Event Horizon

[gorefreak]

If I recall correctly, one of the crew was in one of those cryo-chambers and something was wrong and they were reviving em. Like the whole "Event Horizion" thing never happened and went back to the beginning long before they ever got there.

[scouse mac]

Not so. Sam Neill and Laurence Fishburne were transported to the demon dimension while the surviving members of the crew (3 i think) used the crew section of event horizon as a lifepod to carry them home as their own ship had been destroyed. You may be mistaking the ending with the film Sphere where they all agree to forget anything had happened so not to affect future events (or something like that).

[gorefreak]

lol N, I saw "Sphere", but I could've sworn the movie went to the beginning when they were all in the ship before anyone event went to the Event Horizion ship, with the difference being that one crew member that passed out like they had a convulsion or something and they were yelling for the medics.

[no mulier]

Originally posted by i have no life
Would you consider this more of a Sci Fi Thriller or Horror?

Do you know any good books that feature expansive material on horror films? Well, I found one from the library. It's called the Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror.

Interesting to note is what the editor Phil Hardy had to say about the question above:

Film makers make films. It is the critics -- and in this case, cinephiles -- who worry about genre.

If we must cut and dice Event Horizon in order to put it into clean-cut category (Science Fiction or Horror), consider the "definition".

In terms of the scientific basis (the ship's capability of folding space) from which the horrors are unleashed, this would be science-fiction.

On the other hand, based on theme (Hell), this would be horror.

So...if it has to be one or the other, which is it to be?

Anyone..?

[gorefreak]

I thought there was a sci-fi/horror catagory.... and what would you consider "The Thing" to be? Alien, mimics living organizms, gore and blood when it's discovered and fights to survive? I would say "The Thing" is more horror than sci-fi, whereas "Event Horizon has a bit of a horror theme but more along the lines of sci-fi.

[ChEEbA]

yes and Director Paul Anderson went on to much better things like:
Soldier
Resident Evil
AVP

That's a joke, right?
I mean, I don't hate resident evil nearly as much as the majority...but RE and AVP are by no means superior films...Soldier was a slight improvement over the other two, but I still can't see it being any kind of "better".

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Anyways, whatever...To sort it out, what happened at the end was, the ship was heading back, or getting pulled back towards the "hell" dimension, The captain (Laurence Fishburn) Blew up a section of the ship, trapping himself and the doctor guy (Neill) on the side bound for that dimension, leaving TWO survivors on the other side to escape. It was a girl, and a guy who had been unconscious for most of the film after an almost possession-like incident had him open an airlock without a spacesuit.
The female wakes up, and sees the evil doctor guy with his face all fucked up,but it's only a dream, a rescue team retreives the two people when she ACTUALLY wakes up.


Oh, and I'd consider it a "horror themed psychological thriller", if anything, I guess...

[zwoti]

Originally posted by no mulier
Do you know any good books that feature expansive material on horror films? Well, I found one from the library. It's called the Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror.

a superior tome

[i have no life]

Originally posted by no mulier
Do you know any good books that feature expansive material on horror films? Well, I found one from the library. It's called the Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror.

I will definately check it out. :)

[gorefreak]

Originally posted by ChEEbA
Oh, and I'd consider it a "horror themed psychological thriller", if anything, I guess...

Exactly.... "horror themed" psychological thriller. I wasn't into it too much, but still an okay movie.

[no mulier]

Originally posted by gorefreak
...what would you consider "The Thing" to be?

I agree: The Thing fits better into the Horror genre rather than Science Fiction. John Carpenter did the re-make after the 1951 Howard Hawks production, the Thing from Another World which was loosely based on the science fiction novella by John Campbell, Jr. entitled "Who goes there".

If I remember correctly, John Carpenter wanted his re-make to be closer to the novella. Not having ever read it, I don't have any basis for saying how close it is. However, his unique approach to the film is the key element that brings it closer to Horror than Science Fiction.

The fact that they are dealing with an alien being that mimics what it absorbs into itself, this is certainly Science Fiction. But John goes further and brings conflict and paranoia into the equation, among the characters in the film. They are not only isolated from the world, they are also isolated from each other and don't know who they can trust.

The theme of isolation and paranoia, coupled with the virtually indestructible enemy within (furthermore, as a metaphor or commentary on the strange new disease in the blood - AIDS) brings this film to a whole new level of horror.

I'm glad that cinephiles are beginning to take notice of this film, compared to its time of release. It is indeed one of John Carpenter's best.