Kong synopsis promises a spectacular battle for the ages. A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned. All the reasons why event horizon is a hell of a good time. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. If youve never seen event horizon, its basically about a ship. Directed by 1 writing credits 1 cast 15 produced by 6 music by 2 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 casting by 1 production design by 1 art direction by 8 set decoration by 1 costume design by 1 makeup department 35.
Predator, resident evil is a highly watchable blend of star trek ideas, alien looks, and hellraiser scares. Interestingly, the book was based on the movie not the other way around. Event horizons blood orgy original cut was unwatchable. This story is violent and not for sensitive readers. Released in 1997, this shocker from director paul w. Event horizon just rewatched event horizon on netflix, and wondered if there was a novel since i enjoy reading a little more than watching movies. An event horizon is that border to a black hole beyond which there is no return. It was a finalist for two major annual awards, the 1981 hugo award for best novel and the 1980 nebula award. Sep 12, 2010 looking back at event horizon news director paul w.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading event horizon. Event horizon a literary and graphic arts periodical. Event horizon is a literary and graphic arts periodical. She tore a hole in our universe, a gateway to another dimension. Could event horizon and hellraiser even exist in the same universe.
Event horizon was a critical and commercial dud, but as has happened to. In the year 2040, the starship event horizon was sent on a secret mission, but it disappeared without a trace beyond the planet neptune at the outer rim of the solar system. Event horizon and hellraiser similarities explained screen rant. Its one of the stories in his book collection of short stories, similar to his first book stories of your life which inspired the movie arrival. Thus, nothing that enters a black hole can get out or can be observed from. The unrated directors cut, im sorry to have to tell you this but that sht just isnt going to happen. Event horizon is a 1997 science fiction horror film directed by paul w. Just rewatched event horizon on netflix, and wondered if there was a novel since i enjoy reading a little more than watching movies. Sometime in the mid21st century, a ship called the event horizon was designed and built by dr. I never saw the movie so i cant compare but the book is pretty tepid. Like most of his output the plot is relatively straightforward.
Jones was born on january 16, 1972 in japan as richard timothy jones. Event horizon is a haunted house movie in space godzilla vs. Despite a strong opening that promises scifi thrills, event horizon quickly devolves into an exercise of style over substance whose flashy effects and gratuitous. Light can not escape the black hole beyond the event horizon. A drivein movie and other ways to spend your week event. It all makes sense as he puts the true nature of the universe and our place. May 22, 2017 well, if you have ever hoped for event horizon 2 or event horizon.
Oct 26, 2018 event horizon is a 1997 science fiction horror film directed by paul w. There will never be an event horizon sequel or directors cut. Crossing the event horizon dvd the graphics presented are firstclass and his argument is compelling and the body of evidence is well documented. He was portrayed by sam neill, who also played damien thorn, charles bromley and mr mcgregor. I havent read any other movie novelizations, but this is good. Jan 26, 2016 event horizon is one of the movies that actually has a really great premise but is delivered in a terrible way. William weir sam neill, who is living on a space station orbiting earth and is tormented by the memory of his dead wife, receives a call that he has to report to the stations dock. The first half hr or so, the movie is really good, i find the idea of a ship flying into a black hole really cool. Why event horizon is the scariest of all horror films youtube.
What exactly is a black hole event horizon and what happens. Set in 2047, it follows a crew of astronauts sent on a rescue mission, after a missing spaceship, the event horizon, spontaneously appears in orbit. A novel is a novel adaptation of the 1997 film event horizon, written by steven mcdonald. Event horizon nude scenes 20 images and 5 videos including appearances from holley chant joely richardson kathleen quinlan. Strangely, the film has a builtin fanbase, with many acolytes of the. For example, early in the film the lewis and clark approaches the event horizon through what i guess is the stormy atmosphere of neptune, with lots of thunder, lightning and turbulence. The movie starts out in text format reminiscent of alien, where we are told that the event horizon was a spacecraft that was lost in on its maiden voyage past neptune and so became the worst space disaster ever. In recent years though, in a similar fashion to blade runner and john carpenters the thing, it has come to be regarded as a unique contribution to the scifi. First off, this is the best the film has looked outside the theater. Apr 24, 2020 event horizon was clearly influenced by hellraiser when it put horror in space, but could there be more to it than that. Virtually all of the technical aspects in the film were topnotch.
Goodreads members who liked event horizon also liked. On wednesday april 10, the international event horizon telescope project will release the first results from its plan to image black holes. Since general relativity states that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, nothing inside the event horizon can ever cross the boundary and escape beyond it, including light. He has been married to nancy jones since october 1996. Event horizon series in development at amazon exclusive. It was a ship that was capable of fasterthanlight travel using an artificial black hole to open a portal from one part of the universe to another. The event horizon is the culmination of a secret government project to create a spacecraft capable of fasterthanlight flight. Event horizon, boundary marking the limits of a black hole. Event horizon doesnt have tremendous hype to live up to nor is it laden with nostalgia that needs inevitable referencing. The movie also succeeds because they tease and tease that theyre going through the same gateway the event horizon went to originally, to suffer the same fate as the original crew, and, by the end. I created the event horizon to reach the stars, but shes gone much, much farther than that. I have been a fan of event horizon ever since seeing the film in the 90s. It was a ship that was capable of fasterthanlight travel using.
He is an actor and producer, known for event horizon 1997, vantage point 2008 and collateral 2004. What was made public about the event horizon that she was a deep space research vessel, that her reactor went critical, and that the ship blew up none of that is true. Looking for a book similar to the movie event horizon. To encourage social distancing during the spread of covid19, we are altering our regular event horizon section for the foreseeable future. What few people realise though is that the original cut of the film was way worse. Anderson may have his detractors, but 1997s event horizon was a creepily effective scifi horror movie, ryan argues. At the event horizon, the escape velocity is equal to the speed of light. Hellraiser, based on the book the hellbound heart by clive barker, was released in 1987 and changed the face of horror. But the book acturally had a very vivid image of what was going on in each of the. Its only 200 pages and i had to push myself to finish it.
Unfortunately, event horizon is not the movie to answer these questions. I have a lovehate relationship with event horizon both the movie and the book. Although it draws some themes from tarkovskys adaptation of lems novel, the film its your basic haunted house film on space. Books similar to event horizon meet your next favorite book. Overall, despite some issues, event horizon remains a brisk, spooky and visually stunning scifihorror picture that has gained a cult following over the years. It is not to be confused with the moral event horizon. Beyond the blue event horizon is a science fiction novel by the american writer frederik pohl, a sequel to his 1977 novel gateway and the second book in the heechee series. Event horizon 2018 posted by john apr 3, 2018 fantasy, science fiction 0 each year, the john w.
Event horizon brings out my inner roman, because its limitations and strengths are best explained when you accept that, although it takes place in outer space, in the future, and on a ship named after a concept from general relativity, no lessits not really a science fiction film, but an oldfashioned horror allegory. The premise of the movie is that the event horizon, a secret prototype gravity drive powered fasterthanlight spaceship, mysteriously disappears on its maiden test flight to alpha centauri. Andersons scifihorror film event horizon didnt exactly prove as attractive to moviegoers as a black hole does to, well, everything around it. Since general relativity states that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, nothing inside the event horizon can ever escape beyond it, including light. His presentation can easily be understood both by the scientifically trained and lay person.
In 2046, a spaceship voyages beyond neptune to find out what became of the event horizon, an exploratory vessel that vanished into the universe seven years. A little while ago, my brother said event horizon was his favourite scifi horror film. Amazon is expanding its genre footprint with a series project based on event horizon, the 1997 scifihorror film. Event horizon is a 1997 science fiction horror movie directed by paul w. Mar 07, 2017 a philosophical discussion of the horror film event horizon. Both editions will only be available through july 15th, 2018. Ive read other books by this author, including the first book in the series, and was looking forward to reading this book. The space horror starred laurence fishburne, sam neill and. One of the movies that showed great promise that it never quite managed to deliver on was paul w. And the only thing im gonna say about it is that it didnt end the way i expected, and that it made me think really hard about a.
Event horizon series based on movie in the works at amazon. This characterization of a ship is taken much further in event horizon, the titular ship effectively becoming the antagonist. Event horizon is the second book in the perseid collapse series. New images suggest event horizon could have been awesome.
Theres a two hour version of event horizon we can never. Sep 09, 2016 if youre a fan of scifi or horror, you may have seen some recent articles on the web about deleted scenes from a movie called event horizon. Set in 2047, it follows a crew of astronauts sent on a rescue mission after a missing spaceship, the event horizon, spontaneously appears in orbit around. It departs little from the movie and is very well written. Anderson starring laurence fishburne and sam neill. Event horizon is a haunted house movie in space posted on saturday, october 26th, 2019 by chris evangelista welcome to 31 days of streaming horror. If anything, event horizon does the haunted house in space thing better than alien, although both use settings or ships like characters. Not only did the film mix two mediums almost perfectly scifi and horror, it completed the union almost flawlessly. Warning, this article contains spoilers, sex, gore and sexy spoilers. Find books like event horizon from the worlds largest community of readers. Most critics compared the film to alien, hellraiser, the black hole, solaris, and 2001. But publicly the vessel was a deep space probe that accidentally selfdestructed.
Not a perfect movie, but then again, sam neill was amazing in this film. Sometime in the mid21st century, ship called the event horizon was designed and built by a scientist named dr. The event horizon is a spacefaring ship that was possessed by an evil entity and the main setting of the titular scifi horror film of the same. The event horizon seems to be alive and the entire crew starts having both auditory and visual hallucinations. With laurence fishburne, sam neill, kathleen quinlan, joely richardson. While i love scifi, i could do without the horror aspect and so, squeamish scaredycat that i am, i decided to read this novelisation of the movie rather than watch the movie itself. Event horizon will soon head to the small screen via the amazon prime streaming service, and heres what we know about the series so far. William weir is the main antagonist in the 1997 scifihorror film event horizon. In the 1981 poll of locus readers locus award it finished second to the snow queen by joan vinge. What exactly is a black hole event horizon and what. I have already seen the movie so i decided i would read the book also.
I may be slightly biased since event horizon was the last movie my dad and i watched in the week before he died of lung cancer, but nevertheless this is well done. May 23, 2016 event horizon is considered one of the best, albeit, messed up, scifihorror movies of the 90s. Simply put, the film even though it was cut and edited to shreds was spooky and damned good. The event horizon of a black hole is linked to the objects escape velocity the speed that one would need to exceed to escape the black holes gravitational pull. Campbell award for best new writer honors a new writer in the science fiction and fantasy field. Anderson had in mind a classic haunted house movie, incorporating significant influences to moderately successful horror films such as robert. A modern thriller alex fletcher book 3 kindle edition by konkoly, steven. It stars laurence fishburne, sam neill, kathleen quinlan and joely richardson. The event horizon is a spacefaring ship that was possessed by an evil entity and the main setting of the titular scifi horror film of the same name. In the near future, humanity has successfully colonized the moon and several planets, and is venturing deeper into space. Event horizon tv series in the works from adam wingard film. Take a look at the event horizon you didnt see the year was 1997, and the film event horizon had us all thinking that director paul w.
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