Horizon was launched seven years earlier, using an experimental Faster-Than-Light drive that harnessed a singularity to physically warp space around the ship. However, the Event Horizon went missing as soon as its drive was activated. Docking with the Event Horizon, the team find the bodies of the crew mutilated and torn apart. The ship’s log contains recordings of unearthly screams and someone screaming “save me” in Latin. Soon after, the crew of the Lewis and Clark begin to experience hallucinations and are then driven to commit suicide in bizarre ways. They realize that the Event Horizon’s warp drive has opened up a gateway to Hell and that the ship has returned bringing something evil with it.

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Critics' reviews

"Event Horizon could have used a decent script, but the director, Paul Anderson, is a stylist to watch."

Owen Gleiberman: Entertainment Weekly
"It's not a great film, but Event Horizon produces an intense sense of visual involvement. The hallucinatory, almost 3-D-like scenes stick in the mind."

Peter Stack: SFgate
"A steadily churning debacle that promises much more than it can deliver and ends up drowning in a crimson sea of gore"

Marc Savlov: Austin Chronicle
2Despite game efforts from a first-rate cast and acres of impressive production values, Event Horizon remains a muddled and curiously uninvolving sci-fi horror show."

Joe Leydon: Variety
"The sets are indeed terrific and the special effects quite remarkable (...) But, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, never have so many done so much to such little purpose."

Chicago Tribune
"Event Horizon isn't particularly effective as a horror, adventure, or science fiction film."

James Berardinelli: ReelViews
"It's all style, climax and special effects. The rules change with every scene (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
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