"We are leaving." - Lawrence Fishburne, after watching the video log. Best line ever spoken in a horror movie.

Another great Sam Neil horror is John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness. Trippy story within a story inspired by the writings of HP Lovecraft. One of my favorites.

I saw this in the theater, back in the day. It's essentially Hellraiser in space, with the Gravity Drive being the "Lament Configuration" opening up a gateway to Hell. To avoid an X rating, most of the horror ended up on the cutting room floor and was eventually lost (a long story). The missing footage was essential to the story and without it, left gaps in both the plot and the ending, which is why the end is so abrupt.

Jetpacking over Neptune with "Here I come, motherf*er!" is possibly the actual coolest shot ever.😎

I believe that after the Event Horizon fell into hell, it actually became sentient and returned to our reality as a physical gateway to hell, using the sins of the crew to either corrupt or kill them.

Fun sci-fi trivia: Pilot Smith is played by the superb actor Sean Pertwee, who is the son of actor Jon Pertwee, who played Doctor Who in the classic British sci-fi series, from 1970 - 1974.

The really sad part about this masterpiece is there was about 20 minutes of cut out footage the studio asked to be trimmed from the theatrical release. They torched the footage instead of holding onto it for a Director’s Cut Blu-ray. Would’ve been nice to see Anderson’s full vision for the Event Horizon. Terrific film!

As a Warhammer 40k fanboy, I have to say it: Never travel the Warp without a Gellar Field! Great reaction, love the movie, and not just because I like the idea of it being a 40k prequel.

P.S. Someone probably explained already , but basically wherever the ship went , which is strongly implied to be literal Hell, it took on it's essence and was pretty much possessed itself , and started messing with the minds of the crew of the Clark once they boarded.

This is one of those rare movies that makes my skin crawl, like "The Fly". To me, it has a Clive Barker feel to it. The look of the makeup, they way people die, and atmosphere reminds me a lot of "Night Breed" and the "Hellraiser" movies. You should definitely check those out. Awesome reaction as usual. Keep the videos coming.

I still wanna believe the theory that this takes place in the Warhammer 40k universe, but I can't remember if the writer hinted at it or not...

3:00 "is that a crucifix?" YES good catch lol an upside down one because the front of ship is at the bottom

A classic movie. Lovecraftian type horror is super-spooky to me.

Many believe this is the first, unofficial 40k movie.

If you want another horror film with Sam Neill, try John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness.

29:14 I love Sean Pertwee's delivery of lines! 'This ship... is f***ed'. Now I feel like watching him in Dog Soldiers (2002) again, another great horror movie.

Pleasant surprise seeing someone reacting to this movie, not seen many opinions on it. Further into the video, I'd agree with the Alien comparisons to the feel of the universe, what I would describe as the lived in look. There are also some very compelling arguments that suggest a link between the universe in this movie with the one in the Warhammer 40K universe.

This movie still scares me. The scene in the computer "tunnle" where everything is green still creeps me the fuck out!! Sam is super creepy at the end. Your reactions again were absolutely amazing! I don't want to wait a week for the next one!

Event Horizon is like "Sphere" but in space instead of the bottom of the ocean.

This is a movie where the missing footage is super noticeable. The best explanation I've theorized is the chaos dimension wants more victims, hence why it's trying to lure people to the Event Horizon. It uses the "hallucinations" to convince people to stay on the ship.

I'm almost halfway through the video and I'm being hit with big nostalgia waves. I love this movie so much.

If any movie needs a reboot or prequel it definitely should be Event Horizon. The things they originally had planned for this film would've made it a better horror/ sci fi film. I believe they could've gotten away with some stuff they wanted to do but couldn't back then.

What I love about this film, is that what they're up against, isn't something tangible or something that can be killed. To me, that makes it all the more terrifying.

This movie is all about atmosphere. I love how the spaceship looks like something out of a Gothic novel. The Director went on to do most of the resident evil movies and death race. This is still his best movie.

Some critics called this movie Amityville horror in space. Pretty accurate

My understanding is The ship achieved sentience after journeying to Hell... it keeps the souls of the crew on board hence the false positive on life signatures! Also the ship has a very black heart :P

Laurenn, not only did I absolutely love your reactions to this amazing film, but I was also very impressed by your editing skills in the making of this video.

Dr. Weir: (talking to Miller) You can't leave. She won't let you. Captain Miller: (talking to Dr. Weir) You just get your gear and head on to the Lewis and Clark, Doctor, or you'll find yourself walkin' home. Dr. Weir: I am home.

Fantastic video Lauren and kudos to you for finishing the movie! Audiences were absolutely stunned during test screenings and the theatrical release. Many couldn't even finish the movie. The movie has an interesting legacy, and I feel it gets better with time. I'm looking forward to next week's video!

I didn't fully appreciate this movie when I saw it for the first time a few years ago. I think a big part of that was because I couldn't make sense of the insanity that I just watched lol The set design and music design are top notch, and there are some really entertaining performances in here. It's also spot on that you drew many comparisons to Alien, because Paul Anderson is a huge Alien fan, and he definitely drew inspiration from that film.

This film is pure cosmic horror

If you ask me, they were begging for trouble the moment they named a ship after the part of a black hole that begets your inevitable doom.

Great movie, love watching this when I was a kid. My sister and I are always referencing lines said by Sam Neil's character, especially "DO YOU SEEEEE!!!???" 😁

This was one of those films that went unnoticed by me until I watched the Resident Evil movies and saw that Paul W S Anderson also directed this. I like stories where the fear factor slowly ramps up (for me The Thing is a perfect example), and the creeping terror here make this one of my favourites

This movie is the horror version of Disney’s The Black Hole: small rescue ship finds a huge gothic experimental Earth ship which has been missing for years.

This is the kind of move that will make you jump a foot while watching it! Excellent video and incredible reactions. Great Job!

Fun fact; some of the sets, like the long, round hallway and some of the model ship exteriors were reused for the feature film adaptation of “Lost in Space”, which came out the following year.

It’s so funny to me that she had that surprised 😲 look on her face for practically the whole movie! 😂😂

This was sooo much fun!!! The jump scares, suspense and story all on board a haunted spaceship... Yes, I just threw out my application to NASA, thank you for saving my life Laurenn.... And a wonderful reaction. 😀😀😀

"is there upside down in space?" *collective face palm* 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Back in 97 I saw this movie as a kid this is one of my all-time favorite horror movies

If you've ever heard of or played the video game "Dead Space" the creator of the game (Glen Schofield) said the aesthetic for the game was heavily influenced by this film.

Hey Laurenn! Shout out from the US Marine Corps! I loved your reaction to this movie! I actually saw this at Camp Schwab in Okinawa in the theatre when I was in the Marines! Thank you for bringing back such a wonderful memory! In the Mouth of Madness is another good Sam Neil horror flick! Love watching reactions with ya! I don't want to scare ya but my X looked like you! I consider that a good thing! Kekek Anyways, can't wait to watch more w/ ya! "Dee Dee!" ❤🤍💙💛

A completely underrated masterpiece! Especially if you know, that Anderson had to scratch about an hour of the movie (development of characters) and in that further 15 min of gore scenes.

I did not have a good night's sleep after I watched this for the first time. Alone. In the dark. Still makes me uneasy when Weir enters the core shafts or baby bear is in the airlock. One of my favorites nonetheless. 'Hell' is only a word...

I love that your expression almost the entire time was disgust crossed with confusion.

It was like a haunted house in space with some Alien vibe. Well in an another sci-fi universe, the Warhammer 40k if you travel faster than light in space you indeed reach a hellish chaos realm and it possesses the ships inhabitants. Here they took somewhat similar idea. Also nice to realise that Sam Neill is a good horror movie actor too. Pre-Matrix Laurence Fishburne also did a good job. Great reaction. :)

Sam Neill said yes to this movie, rather than star in the sequel to JURASSIC PARK, THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK 2. I was upset he didn't return, until JURASSIC PARK 3 and the upcoming JURASSIC WORLD 3 DOMINION.

I'm a huge fan of this movie. It's so great.❤ Sam Neill is in a movie In The Mouth Of Madness that I love would love to see you react to it.

Another great reaction! This film is certainly one wild ride and it was fun to watch it keep you on your toes hehe. I thought it was kinda funny you started with a little Phasmo vision seeing crucifixes everywhere when the ship went on a trip to hell haha. I dont know what reaction you have lined up next but I'll be here for sure and I'll try to catch you on Twitch more often!

6:23 - The reason you're getting an Alien vibe is because the idea of "Hypersleep" is a very real concept in the science community. Many serious sci-fi moviemakers consult engineers & astronauts to add a degree of authenticity in their movies and examples like Alien (1979), Event Horizon (1997), Interstellar (2014), The Martian (2015), etc. all incorporate elements of the reality of space travel. To give you some perspective of the sheer distance, it took the Voyager 2 satellite 12 years to reach Neptune after leaving Earth in 1977. It was traveling at 19 kilometers per second (42,000 mph) so it would be necessary to put astronauts in hypersleep so they age slower (or not at all). Otherwise, people would reach old age and most likely go nuts trying to pass the time in a moving tin can during the long voyage from point A to point B. 43:20 - To clarify the confusion, yes the ship came back "haunted" (more specifically possessed). Regarding the plot deviation, they were trying to mix elements of a supernatural demonic-hell type reality with classic sci-fi. This actually isn't crazy considering scientists have theorized the existence of a multiverse (multiple realities & dimensions).

Saw this film with my family on VHS and it scared the hell out of us! They released the the movie on Blu Ray in 2017 and again in 2021, with new interviews. There is even a special Director's Cut that sadly will never see the light if day as most of the gory bloodier footage has disintegrated in a Transylvania Salt Mine. The extended blood orgy scene was so strong audience members felt sick to their stomach so it was from the movie.

Event Horizon is an example of a “cosmic horror” film. Like Lovecraftean horror it deals with the incomprehensible terror of the unknown. It’s like the Event Horizon went to a place so alien and terrifying that the human mind can’t handle it. It’s not literally hell but might as well have been. I think space is such a great horror movie setting because space is endless, dangerous and completely foreign. It’s scary to think of everything that could be out there. 😨

9:16 They did a great job making a tablet and not only knowing they would be common in the future but also be used in space. Remember this film was released in 1997, we were still using Nokia phones.

Another fun fact, this movie had about an hour of cut content (more gore, scares and character moments) that was lost because the film was stored in a salt mine in Romania (or somewhere like that)

Good question about up and down in space, I remember that exact question is addressed in “Ender’s Game”. Yes, there is no up in space.

Absolutely great video Laurenn. This film is truly incredible and amazing. Sam Neill is awesome. Keep being you. I recommend in the mouth of madness.

This will probably be and remain one of my favorite films. It contains so much of research, scifi and horror :) The actors do the rest :D A really great film, where I would have really wished for a second part

I love how you said you didn't understand the plot as you said exactly what the plot was. The Ship went to hell and came back possessed...

Hi, loved your reaction to this film. I took my wife to the cinema to watch this on release thinking it was a pure sci-fi film and on coming out she beat on me all the way to the car park as she hates horror!! Also i found your observation at the start about a crucifix great as the design of the ship was meant to emulate a cathedral from above so you got the correct vibe for it, so subliminally it is meant to put you on edge from the start, but you cannot pin down the reason for this.

Another fun fact, this movie had about an hour of cut content that was lost because the film was stored in a salt mine in Romania (or somewhere like that)

YES!!! I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD REACT TO THIS!!!

The ship came back a living thing. This scared the crap out of me the first time I saw it.

This film is like a mix of Alien, Hellraiser, and The Shining. I highly recommend watching Hellraiser and The Shining next! I always look forward to your videos. Your smile brightens my day :)

Holy shit, your tattoo is absolutely stunning! That is all. Oh, and great reaction to a severely underrated movie ;)

Movie recommendations: Darkman (1990) Mimic (1997) Congo (1996) Sphere (1998) Habitat (1997).

I love that you noticed the Alien vibes! lol I wish there was a prequel, sequel, or even reboot of Event Horizon. It sorely needs another film. This was a blast. Thank you for another great video Lauren!

Basically the gateways that the ship travels through to reach its destination opened the way to a Hell dimension between both points (or this universe's iteration of actual Hell). Being exposed to it drove the original crew mad, and seeded the ship with malevolent sentience emanating from the core.

it wasn't about the ship being haunted, but that when it came back to our dimension the ship came now alive itself from hell

What I like about Event Horizon is that it deals solely with the human psyche. It references a dimension outside of the known universe, and seems to imply that the ship itself might be alive, or infested with some form of life, but all we see is how the human mind interprets what it's experiencing while aboard this sliver of the unknown dimension, The Event Horizon. Its the incomprehensible that drives the horror here, I think. And the brief clip of the previous crew shows what direct exposure to this unknown dimension does to a person, driving them to unfathomable acts of insanity, cruelty and base sensation. The why of it remains unknown, only that such a dimension exists and is now accessible is understood. And I think the question remains, if we were able to reach this dimension and expose it to the technology required to travel there, and for that tech to remain there for seven years, what might the denizens of that dimension have learned that might allow them to reach back toward us? It's too bad the box office wasn't very kind to this film, as it seems primed for a sequel to explore just that question. There were reports a few years ago that Amazon Prime was developing a series based on the film, but I haven't read anything recently about that development progressing. Anyway, this was fantastic to watch Lauren, thanks for putting up one of my favorite sci-fi cosmic horror films. Oh, and don't think I didn't notice my comment being on screen, I'm glad I was counted as one of the ones who pushed you toward this '90's cult classic. lol That said, I think I'll join in with the many comments on this already; If you enjoy Sam Neill, I definitely suggest following up at some point with "In the Mouth of Madness". It's another one of those '90's horror cult classics I think you might like. Take care, be well, and Enjoy the Day!

This is a movie that when you mention it to people who have watched it they get flashbacks of the horrors.

We wanted to go to the movies one weekend, didn't know what to watch, we just turned up to see what was playing, we chose Event Horizon, we had ZERO clue about the story or what we were about to see. It was soooooo messed up! Some genuinely creepy moments in it. Loved it!

Ending : they're not safe The ship went to he'll and brought a bit of he'll with it

Fantastic reaction to this classic sci fi space horror movie. This takes me right back to my childhood. This movie does have a phenomenal soundtrack by the way. You are spot on with your comparisons at 5:49 6:22

If you enjoy Sam Neil as much as I do, try 'Dead Calm'. Excellent thriller. Also he is excellent in Lovecraft horror 'In The Mouth Of Madness.'

i love ur space vibes

I'm so glad you watched this one! I had a feeling you would like it. The longer video length was great, too. I think you've been recommended Hellraiser a few times. You might want to watch that one and compare it to Event Horizon. The two share a lot of thematic elements and some of the visuals are quite similar as well. There's even a fan theory that the two films take place in the same cinematic universe.

This move was taken by Warhammer 40k community as a warhammer movie of early human advantures in the warp (hell dimension)

How come, when we make contact with another dimension, it is never the playful puppy pocket universe or the darling duckling dimension ? (The Mist, Hellraiser, Event Horizon).

It takes their nightmares and makes it a reality for a short time but it's power grows if the portal is opened. they went into a hell dimention which made the ship come to life it became a place of pain and suffering think of a mechanical demon.

Glad to see from time to time someone reacting to this movie that I really like ! As said in the comments too bad most of the more violent stuff was cut from the movie ( the video tape where the Event Horizon crew is "messing around" was supposed to be far more gorier, they even hired real life amputees and porn actors to shoot this scene ). I know there's a tv adaptation coming soon at some point so we'll see. Nice reaction btw, your enthousiasm is freaking infectious, you got yourself a new subscriber 😀

Since you clearly enjoyed it (despite the confusion), I would therefore HIGHLY recommend another sci-fi horror movie calleed Pandorum, which is a sort of spiritual sequel to this (Paul Anderson even produced it). It's got the same super creepy atmosphere and is a spectacularly well-designed, well-crafted suspenseful thrill-ride, and it's also even darker and with greater kinds of existentialist themes underpinned throughout. Generally it's a must see if you love Event Horizon.

Considering how much the studio cut from the movie it's amazing it mostly makes sense. And to answer your question the ship itself was possessed after it's trip to hell.

Ship became alive, that’s why the bio scanner was showing readings all over the ship

Love your playful energy, it's so fun and goofy. This movie on the other hand is seriously disturbing. The gravity drive is an inter dimensional pandora's box. Some of it gives me a hellraiser vibe

Warhammer 40.000: When the Warp shields fails, the movie. For those not knowing, in the Grimdark ScyFy univers of Warhammer 40.000( stands for the year, the 41st millenium), Mankinds most used means of Faster than Light travel through the Galaxy, is Warp jumping... Wich is...moe or less how it works in the movie. Ships punch a Hole in teh Fabric of time, space and reality, to travel through an Alternative Dimension made up of raw Psychic Energy, called the Warp (also the Empyrean, the Sea of Souls etc) Warp travels in itself is allready pretty dangerous, cause the Warp is a dimension where the Laws of Physics loosely applies if not at all, the flow of time is different, and sometimes reversed in some of its regions, and its absolutly impossible to have a fix navigation route, since the place is ever shifting/morphing, since its composed of the raw Psychic manifestation of EVERY LIVING ORGANISMS of the Galaxy (their thoughts, emotions etc, so to say their souls) The only way Warp travels are possible is because the Imperial Navy uses Psykers, mutated humans, that has a specific genetic mutation that allows them to tap into the raw power of the Warp, and use it as Psychic abilities and plot a course through the Warp( think like the Navigators in DUNE) And the Astronomican, a Gigantic Psychic beacon emanating from Terra( Earth), generated by the God-Emperor of Mankind, who is enshrined in the Golden Throne device, where the Emperor's Broken body is enthombed for the last 10.000 years, this Beacon acts as a Light house visible in the Warp throughout the Galaxy, and is the ONLY fixated point of reference that Navigators can use to plot a course. AND ALL THAT, is without the OTHER dangers of the Warp... The Gods of Chaos and their minions, the Chaos Daemons, embodied manifestations of Livings things raw emotions, psyché and nightmares... Emotional manifestations made "flesh" with a Dark and Malicious intellect and Twisted personality, that only aspire to consume and torture the inhabitants of the Physical World... Basically Hell, Humans in the far futur, will litteraly travel through Hell and face off Daemons to go place to place... So 40k fans, as dubbed Event Horizon, the most percect representation of what happens, when a Warp jump goes wrong...

Great reaction. Yes, their spacecraft was the latest "crucifx" model.

I saw this movie in theaters and it completely terrified me for weeks after. For sure has Aliens vibes/setting, but I would say that the theme is more Lovecraftian. Like The Thing, but more from the psychological approach rather than the monster approach to the Lovecraft theme.

Re: space communication. Even though radio signals move at light speed, the distances involved in interplanetary travel are so vast that comms become very difficult. Even Mars requires about a 20-minute turnaround when sending and receiving messages from Earth. There's a sci-fi concept called an "ansible", or a comms device that somehow permits instant communication over such distances, but it's still mostly a plot device, though it will be crucial to any kind of farther-flung colonization (assuming human civilization survives that long, which is a very, very long bet at the moment). You might be able to base such tech on quantum entanglement (AKA "spooky action at a distance"), but that's still in its infancy, and has some very disturbing implications regarding time, the transmission of information, and their impact on the possibility of free will (fun thought experiment: "time" may be purely an artifact of human perception. Higher physics doesn't seem to require it at all). Fishburne has the most logical reaction of any horror-movie character ever; "We're leaving". He's maybe beat by that one Wayans from one of the "Scary Movie" films, who reacts to finding out he's in a "Paranormal Activity" house by immediately throwing his shit in a moving van and peeling out. Another "blue-collar space" movie from around this time that often gets overlooked is "Soldier", starring Kurt Russell. The dude playing Cooper here was mostly known at the time as the no-nonsense bailiff on "Judging Amy". It was pretty fun to watch him lean into this role.

I love how the first two minutes is just your impression of a Mystery Science Theatre 3000 episode: [danceing to opening titles] "Just waiting for the movie to start..."

love your reactions

Ahh yes, Event Horizon. Aka The Shining in space or Alien if the entire ship is the Xenomorph!

This is a classic - one of my faves saw this at the flix when it came out. You were thinking in the right direction re the EH looking like a crucifix as it was intentionally modelled on a medieval cathedral design. You may know this by now but - theres a documentary of the making of EH on you tube in which they stated that they had to edit some of the gore scenes as it would've been too hard core

Thanks for react to that movie Lauren!

Right-side up and upside down can only exist where there is gravity, so in space in the absence of gravity there is no right-side up.

One of my favorite movies of all time! I have to say I think Dr weir purposefully built the event horizon to go to hell so he could see Claire again. He was working hard not spending time with her. She committs suicide. His design goes to a maddening state. Builds a ship that opens a deminsional gateway to where he can see his lover again...in Hell! Awesome review

Interesting fact, using fluid in such hibernation chambers would be a very smart thing to do. It protects humans from inertia, so basically from any g-forces. Not to mention that it is also helpful to provide additional radiation shielding on deep space flights.

in this case an alien infestation would have felt like summer vacation... i think... love your reactions, by the way.....

Event Horizon is the actual term used for a black hole. There's been a few reactions I've seen that people thought the term and explanation actually came from this movie.

Just jamming to the credits 😂🤌 so good! However when watching Event Horizon I feel such a sense of dread! Kind of awesome in terms of sci fi horror though!