Event Horizon

Those of you familiar with "Doom" (the game, not the movie) will probably already be very well acquainted with the plot of Event Horizon, a sci-fi horror movie set in the year 2047.
Laurence Fishburne, better known as Morpheus in the Matrix series, stars this movie alongside Sam Neil of Jurassic Park fame. The premise is as follows: 2040, a "research" vessel named the "Event Horizon" goes over to the far side of Neptune then dissapears. 7 years later it reappears and a search and rescue ship named the "Lewis and Clark" is sent off to go find it. With them is the scientist who designed the Event Horizon, "Dr. Weir" (Sam Neil). Captain of the ship is Morphe- I mean Captain Miller.
And cue the horror...
They arrive at the Event Horizon and the life signs are "strange" and "everywhere".
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The good doctor explains to the crew that the Event Horizon was designed to warp space time, to defy physics.
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This is something I love about sci-fi horror. You know, in reality, I'm sure when scientists say things everyone is like "oh that is very smart" and "yes mhm let us forward humanity's progress". But in sci-fi horror, when a scientist says that they designed a ship to "break the laws of physics" the viewer really can't help but want to slap them in the face and contemplate in terror what sick, demented horrors he has inadvertently and very scientifically released into this world. I mean really. Coming from your mouth, that sounds like a RETARDED idea.

Anyway. Morpheus is quick to ask what these explosive are doing on the ship. The good doctor explains that the explosives are there in case of emergency. If the engine malfunctions (or releases horrible nightmarish monstrosities) these explosives can be detonated to seperate the engine from the forward command, making a "life raft".
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Do you think they will use this in the movie?

Blood is found...
One poor crew member is investigating the engine area, a room that looks better suited for elaborate torture then ship propulsion, and suddenly... the engine activates... the engine that WARPS SPACE TIME.
Suffice to say, shit hits the fan, the poor bloke is sucked into the WARPED SPACE TIME, the Lewis and Clark is severely damaged and everyone is really freaked out.
The bloke is then spat back out of the portal, his life signs are normal but he doesn't respond to any stimuli.
So, of course, something unexplainable just happened. Let's ask the guy who made the ship to see what happened!

Now, so far, the movie has been dropping fairly non-subtle hints that the good doctor is not exactly that good. As in, he is not quite right in the head. Something about some lady... she has no eyes... blood... she wants him to be with her... at this point you have no real clue, and you never really will. Upon being questioned as to what is wrong, the doctor says "nothing".
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So everyone continues on their way. The Lewis and Clark needs repairs and stuff so everyone is trapped on the Event Horizon with the engine that DEFIES PHYSICS.

I won't go too much farther into the movie's plot, but what follows is a surprisingly unnerving montage of hellish hallucinations of different crew members as everything descends into chaos.
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Event Horizon is an interesting movie. It manages to unnerve the viewer by postponing the "monster reveal" for a very long time. The hallucinations and paranoia of the crew make for great psychological unneasiness and when finally the true horror is revealed the viewer can't help but think how cool it is. At least, I thought it was cool.
Is it scary? Yes. The scariest? No. The movie does seem to use the "claustrophobia camera" a lot, used in order to make the viewer think something will jump out at them any moment. And something always does. There are many sudden "jump" moments, but I feel there are almost too many, so many that during one of the moments that was clearly supposed to be one of the most terrifying (when the good doctor is in a glowing green corridor where the lights go on and off repeatedly) fell a little flat. The psychological horror is good but the viewer is distracted by all these "shock" moments and so much of the effect is lost.
Nevertheless, Event Horizon is a very cool sci-fi horror movie that does a good job mounting the suspense.