Fun thing is Lovecraftian Mythos do not include spirits, ghosts, Hell and the Devil. Lovecraft considered those Christian depictions boring and overused from a literary perspective. That's why he created cosmic entities so terrible and Alien that they drive You Mad.
I suppose that is hell, but it doesn't have to be the Christian hell. I guess the video creator is refering to the unfathonable power and unknown nature of the threat.
I prefer his stories which either don't mention the big baddies or just reference them. Like The Mound, The Haunter of the Dark, The Thing on the Doorstep, etc.
Congratulations you’ve watched a UA-cam video on Lovecraft but you forgot to mention, about how he believed if weren’t of actual British decent you were a second class citizen, or how he believed anyone that wasn’t a white person was evil. Or how had a phobia of vaginas!
"When she left, she was just a ship, but when she came back, she was alive. Look at her Miller. Isn't she beautiful?" "Your 'beautiful' ship killed it's crew, Doctor." "Well, now she has a new crew: now she has us." "What do think you're doing, Doctor?" "You wanted to know where the Event Horizon has been. So, now you'll find out "
I absolutely low how Weir delivers that " ... well ... now she has a new crew" : there's a bit of sadnesss in there, not entirely unlike a father being disturbed by what his dear offspring is getting up to. It's like his normal, sane part is still there, but grief and guilt and horror have messed him up good.
This movie is a hidden gem! That scene where you see glimpses of what happened to the original crew is traumatizing and part of why I haven’t watched it again lol
I know what you mean. The directors cut was said to be truly horrifying and showed a lot more about what happened to the original crew. This movie is the stuff of nightmares.
The way it ends with the ominous door closing in on them and hearing "were all safe" is such a bleak ending. I took that to be that the remaining of the ship is still haunted
I know this is a comment from 3 years ago, but think about this: the movie's title is a big hint to the fate of the crew. The Event Horizon is the point at which there is no escape.
One of my favorite theories, is that's exactly what it is Both HellRaiser and Event Horizon are based off books by Clive Owens, refer to hell as its own dimension, and involve a contraption (Either the puzzle cube or gravity drive core) being able to open gateways. Personally, I believe it
You’re referring to Clive Barker who wrote The Hellbound Heart which was later translated to film as Hellraiser. Event Horizon was never a book as far as I know, Clive had nothing to do with it. I can see some inspiration with the gravity drive and the box.
Just because the gravity drive folds in itself doesn't mean it has anything to do with the properties of the Hellraiser puzzle cube...other than letting something evil into our reality, there's no other connection with the two.
The screen writer said his inspiration for this film was actually the warp from warhammer 40k. I think it's just pure coincidence that the gravity drive resembles the lament configuration, which is the puzzle cube most of you are referring to.
In 40k chaos beings in the warp can actually possess machines and even ships exactly like in this movie. There was one event where a ships Geller field failed and a warp twisted train rammed through the ship killing people and wrecking havoc. The ship even bled from the damage like it was a living thing it's self even absorbing crew members while they were still alive.
According to the screenwriters twitter he says at the very least he was subconsciously influenced by playing 40k. Not to mention a good chunk of 40k fans like to believe this movie is in fact set inside the 40k universe before the invention of the Gellar field. I am one of those, head canon for me.
@@hollow1585 I heard that too and I always figured that was the case because he nailed it. I knew it was not a sneak prequel given how sue happy GW is but it's fun to think about. :P
Yea, seems like they're just trying vomit out as much content as possible to get attention from the algorithm. It's giving them some rather uneven content and narrator quality.
The narration of this video was like some mad stream of consciousness. Was there a script or editors for it? A lot of random thoughts thrown in that barely matched what was going on. Bizarre.
There's a fan theory that the story of Event Horizon is mankind's first contact with the entities that reside in the "warp" of the Warhammer 40K universe. There's some common imagery in the ship and the Chaos faction art. Ive heard, but not confirmed, that some of the people working on this film were 40k fans. Its plausible as the what happened to the Event Horizon is what happens to unprotected ships that go into the warp in that universe.
Absolutely, it is hard to miss the 40k undertones to it. In 40k universe they developed a Geller field to protect against "the denizens of the warp" or the beings or entities that live in interdimensional space travel. They play on the fears and flaws in every person and it corrupts the person eventually using their own fears and weaknesses. It definitely seemed to have borrowed from that particular sci Fi universe and you could even call it prehistory to the 40k world and not be off the mark.
I agree somewhat but people who worked on hell raiser also worked on this the director took light inspiration from hellraiser. Weir and the ship act very much like cenobite. Weir looks like a damn cenobite. Although the ship does bear chaos like symbolism I'd argue it looks a lot more like a giant puzzle box. Theres really no mention of a dark god of any kind and some of the same phrases used in hellraiser (we have so much to show you for example) are used in event horizon, although I will mention that it could just be leviathan is a greater deamon of slannesh or vice versa as leviathan is also described as a god of excess. Or maybe they're the same as slannesh chances its form. Idk I just like hellraiser better as a shared universe
@@marcusrodriguez7395yes, but cenobites have an incredibly slaaneshi vibe, so they could be part of the same universe. I mean, time means nothing in the warp.
This movie had a profound effect on me when I was around 13-14. They were weaving together these heady concepts- horror with theology, and redemption and longing with interdimensional travel in SPACE! I hadn't seen anything like it before. It's so far from the beaten path and it's basically a perfect movie if there is such a thing.
Same for me. Some movies really do change your perception of the world around you. Grew up very religious and didn’t see it until the same age as you, probably in 2000-02. Hell was always a place I guess , maybe a spiritual place for lost souls. But I’m this movie it’s a place overlaid onto our world. Melted my mind.
Agreed. I didn't quite buy the "opening a gateway to hell" thing - too simplistic - so Weir's "this is much, much worse" was a nice touch. I like that the movie stayed ambiguous about it, and Captain Miller's final scene makes me both cheer for his courage and be heart-broken.
This movie still give me the chills. When i think of sci fi horror movies, this one is at the top - right next to Aliens. I which the directors cut had survived. If the stories are true then it would have only made this movie even scarier. I still cant believe they used scenes from it in Star Trek Voyager.
I think this was one of the first space horror movies that got me interested in the genre. Absolutely loved how dark and gritty the plot was and nostalgia makes it one of my old favorites. I wish it had been expanded more. Edit: Uh. This was just a rehashing of the movie, not an actual breakdown of the plot and the theories surrounding it.
Apparently the first half goes through the movie, second half has some theories etc. I stopped watching these at some point as i though these are just movies condensed.
What I would like to see for Event Horizon is a prequel movie showing us the audience how they constructed the Event Horizon and how the ship went to hell and came alive and more about the original mission of the Event Horizon before it got lost in space and all hell broke loose. It would be interesting even though they showed it in the 1997 movie the original crew members more in depth going crazy and turning on each other.
@@rickyb6086 Yes definitely, the movie opens us too so many questions like how did they open a gateway to hell was it there original mission or did it happen by accident, even though it's talked about and is shown to a certain degree it's never fully explained or shown to the audience what the original mission was, it would be make quite an interesting movie to show us these events.
Always good to see Event Horizon being given the respect it deserves, but the 'explanations' descend into a near-impenetrable miasma of wordhash and presumptions.
I completely agree. I'm not certain that the narrator actually watched & understood the movie. Some "facts" & "explanations" were incorrect. I love Event Horizon. This video could have been better.
Okay here is mine: When triggering the gravity drive they basically ascended into the fourth dimension. Because human beings are fully 3rd dimension they all went insane. The ship itself would be a massive thing that has all these computers and junk controlling it. This computer is then kind of mutated and gains sentience through this fourth dimension hop. Then keeps said sentience once the hop is completed. Since it requires power, and humans to live which are all dead it powered down and then started to send distress signals. Then once more humans came onboard it woke up pushing hallucinations (Which is easy to do heck strong magnets can cause hallucinations) to make the humans do the things it wants. Sam Neil (the crazy guy who becomes a part of the ship) is probably one of the only ones who can even start to comprehend the 4th space since he was the one who built the ship and drive. So that is why he is not driven completely batship bonkers to suicidal glee. He's the only one that can actually 'know' this stuff which is why he is even able to be 'brought back' in essence. Now with more human English WHAT this space is, is gone on about. Basically think of the Warhammer space as going through the hell portal from Doom. The other space is more like a vast ocean where you are a single cell. you can't move around yourself and have to find a way to do so. Better?
The book just explains what actually happened and the answer isn't as crazy as you think. Simply when Event Horizon jumped, it didn't actually moved, it time traveled so far back into time that even "god himself didn't exist" for reason that are unknown. Because of this, the ship and crew sit in a period of time that isn't legal and thus go insane, this explains why some of the crew are not themselves and others are. The reason for all the rape and murder is explained that each human was reset to a primitive version of themselves but again, it doesn't explain why some are insane, and others are not.
@@megansimplystitch I think that you are right. The 'narrator' obviously did not care for the material. The scriptwriter also did not like the movie and made some very unsubtle jabs. I got eight and a half minutes into this 'review' and had to stop.
Now, you say the original crew was killed, but their bodies didn't come back with the ship. Since Weir kept coming back to life, that makes me think the original crew might still be stuck in this 'hell' dimension. Killed and brought back to life, over and over. Forever.
That is indeed one of the main working theories. I like it myself. Ambiguous enough to where we’re just not sure. (Btw, new to this channel. LOVE this film, but the narrator/creator of this vid? He always speak so monotone? Or maybe you’re not a follower either? He made it pretty hard to listen)
@@paulsteel9127 my thoughts exactly. Of course, their minds / souls could very well be stuck in a dimension where physical bodies like we're used to don't exist / aren't needed, but either way: all that gore has to come from somewhere. Oh, and one of the first things they found on the Event Horizon was that dead "explosive decompression doesn't do that" body floating along.
I think they cant die and are just in agony forever outside of time Either that or the 40k sorta thing of this ship being possessed by an entity that would consume their souls.
@@Bozar069 what's your favorite part of this movie, btw? I honestly haven't seen it in a while. I love the whole concept honestly. I'm honestly not sure what my favorite part is. And I just had a thought. How cool would it be to see what Justin saw when he first went in the black hole engine (whatever it's called) in the beginning. That would be nuts.
You know what would be better, if you made a video on the lore, easter eggs and or trivia about the films production, rather than summarise the entire film (incorrectly).
It took me over 20 yrs to really appreciate how deep the casting was for this Gothic horror sci-fi. An actor who played as Satan's son. An actor who later played as the one of the liberators from the Matrix. An actress who technically played as Rod Serling's teacher. And, of course, the real life son of a Doctor Who.
I absolutely LOVE this film. One of exceptionally few I've seen to genuinely scare me in the theater. "Event Horizon" is a horror classic par excellence.
Imagine if all the Maddenng Dimensions, Mysteries, and Allusions going on this film were being caused by a Meta-Human with the Supernatural Ability to Manipulate or Warp Reality.
Btw, if you watch this movie make sure it's completely uncensored. You need to see the entirety of the disturbing scenes or it's pointless. This movie deserved more attention.
Some believe this to be set in the 40K universe long before "Old Night" or the "Age of Strife", as the Event Horizon had NONE of the safeguards of the ships in that universe had and the consequences seemed to match up.
Zero real analysis. Simply a retelling of the film. Just watch the real film and skip this Warhammer fan fiction. This is simply click bait for Event Horizon and Lovecraft fans. 👎
absolutely love the movie. Among my most unnerving areas about it is the gravity drive itself.. it’s haunting man. And if any of you know what biblical angels are meant to look like ( good vid on YT) it makes it even more creepy man. They done so well merging religious imagery and such. Whole thing is very very underrated and I’m glad I’m part of the cult classic fans.
In the same amount of time between 2000 and now, were supposed to advance that much? Hollywood loves to overestimate the capabilities of science. I love this movie but I never realized how close we were getting to it's date.
To give credit where its due, we did go from the first flight to landing on the moon in 60 years. So it isnt unreasonable to think that we could have advanced that quickly.
The blast in the beginning is described more in the novel as the gravity waves released after Justin was pulled through the gateway. Those waves are a literal distortion of space-time disrupting the fabric of reality, damaging the lewis and clark.
This is 1 of my fav films EVER!!! I remember as a teenager...at the old video rental store about 5 miles from my home...the owner sold me the copy he had for like 2.50$....cause nobody would rent it...i watched it so much...and this was way back on VHS...this is a great sci fi/horror film...the sci fi part of it is kinda believable....the warp drive is explained well...it creates a mini black hole...supposed to curve space time but actually ripped space time and travelled into a hell like dimension....i don't understand how it was launched back...unless it's where the ship itself seemed to be possessed....then I suppose the ship itself launched back into our dimension....i also like the sci fi part of the normal earth space ships...we don't have any super fast ships and our crews have to do the cryo sleep type stuff(or whatever its called)....and the way Dr. Weir lost his mind was great....and I love the subtle lovecraftian elements to this film!!!
Whats really terrifying is this is probably what traveling through different dimensions would happen. Kinda of like hellraiser type or “the warp” from warhammer. Different dimensions all things are completely different and impossible in ours.
@@acheron1104 I feel like there’s some kind of hidden meaning there since they’re dealing with hell n all. I don’t think that was a accident or coincidence.
@@marcusmulethaler5367 well i mean it is in space which is almost quite literally as heaven lol. But you're right most people don't really know what the description of a seraphim angel looks like, they just immediately think about angels being beautiful men or woman with huge wings.
This movie is the GOAT of lovecraftian horror movies. No movie does this genre well. EH was perfect from concept to execution. The only other two I'd nominate are "the thing" -1980(?) And "the void"
I watched it with my wife ten years ago, and she was afraid to go to the bathroom this night... One of my favorites of all time, because of the concepts you are discussing here very well.
Does the narrator just add random ill fitting words to the script ? Using words in the wrong place or the wrong word entirely thus making what is being said into nonsense
BAck in 98 i brought this movie over to my moms house to watch then i went home lol she apparently got so scared that night she had every light in the house on and still brings this movie up to this day. "YOU left me!~'
After watching it years later and a further understanding of the premise, im convinced weir enters the gateway as they all were more or less thrusted in and out of the path it went. Only the weak ones succumbed to the psychological hell
I saw this in the theatre when it came out. The first scene that you get a full view of the Event Horizon in Neptunes orbit the rumbling sound you hear blew the subwoofers at the front of the theatre.
Says "the ship is the protagonist" then immediately follows it up with "or you could say our villain"... Good video though, love Event Horizon. Slept with the lights on for a week after seeing it in theaters.
It is clear why many of us WH fans consider this like an unofficial Warhammer 40k prequel. For anyone that reads me, take a moment right now and go watch the Warhammer Darktide World intro trailer, you will see how entering the warp feels !
The first Warhammer 40k Movie was epic. Such an amazing film.. really wish they hadn't fucked up the cut footage so we could have the extras and directors cut.
They should consider the next chapter of Event Horizon, and make it a franchise 6:26, first containment zone. That was in the attraction ride from Universal Studios. It was used in the 6 Million Dollar Man episode, tv show
The only weird thing to me about this movie is weir. His whole journey to becoming possessed by the ship almost seems like it was accidentally edited out of order. One scene he seems possessed and the very next he’s right back to normal and that happens several times. The open the door scene he seems like his coming under control of the ship and the next scene it’s like nothing happened. When they are trying to leave the ship he goes straight from “you can’t leave”, she won’t let you, I am home” straight to “oh god peters oh no”. It’s just odd to me.
Idc what anybody says I consider this as a FAR prequel to 40k. Even Paul admitted Warhammer had a huge impact on this movie & said they couldn’t get rights to make a 40k movie so they made this instead
Saw in theatres with my Dad. It was so good, we saw it twice, then rented it when it came out at Crown Video. Supposedly, there was a significant amount of extra footage that was cut for time, unfortunately, it's been either lost or destroyed. Imo, the creator was inspired by both "Alien" (H.R. Giger-esque ship), and "Hellraiser" (The "Core", Mutilation, "Hell" dimension).
Yeah this is the most terrifying haunted house set in space yeah the ship is alive Event horizon I wish they put the deleted cuts from the actual film.
One of the most terrifying movies I have ever seen. It is one of those that I still would not watch alone in a dark room after sun is set. It is not the gore or special effects that unnerves me most but rather the spirit of corruption and malign thinking taking root inside of man. Something about it feels too real , as if it was only a thin layer away from us. It could be said that the current age of confusion , gender disorders and moral indifference, is the forerunner for that creeping insidious evil.
The issue I see with Event Horizon being part of Warhammer 40 000 is the fact than in year 2040 Slaanesh - Chaos god of excess was not yet born in the Warp (that came about around early 30th Millenium). The logs of previous crew contain images of murder-rape that was typical of people affected with Slaanesh influence, so dunno, this doesn't seem to work in the presented timeline.
Went to see both this movie and Mimic back-to-back at a Star Theater back when they both came out in 97. That was one of best movie outings I ever had! x3
One of the GREATEST sci-fi movies ever made ... Also, one of the most CRIMINALLY underrated movies ever created...
If you like this movie, try Nightflyers. It's got a similar evil spaceship vibe.
Has a great cast, but i would love to see the uncut version!
Could have been. Could have been.
I'd say Alien is the greatest, but this one is great too & also Pandorum
Whoa whoa whoa there buddy relax calm down have a seat and take a chill pill 💊
Fun thing is Lovecraftian Mythos do not include spirits, ghosts, Hell and the Devil. Lovecraft considered those Christian depictions boring and overused from a literary perspective. That's why he created cosmic entities so terrible and Alien that they drive You Mad.
I suppose that is hell, but it doesn't have to be the Christian hell. I guess the video creator is refering to the unfathonable power and unknown nature of the threat.
I prefer his stories which either don't mention the big baddies or just reference them. Like The Mound, The Haunter of the Dark, The Thing on the Doorstep, etc.
Not always true. He had his "magic" stories too. Ghouls are often in his stories. Such as the The Outsider or The Dream-Quest of unknown Kadith.
Congratulations you’ve watched a UA-cam video on Lovecraft but you forgot to mention, about how he believed if weren’t of actual British decent you were a second class citizen, or how he believed anyone that wasn’t a white person was evil. Or how had a phobia of vaginas!
@@coywarrior71 which exactly has what to do with the original post? Not attacking you, just curious what one has to do with the other.
"When she left, she was just a ship, but when she came back, she was alive. Look at her Miller. Isn't she beautiful?"
"Your 'beautiful' ship killed it's crew, Doctor."
"Well, now she has a new crew: now she has us."
"What do think you're doing, Doctor?"
"You wanted to know where the Event Horizon has been. So, now you'll find out "
Here LET ME SHOW YOU!
I absolutely low how Weir delivers that " ... well ... now she has a new crew" : there's a bit of sadnesss in there, not entirely unlike a father being disturbed by what his dear offspring is getting up to. It's like his normal, sane part is still there, but grief and guilt and horror have messed him up good.
This is why you never
EVER
Travel the Warp without a Gellar Field
Imperial propaganda nonsense. As useful as a corpse emperor false god on a golden tomb.
THE EMPEROR PROTECTS
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
SAMUS IS HERE
I AM THE EMPEROR'S MERCY
This movie is a hidden gem! That scene where you see glimpses of what happened to the original crew is traumatizing and part of why I haven’t watched it again lol
I know what you mean. The directors cut was said to be truly horrifying and showed a lot more about what happened to the original crew. This movie is the stuff of nightmares.
say no more friends, directors cut we go!
@@tobiasreaper7745 The directors cut was said to be lost long ago. It would be both amazing and terrifying if that was not the case.
“I haven’t watched this film in a long time.” *press play* “Nooope! Now I remember why.”
that was wild party bro
This was such a disturbing movie but one of the absolute best. You NEVER forget this one. Holy crap.
The way it ends with the ominous door closing in on them and hearing "were all safe" is such a bleak ending. I took that to be that the remaining of the ship is still haunted
Apparently it was the experimental engine that was under "possession" not the ship itself.
I know this is a comment from 3 years ago, but think about this: the movie's title is a big hint to the fate of the crew. The Event Horizon is the point at which there is no escape.
The gravity drive core always reminded me of a bigger Hellraiser cube.
One of my favorite theories, is that's exactly what it is
Both HellRaiser and Event Horizon are based off books by Clive Owens, refer to hell as its own dimension, and involve a contraption (Either the puzzle cube or gravity drive core) being able to open gateways.
Personally, I believe it
You’re referring to Clive Barker who wrote The Hellbound Heart which was later translated to film as Hellraiser. Event Horizon was never a book as far as I know, Clive had nothing to do with it. I can see some inspiration with the gravity drive and the box.
Just because the gravity drive folds in itself doesn't mean it has anything to do with the properties of the Hellraiser puzzle cube...other than letting something evil into our reality, there's no other connection with the two.
Agreed, I was only stating that it may have been inspired aesthetically.
The screen writer said his inspiration for this film was actually the warp from warhammer 40k.
I think it's just pure coincidence that the gravity drive resembles the lament configuration, which is the puzzle cube most of you are referring to.
Rumor has it that Event Horizon is set in the Warhammer 40K timeline. Granted this is more of a fan theory but still cool.
No that theory is still correct the director has said something similar I think.
It would make sense
no Gellar Field lol
It actually fits perfectly.
SAMUS IS HERE
In 40k chaos beings in the warp can actually possess machines and even ships exactly like in this movie. There was one event where a ships Geller field failed and a warp twisted train rammed through the ship killing people and wrecking havoc. The ship even bled from the damage like it was a living thing it's self even absorbing crew members while they were still alive.
According to the screenwriters twitter he says at the very least he was subconsciously influenced by playing 40k. Not to mention a good chunk of 40k fans like to believe this movie is in fact set inside the 40k universe before the invention of the Gellar field. I am one of those, head canon for me.
@@hollow1585 I heard that too and I always figured that was the case because he nailed it. I knew it was not a sneak prequel given how sue happy GW is but it's fun to think about. :P
I like to think that this movie is the prequel to 40K.
Rumors are to believe, event horizon was supposed to be a Warhammer 40K movie but Game workshop didn’t want it to happen.
@@erikjimenez8671 wouldn't be surprised
Do you guys have an editor for your scripts? Some of the descriptions and stuff have been really off-sounding
Yea, seems like they're just trying vomit out as much content as possible to get attention from the algorithm. It's giving them some rather uneven content and narrator quality.
@@chrispierceall3627 yeah! It made me think of those godawful Troom Troom videos
It sounded like a wall of gibberish.
The narration of this video was like some mad stream of consciousness. Was there a script or editors for it? A lot of random thoughts thrown in that barely matched what was going on. Bizarre.
"A remake of Ghost Ship" got me. 1997 vs 2002 and Event Horizon was first.
I've seen all the Event Horizon Videos avaiable on youtube. And I still can't get enough of it. Thank you for this content.
There's a fan theory that the story of Event Horizon is mankind's first contact with the entities that reside in the "warp" of the Warhammer 40K universe. There's some common imagery in the ship and the Chaos faction art. Ive heard, but not confirmed, that some of the people working on this film were 40k fans. Its plausible as the what happened to the Event Horizon is what happens to unprotected ships that go into the warp in that universe.
Absolutely, it is hard to miss the 40k undertones to it. In 40k universe they developed a Geller field to protect against "the denizens of the warp" or the beings or entities that live in interdimensional space travel. They play on the fears and flaws in every person and it corrupts the person eventually using their own fears and weaknesses. It definitely seemed to have borrowed from that particular sci Fi universe and you could even call it prehistory to the 40k world and not be off the mark.
I agree somewhat but people who worked on hell raiser also worked on this the director took light inspiration from hellraiser. Weir and the ship act very much like cenobite. Weir looks like a damn cenobite. Although the ship does bear chaos like symbolism I'd argue it looks a lot more like a giant puzzle box. Theres really no mention of a dark god of any kind and some of the same phrases used in hellraiser (we have so much to show you for example) are used in event horizon, although I will mention that it could just be leviathan is a greater deamon of slannesh or vice versa as leviathan is also described as a god of excess. Or maybe they're the same as slannesh chances its form. Idk I just like hellraiser better as a shared universe
SAMUS IS HERE
@@marcusrodriguez7395yes, but cenobites have an incredibly slaaneshi vibe, so they could be part of the same universe. I mean, time means nothing in the warp.
This movie had a profound effect on me when I was around 13-14. They were weaving together these heady concepts- horror with theology, and redemption and longing with interdimensional travel in SPACE! I hadn't seen anything like it before. It's so far from the beaten path and it's basically a perfect movie if there is such a thing.
Same for me. Some movies really do change your perception of the world around you.
Grew up very religious and didn’t see it until the same age as you, probably in 2000-02.
Hell was always a place I guess , maybe a spiritual place for lost souls. But I’m this movie it’s a place overlaid onto our world.
Melted my mind.
Agreed. I didn't quite buy the "opening a gateway to hell" thing - too simplistic - so Weir's "this is much, much worse" was a nice touch. I like that the movie stayed ambiguous about it, and Captain Miller's final scene makes me both cheer for his courage and be heart-broken.
This movie still give me the chills. When i think of sci fi horror movies, this one is at the top - right next to Aliens. I which the directors cut had survived. If the stories are true then it would have only made this movie even scarier. I still cant believe they used scenes from it in Star Trek Voyager.
One of Voyager's other episodes is lightly based off Event Horizon
@@EvilXero359 The Haunting of Deck 12?
I think this was one of the first space horror movies that got me interested in the genre. Absolutely loved how dark and gritty the plot was and nostalgia makes it one of my old favorites. I wish it had been expanded more. Edit: Uh. This was just a rehashing of the movie, not an actual breakdown of the plot and the theories surrounding it.
Apparently the first half goes through the movie, second half has some theories etc. I stopped watching these at some point as i though these are just movies condensed.
You might enjoy the Warhammer 40k universe it was based on, then.
To bad the directors cut got lost in a salt mine.
What I would like to see for Event Horizon is a prequel movie showing us the audience how they constructed the Event Horizon and how the ship went to hell and came alive and more about the original mission of the Event Horizon before it got lost in space and all hell broke loose. It would be interesting even though they showed it in the 1997 movie the original crew members more in depth going crazy and turning on each other.
Excellent idea! I've always wished for a sequel, prequel or any movie related to Event Horizon. It was one of my favorites as a kid.
@@rickyb6086 Yes definitely, the movie opens us too so many questions like how did they open a gateway to hell was it there original mission or did it happen by accident, even though it's talked about and is shown to a certain degree it's never fully explained or shown to the audience what the original mission was, it would be make quite an interesting movie to show us these events.
Always good to see Event Horizon being given the respect it deserves, but the 'explanations' descend into a near-impenetrable miasma of wordhash and presumptions.
Sounded like Engrish in a few places...
I completely agree. I'm not certain that the narrator actually watched & understood the movie. Some "facts" & "explanations" were incorrect. I love Event Horizon. This video could have been better.
Okay here is mine: When triggering the gravity drive they basically ascended into the fourth dimension. Because human beings are fully 3rd dimension they all went insane. The ship itself would be a massive thing that has all these computers and junk controlling it. This computer is then kind of mutated and gains sentience through this fourth dimension hop. Then keeps said sentience once the hop is completed. Since it requires power, and humans to live which are all dead it powered down and then started to send distress signals. Then once more humans came onboard it woke up pushing hallucinations (Which is easy to do heck strong magnets can cause hallucinations) to make the humans do the things it wants.
Sam Neil (the crazy guy who becomes a part of the ship) is probably one of the only ones who can even start to comprehend the 4th space since he was the one who built the ship and drive. So that is why he is not driven completely batship bonkers to suicidal glee. He's the only one that can actually 'know' this stuff which is why he is even able to be 'brought back' in essence.
Now with more human English WHAT this space is, is gone on about. Basically think of the Warhammer space as going through the hell portal from Doom. The other space is more like a vast ocean where you are a single cell. you can't move around yourself and have to find a way to do so. Better?
The book just explains what actually happened and the answer isn't as crazy as you think. Simply when Event Horizon jumped, it didn't actually moved, it time traveled so far back into time that even "god himself didn't exist" for reason that are unknown. Because of this, the ship and crew sit in a period of time that isn't legal and thus go insane, this explains why some of the crew are not themselves and others are. The reason for all the rape and murder is explained that each human was reset to a primitive version of themselves but again, it doesn't explain why some are insane, and others are not.
@@megansimplystitch I think that you are right. The 'narrator' obviously did not care for the material. The scriptwriter also did not like the movie and made some very unsubtle jabs. I got eight and a half minutes into this 'review' and had to stop.
This movie serves as one of the sources of inspiration for the game DEAD SPACE. This is still one of my favorite movies.
and the movie itself was inspired by 40k
Now, you say the original crew was killed, but their bodies didn't come back with the ship. Since Weir kept coming back to life, that makes me think the original crew might still be stuck in this 'hell' dimension. Killed and brought back to life, over and over. Forever.
That is indeed one of the main working theories.
I like it myself.
Ambiguous enough to where we’re just not sure.
(Btw, new to this channel. LOVE this film, but the narrator/creator of this vid?
He always speak so monotone?
Or maybe you’re not a follower either?
He made it pretty hard to listen)
The bodies of many of the original crew were splattered all over the ship.
@@paulsteel9127 my thoughts exactly. Of course, their minds / souls could very well be stuck in a dimension where physical bodies like we're used to don't exist / aren't needed, but either way: all that gore has to come from somewhere. Oh, and one of the first things they found on the Event Horizon was that dead "explosive decompression doesn't do that" body floating along.
I think they cant die and are just in agony forever outside of time
Either that or the 40k sorta thing of this ship being possessed by an entity that would consume their souls.
This movie is a classic nice to see you reviewing it.
Every time I see a video talking about Event Horizon it makes me sad to think we will never get the unrated directors cut.
There IS a Criterion Collection version that does have a ton of deleted scenes, tho. I NEED it some day. Lol
@@guybrush1701 Wow, I had no idea. Thanks for the heads up, I will have to try to find it.
@@Bozar069 sure thing. I learned that off another video I recently watched about this movie. Lol
@@Bozar069 what's your favorite part of this movie, btw? I honestly haven't seen it in a while. I love the whole concept honestly. I'm honestly not sure what my favorite part is.
And I just had a thought. How cool would it be to see what Justin saw when he first went in the black hole engine (whatever it's called) in the beginning. That would be nuts.
Never go through the Warp without a Gellar Field. Check! 😂🤣😂😂
You know what would be better, if you made a video on the lore, easter eggs and or trivia about the films production,
rather than summarise the entire film (incorrectly).
I wish they'd finally find the missing scenes and release an extended "director's cut"
They were stored in an abandoned mine, and by the time they were recovered they'd degraded beyond salvaging :(
@@trevorday7923 Yep that's what I heard too, but supposedly they have tape recordings of those lost scenes.
Seeing this at 10 years old was pretty scary, but somehow being 21 and understanding more of the concepts has made this movie even more horrifying
It took me over 20 yrs to really appreciate how deep the casting was for this Gothic horror sci-fi. An actor who played as Satan's son. An actor who later played as the one of the liberators from the Matrix. An actress who technically played as Rod Serling's teacher. And, of course, the real life son of a Doctor Who.
Son of a Dr. Who? Who?!
@@guybrush1701 Sean Pertwee. His dad was the 3rd 🥉 Dr. Who : Jon Pertwee.
@@ai6894 awesome. Thanks!
I absolutely LOVE this film. One of exceptionally few I've seen to genuinely scare me in the theater. "Event Horizon" is a horror classic par excellence.
Did whoever wrote this actually watch the movie?
"Alien rip off"
"Ship shaped like a helicopter"
"Grey headed man"
None of that was right.
Event Horizon...
It's such a hidden gem...
Hold up, when did you guys start adding your own fan fiction to your Movie Reviews?
I was wondering when this video might pop up. Great job! :) Love how you included the WH40K.
Imagine if all the Maddenng Dimensions, Mysteries, and Allusions going on this film were being caused by a Meta-Human with the Supernatural Ability to Manipulate or Warp Reality.
I like how in recent years Event Horizon has been linked to Warhammer 40K
More like they got a glimps of Hellraiser world
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P.S. Hellraiser: Event Horizon
Lmao, you can always tell when someone is just reading notes and hasn't seen the film they are talking about. Shame it's a brilliant film.
Yeah: The inaccuracies and purple prose made me wince.
Btw, if you watch this movie make sure it's completely uncensored. You need to see the entirety of the disturbing scenes or it's pointless. This movie deserved more attention.
An instant classic,and a masterpiece! Dr Dinosaur was EPIC in this film. True mind bender
My favorite horror movie. It's such a shame they cut all the spicy stuff out though.
Really?
What was cut from the final result ?
@@jetpilledmyron2056 a lot of the scenes. Look wiki article about the film.
Some believe this to be set in the 40K universe long before "Old Night" or the "Age of Strife", as the Event Horizon had NONE of the safeguards of the ships in that universe had and the consequences seemed to match up.
Most underrated film in history. Possibly one of the scariest movies ever made
Zero real analysis. Simply a retelling of the film. Just watch the real film and skip this Warhammer fan fiction. This is simply click bait for Event Horizon and Lovecraft fans. 👎
Yeah, I thought the Warhammer references ruined the flow of the video, too. Guy sounds extremely ill-informed.
Thanks.
absolutely love the movie. Among my most unnerving areas about it is the gravity drive itself.. it’s haunting man. And if any of you know what biblical angels are meant to look like ( good vid on YT) it makes it even more creepy man. They done so well merging religious imagery and such. Whole thing is very very underrated and I’m glad I’m part of the cult classic fans.
The Event Horizon travelled into the Warp, the realm of the Chaos gods.
Opening weekend. Saturday night, 1997
There was like 6 people in audience 💯
Only heard of this movie in passing, but everything about this sounds amazing, looking it up now.
A criminally underated movie.
I just picked up on something... The "Chaos God" referenced from Warhammer looks nearly identical to "Chaos" from the original Final Fantasy
I wouldn't call it a god.
@@blackagent4754lmao shut up
@@uav5594 Bro, your username is UAV. You definitely are an unmanned aerial vehicle, because you have the intellect of one.
This is what inspired dead space
In the same amount of time between 2000 and now, were supposed to advance that much? Hollywood loves to overestimate the capabilities of science. I love this movie but I never realized how close we were getting to it's date.
To give credit where its due, we did go from the first flight to landing on the moon in 60 years. So it isnt unreasonable to think that we could have advanced that quickly.
If you know anything about war hammer 40k some people think this is humanity’s first experience with the warp. Basically warhammer 20k.
Which they admitted they were fans of
The blast in the beginning is described more in the novel as the gravity waves released after Justin was pulled through the gateway. Those waves are a literal distortion of space-time disrupting the fabric of reality, damaging the lewis and clark.
This is 1 of my fav films EVER!!! I remember as a teenager...at the old video rental store about 5 miles from my home...the owner sold me the copy he had for like 2.50$....cause nobody would rent it...i watched it so much...and this was way back on VHS...this is a great sci fi/horror film...the sci fi part of it is kinda believable....the warp drive is explained well...it creates a mini black hole...supposed to curve space time but actually ripped space time and travelled into a hell like dimension....i don't understand how it was launched back...unless it's where the ship itself seemed to be possessed....then I suppose the ship itself launched back into our dimension....i also like the sci fi part of the normal earth space ships...we don't have any super fast ships and our crews have to do the cryo sleep type stuff(or whatever its called)....and the way Dr. Weir lost his mind was great....and I love the subtle lovecraftian elements to this film!!!
Whats really terrifying is this is probably what traveling through different dimensions would happen. Kinda of like hellraiser type or “the warp” from warhammer. Different dimensions all things are completely different and impossible in ours.
No one is goin to talk about how the sphere that makes black holes looks an awfully lot like a seraphim angel? Just me? Ok
I've been saying that for years and people just look at me all lost.
@@acheron1104 I feel like there’s some kind of hidden meaning there since they’re dealing with hell n all. I don’t think that was a accident or coincidence.
@@acheron1104 they probably don’t know what a seraphim angel looks like or even what it is.
It does not look at all like one?
@@marcusmulethaler5367 well i mean it is in space which is almost quite literally as heaven lol. But you're right most people don't really know what the description of a seraphim angel looks like, they just immediately think about angels being beautiful men or woman with huge wings.
I would love a sequel where they travel to the hell dimension.
This movie is the GOAT of lovecraftian horror movies. No movie does this genre well. EH was perfect from concept to execution. The only other two I'd nominate are "the thing" -1980(?) And "the void"
I watched it with my wife ten years ago, and she was afraid to go to the bathroom this night... One of my favorites of all time, because of the concepts you are discussing here very well.
and this is why you never forget to turn the Gellar field on lads, the Emperor protects.
Loved this movie, still throw this on at night before bed sometimes
One of my favorite movies, thank you for doing this
Does the narrator just add random ill fitting words to the script ? Using words in the wrong place or the wrong word entirely thus making what is being said into nonsense
Brilliant movie, amazing production design.
BAck in 98 i brought this movie over to my moms house to watch then i went home lol she apparently got so scared that night she had every light in the house on and still brings this movie up to this day. "YOU left me!~'
After watching it years later and a further understanding of the premise, im convinced weir enters the gateway as they all were more or less thrusted in and out of the path it went. Only the weak ones succumbed to the psychological hell
So underrated when it came out, now it's one of the best sci-fi movies ever made.❤
Love this channel!!!
This was a terrifying movie.
NICE VID!
I saw this in the theatre when it came out. The first scene that you get a full view of the Event Horizon in Neptunes orbit the rumbling sound you hear blew the subwoofers at the front of the theatre.
Says "the ship is the protagonist" then immediately follows it up with "or you could say our villain"... Good video though, love Event Horizon. Slept with the lights on for a week after seeing it in theaters.
It is clear why many of us WH fans consider this like an unofficial Warhammer 40k prequel. For anyone that reads me, take a moment right now and go watch the Warhammer Darktide World intro trailer, you will see how entering the warp feels !
The first Warhammer 40k Movie was epic. Such an amazing film.. really wish they hadn't fucked up the cut footage so we could have the extras and directors cut.
Warhammer 2k*
@@bloodangel19 Just because it's a prequel doesn't make it not a 40k movie. And that'd be 2.5k if anything.
@@NaglfarCommando well if we go about it like that it's not even 40k rn, it's like 41 or 42 k i don't remember exactly
Still unofficial, no matter how many gamer geeks claim otherwise.
@@owenshebbeare2999 as far as i remember even the guy who made the movie said he was inspired by warhammer.
They should consider the next chapter of Event Horizon, and make it a franchise
6:26, first containment zone. That was in the attraction ride from Universal Studios. It was used in the 6 Million Dollar Man episode, tv show
The only weird thing to me about this movie is weir. His whole journey to becoming possessed by the ship almost seems like it was accidentally edited out of order. One scene he seems possessed and the very next he’s right back to normal and that happens several times.
The open the door scene he seems like his coming under control of the ship and the next scene it’s like nothing happened. When they are trying to leave the ship he goes straight from “you can’t leave”, she won’t let you, I am home” straight to “oh god peters oh no”.
It’s just odd to me.
Idc what anybody says I consider this as a FAR prequel to 40k. Even Paul admitted Warhammer had a huge impact on this movie & said they couldn’t get rights to make a 40k movie so they made this instead
Imagine in that scene when Justin aw 3 rings get aligned and when light emerge manifestation of Khorne exit the core
Saw in theatres with my Dad. It was so good, we saw it twice, then rented it when it came out at Crown Video. Supposedly, there was a significant amount of extra footage that was cut for time, unfortunately, it's been either lost or destroyed.
Imo, the creator was inspired by both "Alien" (H.R. Giger-esque ship), and "Hellraiser" (The "Core", Mutilation, "Hell" dimension).
This movie gave me the creeps! Bought the DVD!!!
Thought I was having a stroke listening to the narrator
Yeah this is the most terrifying haunted house set in space yeah the ship is alive Event horizon I wish they put the deleted cuts from the actual film.
Who wrote this? It sounds like a Japanese to English google trabslation...
One of the most terrifying movies I have ever seen. It is one of those that I still would not watch alone in a dark room after sun is set. It is not the gore or special effects that unnerves me most but rather the spirit of corruption and malign thinking taking root inside of man.
Something about it feels too real , as if it was only a thin layer away from us. It could be said that the current age of confusion , gender disorders and moral indifference, is the forerunner for that creeping insidious evil.
Well put
I LOVE EVENT HORIZON SO SO MUCH💜💜
This movie was bold and I enjoyed it. I’m surprised more people didn’t like it. So good it scared my pup lol
This movie is underappreciated
Just that warp drive alone looks like the mark of chaos
I’m thinking entering through airlock 13 probably wasn’t the best idea.
19:53 Khorne? No the Event Horizon was taken by Slaanesh. The director needed to hire adult film stars for the hell scenes.
They should make a prequel for this showing what the event horizon went through
The issue I see with Event Horizon being part of Warhammer 40 000 is the fact than in year 2040 Slaanesh - Chaos god of excess was not yet born in the Warp (that came about around early 30th Millenium). The logs of previous crew contain images of murder-rape that was typical of people affected with Slaanesh influence, so dunno, this doesn't seem to work in the presented timeline.
I wouldn't call that a god.
Time has no meaning in the warp. Once Slaanesh was born, it always existed, same with the other three warp farts.
Way more shine on that alt movie poster. That is really amazing.
Man...this is so much WH40K Chaos Warp :D
A Space Odyssey meets Hellraiser
Event Horizon was Lovecraftian in influence while War Hammer was built by pillaging Moorecock.
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Went to see both this movie and Mimic back-to-back at a Star Theater back when they both came out in 97.
That was one of best movie outings I ever had! x3
Never fall asleep on this movie while it’s still playing.
The movie is 100% Lovecraftian cosmic horror.
The Event Horizo opened up a gate to Azathoth.