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Topic	Gauntlet Crew Ranks 90s Horror Films - Do you like ranking scary movies?
Snake5555555555 06/29/19 8:30:02 PM #178:	26. Event Horizon Karo - 16 Snake - 18 Charon - 22 Inviso - 22 Genny - 24 Scarlet - 27 Johnbobb - 30 JONA - 33 KBM - 36 Karo - A crew sent to rescue a lost space flight finds to their dismay that everyone went insane and killed each other while speaking latin. So the ominously named Event Horizon is a vessel that has the scientifically dubious ability to generate black holes inside itself and use them to jump through spacetime. They then like enter the wrong stargate address or something and open a portal to hell by accident. Dealing with something other than the cliched space aliens is refreshing, though unfortunately when you really break things down the movie is essentially a generic store brand Alien, only minus the actual alien and the ship is evil or some shit like that. There is nothing majorly wrong with the film, but it is hard to get excited when you have a plot you have seen a million times before and a supporting cast that is either forgettable, or memorable for all the wrong reasons. The result is something that cannot quite escape the event horizon of mediocrity Snake - Why I Chose It - Though a troubled production and a vastly cut down final product doomed this film before it even premiered, Event Horizon has managed to maintain a strong fanbase with strong home video sales. It has influenced many subsequent sci-fi properties, most notably the Dead Space series. My Thoughts- The fact I enjoy Event Horizon as much as I do despite all its glaring issues both behind and in front of the camera I think means there's something really solid here. Laurence Fishburne & Sam Neill deliver great performances despite a wonky script, and I absolutely love this film's lonely, dread-filled atmosphere. I think the ship design of the Event Horizon is really unique, especially the gravity drive room. The ship feels properly Eldritch despite being man-made, and I love that the ship is the actual antagonist, always present, always watching. The film's psychological moments are also really effective, especially juxtaposed with the more traditional viscera and gore associated with horror. In general, the blood in this is properly unsettling and gruesome. I think the ending kind of falls flat for me, but the journey is well worth it. Charon - An eerie film that doesn't quite reach the levels of greatness you can sense just beneath the surface; it's hard to tell what holds it back. Event Horizon is a space horror that also blends in elements of psychological horror, which in theory should propel the movie into greatness. For me, it just never quite makes it there but I still really enjoy the concept and want to like it a whole lot more than I do. It puts me in mind a good bit of As Above, So Below on that note, another film which has a similar sort of "this place knows my darkest secrets" touch to it that I want to really love. As a concept, this movie is great, but the execution just leaves something out. I think it needed more darkness, more actual scares in there with it. Oh, and don't forget we didn't need another funny black man. That said, at least this film didn't seem to be quite as racist as some of the others here. --- Listen, suffering is a fact of life. Either you learn how to deal with that or you go under. https://i.imgtc.ws/2Q88rI4.gif <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:924029183] in Gauntlet C... [t:77812973]...</cite> <quote>26. Event Horizon Karo - 16 Snake - 18 Charon - 22 Inviso - 22 Genny - 24 Scarlet - 27 Johnbobb - 30 JONA - 33 KBM - 36 Karo - A crew sent to rescue a lost space flight finds to their dismay that everyone went insane and killed each other while speaking latin. So the ominously named Event Horizon is a vessel that has the scientifically dubious ability to generate black holes inside itself and use them to jump through spacetime. They then like enter the wrong stargate address or something and open a portal to hell by accident. Dealing with something other than the cliched space aliens is refreshing, though unfortunately when you really break things down the movie is essentially a generic store brand Alien, only minus the actual alien and the ship is evil or some shit like that. There is nothing majorly wrong with the film, but it is hard to get excited when you have a plot you have seen a million times before and a supporting cast that is either forgettable, or memorable for all the wrong reasons. The result is something that cannot quite escape the event horizon of mediocrity Snake - Why I Chose It - Though a troubled production and a vastly cut down final product doomed this film before it even premiered, Event Horizon has managed to maintain a strong fanbase with strong home video sales. It has influenced many subsequent sci-fi properties, most notably the Dead Space series. My Thoughts- The fact I enjoy Event Horizon as much as I do despite all its glaring issues both behind and in front of the camera I think means there's something really solid here. Laurence Fishburne & Sam Neill deliver great performances despite a wonky script, and I absolutely love this film's lonely, dread-filled atmosphere. I think the ship design of the Event Horizon is really unique, especially the gravity drive room. The ship feels properly Eldritch despite being man-made, and I love that the ship is the actual antagonist, always present, always watching. The film's psychological moments are also really effective, especially juxtaposed with the more traditional viscera and gore associated with horror. In general, the blood in this is properly unsettling and gruesome. I think the ending kind of falls flat for me, but the journey is well worth it. Charon - An eerie film that doesn't quite reach the levels of greatness you can sense just beneath the surface; it's hard to tell what holds it back. Event Horizon is a space horror that also blends in elements of psychological horror, which in theory should propel the movie into greatness. For me, it just never quite makes it there but I still really enjoy the concept and want to like it a whole lot more than I do. It puts me in mind a good bit of As Above, So Below on that note, another film which has a similar sort of "this place knows my darkest secrets" touch to it that I want to really love. As a concept, this movie is great, but the execution just leaves something out. I think it needed more darkness, more actual scares in there with it. Oh, and don't forget we didn't need another funny black man. That said, at least this film didn't seem to be quite as racist as some of the others here. --- Listen, suffering is a fact of life. Either you learn how to deal with that or you go under. https://i.imgtc.ws/2Q88rI4.gif</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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