BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Konterr Brilliant and touching

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

missundaztood9 I didn't get to see this on the big screen, it was either on video or on TV that I first saw it, either way it was a TV edit for old squarer TVs, but the film was made in panoramic, so you lost more than half the film with a TV edit having to pan around the original footage to try to pick out the action. TV edits like that have too much poetic licence and too much of the fuller scenes are lost. You have to watch it in full panoramic to enjoy films like this. Now, with the much bigger HD widescreen TVs that people have, I'd encourage the doubters to watch this film again as it should be watched, in all its glory. Some films don't transfer well to the old square TVs as edits, but the TVs we have now do them justice. A lot of older films are worth watching again in Blu-ray on these new TVs. 2001: A Space Odyssey and Close Encounters of the Third Kind are some other good examples, but Event Horizon also fares well with modern tech. Watch it as it should be watched, all of it, with none of the wider footage edited out because of screen size. The cinematography is excellent and the film itself stands up well, even today, after 20 years. Not many films can do that without seeming dated. It is much better than a lot of films that are released today. It was ahead of its time when it was released, it still is, and for me, it is a classic sci-fi film.

StarWarsDisco It seems that nerds love every sci-fi/fantasy movie ever made and have no standards. To read the reviews you would think this movie ranks right up there with Alien(s). It doesn't. It's crap. Surprisingly poor acting from a decent cast, I guess you can only do so much with a mediocre script and clumsy direction. I should have known from the IMDB rating that this would not be that good, but oh the reviewers. Shame on me for being fooled twice, three times, etc.

cinemajesty Movie Review: "Event Horizon" (1997)Even though screenwriter Philip Eisner was not very innovative with his Paramount Pictutres pitched script, which comes along as an mash-up of "Alien" (1979) and "Hellraiser" (1987). But young and demanding director Paul W.S. Anderson (born 1965) has pushed the limits of the 60 Million Dollar budget produced by Lawrence Gordon with further professional cast members, surrounding Sam Neill as scientist Dr. William Weir and Laurence Fishburne as starship Captain Miller, investigating believed-lost spacecraft the title-given "Event Horizon", where thoughts, fears and desires of the astronauts turn into menacing horror-thrilling realities.The picture's editor has done well in cutting the 130 Minutes first cut into 90 Minutes Space Thriller ride of decent special effects and set decorations, where in relentless pace the psychic power of metal gear spiked sphere turning crew members to the dark side in atmospherically created cinematography by Adrian Biddle (1952-2005) with high standard make-up effects, pyro-techniques and in-camera lighting choreographies, which keep the spectre awake and guessing what is next at stakes in constant twisting shock effects."Event Horizon" released on August 15th 1997 on the U.S. domestic market could only find a minor R-rated hard-core loving domestic audience with a box office revenue of 26.5 Million Dollars, which is just an 44.17& rebound on the initial production budget. Nevertheless further international sales and a recovering DVD release in 2001 brought the picture to break even. When I watch again these days, my feeling seconds me that this science-fiction horror-thriller has the ingredients to be a mash-up / copy cat classic.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Paul Evans The crew of a small ship set off into deep space to recapture the Event Horizon, a ship that's been to some dark places in Space. On that ship is Event Horizon creator Doctor Weir, and when the crew get trapped on board the Event Horizon they face some horrific events.The movie is incredibly atmospheric, even after all these years it holds up very well, the ship looks great, well designed with strong production values. The music is particularly good, again adding to the sense of fear. Soon good special effects, sure it rattles a little around the edges, but it was made back in 1997. There isn't a reliance on gore, as there are with so many current films, although it does contain some rather grim scenes.I'm a big fan of Joseph Richardson, but she somehow looks and feels a little out of place in a sci-fi movie, I don't buy into her. Definite star of the show is Sam Neill who is definitely a cut above, he's cool and menacing.I'm surprised at just how much I enjoyed watching it once again. 8/10