Good Bad Flicks: Exploring Event Horizon - Horror in Spaceeee!

[RedDeadFred]

One of my favourite sci-fi horror movies of all time. Probably one of the most underrated movies ever.

Oddly enough, the images the stuck with me most from this film, weren't the shots of the hell dimension. They were the ominous shots of the core that frequently sent feelings of dread into me.

 

[Seaf The Troll]

For the chaos warhammer it all starts with a boardgame called rogue trader.

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

A question on Event Horizon, is it me or the girl who makes it to the end looks pregnant after the ordeal?

If she is then the implications of that are bone-chilling.

 

[Kiardras]

Always loved this movie, one of my favourites. I second the ominous shots of the core, that worked really well. Need to watch it again now

 

[John Wedge]

Without doubt one of the best sci to horrors out there. Solid performances and some really heavy feelings of dread. I actually quite like the really short Hell scene- it might be one of those things where less is more and you get that sense of 'Oh God did I just see what I think I saw?' If you longer too long you run the risk of looking kinda cheesy.

 

[Tsun Tzu]

I...saw this movie as a kid.

Right fucked me up, I'll admit. Nightmares for days.

I'm not a horror fan. Total coward, actually. I hate gore filled slasher type flicks too. But this one-

Something about it. I don't know what it is, but I was simultaneously repulsed and intrigued by it way back then. Even now, I'm of two minds about the film. There's just this undercurrent of perverse fascination that goes along with the revulsion and fear.

It's kinda like The Thing for me, I suppose.

That feeling of perpetual loneliness intermingling with mounting dread. Good stuff.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

I wish they made horror movies these days, not the PG13 torture porn borefests we get.

 

[UberThetan]

Saw this on VHS when it was first released and it's one of those movies that stuck for me forever. My sister was 10 at the time we watched it and it didn't do her sleeping habits any favors, but even today when she sees Dead Space, or me playing Warhammer she'll go "reminds me of Event Horizon". It's a good flick.

Do you see? DO YOU SEE?!

 

[AngronIsAngry]

H O L Y F U C K
I liked the movie then and now you can color me impressed.

 

[FPLOON]

I just saw this movie just a few hours ago on IFC... and I agree with Miller: "Fuck this ship!" Also, I was hoping that Cooper would make it after the bomb went off...

Other than that, I thought the religious symbolism was as coincidental as the homages to Hellraiser and The Shinning and the news about what was going on during production of this particular movie just boggles my mind that this could have been a way better movie in general... Then again, as my first time watching it, I really enjoyed this movie from start to finish with certain scenes throwing me for a loop like the sodomy portion of the found video of the previous crew...

 

[dragoongfa]

Great Movie and as a W40K nut, before GW butchered everything that was good about it, all I have to say is this:

This movie isn't inspired by the W40K universe, it takes place in W40K and perfectly showcases what happens when a ship goes inside the raw chaos of the Warp without a Gellar field and a Navigator.

 

[gunny1993]

I will always use it as brilliant example of how to incorporate science into movies: It lays down its concept very early on uses a good analogy with minimal jargon... then totally ignores it for the rest of the movies. So many sci ficks ruin themselves by being over-reliant on stuff that makes fuck all sense.

 

[Ihateregistering1]

Oh man, I loved this movie. It was weird, I honestly didn't find it that scary, but I still found the whole thing incredibly enjoyable.

Also, I agree that it didn't influence Chaos from WH40K, but the plotline of "Homeworld: Cataclysm" is an almost word for word recap of the plot of the movie:

Spoiler

"experimental faster than light drive that works by going through dimensions picks up mysterious extra-dimensional entity and brings it to our universe where it reeks havoc".