Review of Event Horizon (1997) by Hotelcentral — 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? Lemme stick my finger into it. Well that worked OK so lemme reach in with my whole arm . . .

2) Strange things start happening when people are alone. Is it real? Is it hallucinations? Do they immediately report any of this to their commanding officer? Why would anyone do that?

3) OK, now that we're in real trouble let's EVERYBODY tell the skipper about all those strange things going on. And, like the seasoned professionals we are, let's get into a big fight about it. Let's even throw a few punches. Because, you know, that's how things get decided when you're in a paramilitary organization flying off into deep space, and, by the way, your ship just got so badly damaged no one may get home alive. And, obviously, you need the kind of crew that's full of people who go flying off the deep end the moment bad things start to happen. Discipline? What's that?

4) And then what? Is the ship alive? Does it not like us? Maybe it’s making all the bad things happen. Because, you know, like it's evil. And one by one everybody goes nuts. Because why not? Because if everybody’s nuts then you don’t need a rational explanation for anything they do.

All in all, I give Event Horizon a 6.5 for the first half and a negative 3.5 for the second half. I mean, really, it’s like a Troma Entertainment release but with good fx and fine actors. My suggestion? If you have nothing better to do, get very very drunk, or very very stoned, and you might find this film entertaining.