Ooh - Gore!

[drpete]

Just watched "Event Horizon". It was better than I expected - quite creepy with some interesting and imaginative gore. Watching Sam Neil dig out his own eyes was strangely compelling.

A Hit!

Comments

[moral_vacuum]

"Where we're going, you won't need eyes to see...."

The production design was pretty, too.

[drpete]

Oh yes. I particularly liked the design of the ship "Event Horizon". The flashes of ultra-gore at the end were quite imaginative too.

[itsjustaname]

I'm not normally a fan of that sort of creepy, something's about to leap out at you horror, but I do like Event Horizon. Less so the later bits that get outright horror-y, but the first half or so I love. It's such a great cast.

[drpete]

I liked the way the cast gradually became more paranoid. Very atmospheric - especially where the latin gets translated properly. The airlock scene was a very gruesome though, as were the flashes of the other dimension.

[foxy76]

You're much braver than I am! I saw EH when it first came out and even thinking of it gives me the willies!

[brixtonbrood]

I really liked it, except for Sam Neill, who I thought was a) appallingly hammy and b) very badly made up (in the second half when he had the make up).

[ivory_goddess]

appallingly hammy

Have you seen Omen 3?! In Event Horizon he was positively restrained in comparison!

[drpete]

That makeup had quite a bit of Hellraiser about it. Cenobite anyone?

[steer]

I was cooking for gothgrr many years ago and she was watching that film. I managed to serve a plate of dumplings and stew just after the eyeball scene (unintentionally, I've never seen the film). Oddly she declared herself not hungry.