EVENT HORIZON (1997) Breakdown | Ending Explained, Easter Eggs, Hidden Details & Things You Missed

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I still love the fan retcon that the Event Horizon was one of the first incidents of exposure to Chaos for mankind in the Warhammer 40k universe.

The gravity drive also looks like the biblical description of an angel .

I always felt like one of the scariest parts of this movie is how Laurence Fishburns character pretty much does what you think he should do. Stuff starts going down and he just says, we are leaving and we are destroying this ship.

My favorite “Easter egg” (if you can call it that) was when Weir was explaining wormholes to the crew, and he called it the “Law of Relativity” instead of the theory, because they actually proved it to be a law with the gravity drive

One of my favorite horrors of all time.

It is so sad, that there will never be a Directors Cut of Event Horizon. I would love to see the Original Cut.

I saw this movie in the theatre with my brother when it was released. It was crazy and almost traumatizing. My brother and I looked at each other halfway through the movie, almost checking to make sure each of us was ok.

I love how Sam Niell can act in movies like this, the mouth of madness, and other scary films, and then at the same time star in Jurassic Park and such lol very much an amazing actor.

Saw it in the theater. Scared the hell out of me. Still watch it about once a year. Thanks for the breakdown!!

I love how almost PERFECTLY this fits into Warhammer 40k lore. The blackhole generator even has an Eight Pointed Star, the symbol of Chaos, which is exactly what you get when you go faster than light through hell....

Best Warhammer 40K movie so far. Great depiction of Chaos and why you need a Gellar field if you try to travel through the warp.

One other reference along the religious lines; there is an angel type called an ophanim which is a huge eye surrounded by moving rings that also have eyes and sometimes they can be on fire. The gravity drive core is very similar to one, like it's a fallen angel version of an ophenim which again ties into the Hell aesthetic

Was lucky enough to see this at a screening, pre-release, so no trailers zero clue what it was about except it was a space horror. It blew me away, particularly the incredible set design of the ship which is really a character all itself. And when Larry Fishburn drops the immortal line “We’re leaving” there was an audible cheer in the theatre and an instant classic was born.

Apart from Alien and Aliens, Event Horizon is up there as one of the best horror/scifi film ever. What adds to its greatness is that it has Jon Pertwee's son Sean in it. Excellent cast, effects and soundtrack.

In case anyone didn't know. Dead Space was mentioned a lot. But the gravity drive device was also directly lifted to serve in the final boss fight of Silent Hill 4. It's the same grinding mechanism that Eileen potentially walks into, during the timed end battle with Walter Sullivan. Anyway, thanks for the video essay. I wish Sam Neill could get more work in cosmic horror, because he really seems to love the genre. The man has a real talent for depicting madness. Pity Paramount shat the bed so hard.

Also, much of the aesthetic is because a portion of the crew worked on Hellraiser series, so they brought in that gritty industrial hell with them. Love Kurt Russle’s grounded view of things. He knows the potential of hard work and many artists aren’t recognized until way later. Also it didn’t do well either, but Solider is one of my other favorite movies.

I truly believe that this is one of the best horrors ever made and I will die on this hill. Glad to see some old school stuff in your breakdowns!

The shadow over the Paramount mountain and that theme song is worth the price of admission itself, amazing movie, Sam Neil kills it, check him out in, in the mouth of madness, another classic.

It is suggested that when the original crew of the Event Horizonwere in Hell, they were driven to madness and ultimately turned on each other due to the extreme psychological torment they experienced. The ship's experimental gravity drive, had inadvertently opened a portal to a dimension of pure chaos and evil. This dimension, “hell," corrupted and traumatized them beyond their ability to cope. The crew's exposure to this dimension led to them experiencing their deepest fears and regrets in a visceral and relentless manner, causing them to descend into madness. As the crew began to experience these horrors, they turned on each other, unable to distinguish reality from their own personal hellscapes. The crew's behavior was driven by their individual traumas, and the pain they inflicted on each other was an attempt to either force their crewmates to confront their own fears or to distract themselves from their own unbearable torment. So, it can be said that the crew members were not intentionally torturing each other, but rather were acting out in response to the extreme psychological trauma they were experiencing. It is possible that time in the dimension of "hell" was non-linear, with events occurring simultaneously or out of order. This could have contributed to the crew's sense of disorientation and madness, as their perception of time may have been disrupted or distorted. Alternatively, it is also possible that time in the dimension was experienced as an eternal, never-ending present, with no distinction between past, present, and future. This could have added to the crew's sense of hopelessness and despair, as they may have felt trapped in an endless cycle of torment.