10/20/15 – day twenty of thirty-one days of horror!
With people blathering endlessly about some other space movie, it seems a
fitting time to sing the praises of Paul W.S. Anderson’s 1997
masterpiece Event Horizon. True, this was made by the hack Paul (not
Boogie Nights) Anderson who would go on to barf out Resident Evil movies
and marry Milla Jovovich, but somehow the much-maligned British
director managed to make a pretty creepy and at times shocking “hell in
space” movie that holds up to this day. Sure, there are some not-so-great
stock movie characters. but the atmosphere of dread Anderson creates
really works, and there can be no faulting the great Sam Neil for his at
this point patented ‘descent into madness’ performance. It does pale in
comparison to something as monumental as the original Alien
(my favorite movie of all time, BTW) but if you’re looking for a
cheaper version of that kind of sci fi/horror rush, you may want to book
a trip on the Event Horizon!
