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Event Horizon is a spaceship with a final stage experimental drive engine meant to send the ship through a wormhole to a determined destination in a nearby solar system to Earth's own system.  The drive is engaged and the ship disappears never to be heard from again... until seven years later it reappears as if it never left.  A long range spaceship and its crew is sent out to investigate what happened along with Dr. William Weir who designed much of the ship, and the unconventional drive.  The ship is lifeless and circling Neptune on a slow spiral to destruction.  They have their work cut out for them piecing together what happened to the ship, and what happened to the crew.  That isn't the worst of their problems, though, for great terror lurks aboard the ship that went where man was never meant to go.

Event Horizon is a movie that is equal parts science fiction and horror.  It is visually impressive with top of the line special effects, and really atmospheric designs that lend themselves amazingly to the feel of the film.  From the first sighting of the ship the Event Horizon the audience knows what sort of thrills await them on board.  This movie really delivers the thrills, chills, and the terror.  There are good makeup effects and well-done blood and gore.  The acting is good, the script works, and it is all woven in tightly with the plot, the effects, and the soundtrack.  This film has a good integrated musical score.  Also Event Horizon has excellent surround sound effects including storms raging across the surface of Neptune below the ship that move around the soundstage depending on what part of the ship a scene takes place.  An outstanding horror movie with some great science fiction elements.  Almost the same can be true in the opposite.

( Thank you for reading my review.
Bob Male)

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