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Event Horizon (1997) -- A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned...with someone or something new on-board.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   40,580 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Philip Eisner (written by)
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Release Date:
15 August 1997 (USA) more
Tagline:
Infinite Space - Infinite Terror
Plot:
A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned...with someone or something new on-board. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(114 articles)
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User Reviews:
Disturbingly Good more (745 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Laurence Fishburne ... Captain Miller

Sam Neill ... Dr. William Weir

Kathleen Quinlan ... Peters, Med Tech

Joely Richardson ... Lt. Starck

Richard T. Jones ... Cooper

Jack Noseworthy ... Justin

Jason Isaacs ... D.J.

Sean Pertwee ... Smith
Peter Marinker ... Captain John Kilpack

Holley Chant ... Claire
Barclay Wright ... Denny Peters

Noah Huntley ... Burning Man / Edward Corrick
Robert Jezek ... Rescue 1 Technician
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Stars My Destination (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and gore, language and some nudity.
Runtime:
96 min
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Colour:
Colour (Rankcolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Some of the lost footage includes a great deal more of the Bosch-influenced Hell sequences and of the orgiastic video log that was found in the Event Horizon. This was shot by both director Paul W.S. Anderson and Vadim Jean, mainly on weekends. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The various surgical implements in the medical bay of the Event Horizon are hung on hooks in the open air rather than stowed away in sterile conditions. more
Quotes:
Miller: Vacate! I want off this ship!
Dr. Weir: You can't leave. She won't let you.
Miller: You just get your gear and get back on the Lewis and Clark, Doctor, or you'll find yourself walkin' home.
Dr. Weir: I am home.
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Soundtrack:
Funky Shit more

FAQ

Can the ship activate the Gateway itself?
How does it end?
What happened to the Event Horizon's crew?
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42 out of 52 people found the following review useful.
Disturbingly Good, 7 August 2006
9/10
Author: mark tewson from Louisiana via Derby, England

I tried to remember the last time I found myself scared or disturbed by a movie. It was so long ago in fact that I simply couldn't recall. I was 35 when I first saw this movie; after it had finished I felt like I was 10 years old and had just finished watching an old scratchy B&W werewolf flick.

It had been so long since I had truly been disturbed in a scared way I'd almost forgotten what it felt like. Schindlers List troubled me, but not in this way, this was a true feeling of shock and horror. Four or five minutes after the screen had gone blank and the music faded, I'm still staring at the TV screen in a nicely terrorized state. I had to shake myself to snap out of it. Fabulous!!!!!

I love seeing peoples faces after I have told them to watch this film. They give me that, "Oh my God!!!!!!" look and breath in deeply at the same time. They too have been truly traumatized for a short while. When they discover the nature of the garbled video message is a great recoil moment within the film and one I can still remember some 5 years after seeing it. If you're easily scared don't watch this movie, you'll have a heart attack. If you haven't been scared in a while then be prepared for how marvelous that feeling is.

YOU HAVE BEEN DULY WARNED!!!!!!!!!!!

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