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Event Horizon

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A spaceship missing for seven years finally re-emerges and sends out a distress signal. But when a team is sent out to investigate, they discover that something sinister has taken over the craft.

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Critics Consensus

Despite a strong opening that promises sci-fi thrills, Event Horizon quickly devolves into an exercise of style over substance whose flashy effects and gratuitous gore fail to mask its overreliance on horror clichés.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 12/15/2018
The pits. Go to Full Review
Ryan Gilbey Independent (UK) 12/15/2018
A loud and nasty hunk of science-fiction horror. Go to Full Review
Bob Thomas Associated Press 12/15/2018
Climax follows climax until the weary viewer wants to cry, "Stop, already!" Go to Full Review
David Day Horror Movie Talk Sep 18
4/10
I want to like Event Horizon; it just doesn’t do a damn thing for me except remind me of a bunch of actually good things that were probably going through Paul Anderson’s dull head while he was creating this. Go to Full Review
Tyler Doupe Dread Central Aug 28
4.5/5
Event Horizon delivers nerve-shredding terror and beautifully-realized effects work. Go to Full Review
Cheryl Eddy io9.com Jun 20
Event Horizon goes full fantastical once things start to go off the rails. Go to Full Review
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Dan Oct 22 Top Tier space horror See more Roland Oct 22 Event Horizon is sci fi horror at its best. Movies like this and Alien that answer the question, what's out there? In a delightfully horrifying way. Cast is solid, story is solid even with its 90s cheese but that just adds to the vibe. Still holds up in 2025, a must watch for the horror genre. See more Chris W @Ghostie 1h If you like Sci-Fi and/or H.P. Lovecraft, you'll love it. If Sci-fi and Lovecraft aren't your thing, you won't like it at all. Frankly, most of the attempts to turn Lovecraft's stories into film haven't been all that successful. This movie is different. It's not one of Lovecraft's stories but it does have a Lovecraftian theme and it's brilliant. BTW, due to the reviews of professional critics, I didn't watch the movie for a long time. One night I had nothing to watch so I turned it on. Great fun! Never trust the critics. Many of them base their reviews on some highbrow idea of what art is. Some of us are less interested in "art" and more interested in being entertained. Event Horizon reminds me of another horror movie Sam Neill starred in that the critics panned, "Possession (1981)." Initially the critics hated it. It was later on that we realized the critics were wrong. The film was awesome and now the critics rate it at 87% approval. Just goes to show, critics can be wrong. See more Belisa C @RT61201385 1d I watched this movie last week, and it deserves a better rating than what shows here. I'm not a movie expert, I'm just here for the fun, and the movie has increadible plot twists and it got me hooked from the beginning to the end. See more Richard L @KaneLives 4d As seems to be the trend with 90s space-disaster films, Event Horizon takes a great concept, great retro-futuristic designs, and great performance (especially from Fishburne) and unfortunately just does too little with it. The entire first half is a perfect set-up for some real claustrophobic and off-the-wall horror, but most of the 'horror' scenes (including the disappointingly actiony ending sequences) end up more cheesy than scary, solidifying the fact that this would've been a significantly better film in the hands of a more talented director. See more Jon R. @JuantheBaptist 4d Decent. Watchable, forgettable. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A spaceship missing for seven years finally re-emerges and sends out a distress signal. But when a team is sent out to investigate, they discover that something sinister has taken over the craft.
Director
Paul W.S. Anderson
Producer
Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Jeremy Bolt
Screenwriter
Philip Eisner
Production Co
Impact Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Sci-Fi, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$26.7M
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)