Event Horizon is light years away from being perfect, but there’s no denying its distinct, evocative flavor. The film’s cult status stems from the way it uses CGI and practical effects to build a disturbing outer space atmosphere with gratuitous gore. In many ways, Event Horizon feels like a spiritual successor to Ridley Scott’s Alien. But instead of a single extraterrestrial threat, it introduces an entire gateway to a dimension that mirrors Hell. This brand of cosmic horror was ahead of its time, but its campy “haunted house in space” vibe is celebrated by sci-fi movie fans today.
That’s not to say everyone hated Event Horizon when it first came out. Even back then, some reviewers like Total Film pointed out its merits and justified its tag of “The Shining in space.” Apart from its obvious influences from Kubrick’s horror masterpiece and Alien, the space thriller also took cues from Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris, and in many ways feels like an unofficial prequel to Warhammer 40,000. This speaks volumes about the film’s cultural evolution into a bona fide sci-fi nerd classic…
No. There is no need to remake Event Horizon. It’s a film with Mano flaws and a cult following. Exactly the type of film You should not remake. Like Mortal Kombat. Best thing you can do is realise a directors cut with all the unrealised scenes put back in.
No. We don’t need more shitty remakes. Expand on the universe, hire a competent writer, etc etc.
“Surprise! Somehow, Sam Neill returned…”
Just rewatch Event Horizon. It’s not like the CG or digital film advances are going to improve the movie as it is.
Oh God no. They would go too far into the hell dimension and absolutely ruin the entire thing by giving the audience more of what was so interesting because it was so scant.
They can do a sequel or tell the story of the warp drives test, or better yet they can fuck right off into a black hole and come up with something origional.
so sick of remakes. and it’s pretty much a guarantee that if they do this one, it’ll be hot runny steaming shit
I love event horizon. I would absolutely watch a remake, but I’m certain that it would be awful and I’d hate it.
That’s the purpose of remakes… (getting you to watch them, that is)
I mean, I doubt I’d pay to watch it.
I would just be happy to have a full hd extended edition with all the cut scenes. Sadly those seems to be gone.
Does it need remaking? Idk, I love it.
While the original has flaws, experience suggests a remake would be worse. However, I’d be up for a sequel because they set up an interesting fictional universe where humanity has faster-than-light travel but using the technology drags in destructive entities from outside our dimension. How do various interest groups deal with this and try and make it work. It’d certainly be possible to craft a film or two around this without pissing on WH40k’s shoes.
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No, they don’t.
Nah, it’s fine as it is.
No, no they don’t.
No.
They absolutely do not. Thanks.
Just woke up and read the dumbest headline I’ll see all day, guaranteed.
