Review of Event Horizon (1997) by Daniel L — 10 Mar 2014

I love horror movies for things like this: terrible awful acting/storytelling, but fantastic concepts and visuals.

This review of Event Horizon (1997) was written by Daniel L on 10 Mar 2014.

Event Horizon has generally received positive reviews.

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By Movie3 (61) on 10 Aug 2018

Won't deny this film is incredibly scary and disturbing...but it feels edited and shortened as if there was a bigger story to tell…

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But unfortunately, Anderson can't seem to decide whether he's making a sci-fi thriller, a ghost story, a gory horror film or a metaphysical…

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By Lewis H (85) on 05 Jan 2019

I liked Event Horizon- at least visually but it suffers from the same problems that plague many average films of this sort- a bland screenplay…

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I liked Event Horizon- at least visually but it suffers from the same problems that plague many average films of this sort- a bland screenplay…

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While I certainly don't think it is anywhere near as bad as critics say, I still don't think it is very good…

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By Matthew Sweet (2) for Independent on Sunday (201) on 14 Dec 2018

But, to its credit, Event Horizon never pretends to be anything other than a series of highly efficient rip-offs…

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By Total Film Staff (2) for Total Film (3,532) on 14 Dec 2018

Whether all the mind games, blood 'n' guts and loud bangs scare you or not depends on your tolerance of gore and horror, but director Paul…

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A fantastic horror in space thriller led by an excellent assemble cast (Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neil, Kathy Quinlann)…

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By Hotelcentral (111) on 04 Jan 2019

The film does OK till around the halfway mark, at which point it all goes to heck. Here are a few clues: 1) Hey, what's that weird thing…

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