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Event Horizon
Rated '18' by the
BBFC for strong, gory violence and horror, moderate nudity and occasional
strong language.
Sam Neill, Laurence Fishburne, Kathleen Quinlad
Version Reviewed-
VHS
Event Horizon is, in more ways than one, slightly reminiscent of
the original Alien film, with its creepy atmosphere and science-fiction
setting. In terms of pure terror, however, Event horizon is lightyears
ahead of any other Sci-fi horror I've seen recently.
Whilst Event Horizon isn't exactly an 'action' movie as such, I felt the
need to include it on here because of the sheer terror it manages to
inject in the audience. Fair enough, it's nowhere near to being given the
title of 'the scariest film ever', but it does, undeniably cause the
viewer to become at least a little unsettled.
Before we go any further, can I just stress that this is not a film for
anyone under the age of seventeen, or even some adults. Some of the images
shown on screen are really quite disturbing, such as seeing what hell
really looks like, and viewing a man getting sliced down the middle and
hung up from the ceiling; Event Horizon is not a movie for the squeamish.
As far as the plot goes:
In the year 2047 the research vessel Event Horizon has been found after it
disappeared 7 years earlier. Sent to salvage the ship are a "Fearless
captain", the ship's designer and a small crew. What they actually find on
board the Event Horizon, however, is beyond even their worst nightmares.
The film begins rather calmly, but soon the pure horror kicks in with an
almighty boot. People are butchered, blown apart, sliced, diced and
splattered as almost the entire crew is killed in very nasty ways.
The atmosphere is very creepy, and both the setting and themes of Event
horizon are not different to those of the fantastic Alien, as i
have already commented on. They are both futuristic Sci-fi horrors, they
both include people being killed in nasty ways, the horror is sometimes at
max due to the build-up of atmosphere, the environment that the crews work
in are very similar, they both include a small crew to pick-off rather
than a space-craft full of thousands of people- the similarities go on.
And they both include a traitor *Hint, Hint*.
The one vital difference that sets this apart from Alien, however,
is that Alien won't scare the hell out of you. And, yes, that pun
was intended.
Rating/5- ***
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