In recent years, director Paul WS Anderson is most likely identified by the films he makes with his wife. Do not be confused with Paul Thomas Anderson, Maya Rudolph’s husband and the spirit behind the classics like Magnolia And There will be bloodPaul WS Anderson brought the first adaptation of resident Evil On the big screen. On the set, he met Milla Jovovich, who would become his wife and his frequent collaborator for the next two decades.
However, it was a lesser film above all that should be considered his Magnum opus. In 1997, Anderson was released with a horror film that would go beyond any scene in his resident Evil series. The same year as Titanic attracted the attention of the world, Event horizon Flopped at the box office but would later become a classic cult.
The horizon of the event was mainly hellraiser in space
At the start, Event horizon seemed to be a recipe for success. The science fiction company was filled with named stars, including Sam Neill, Jason Isaacs and Laurence Fishburne, only two years before The matrix was released. The premise was also solid. In the future, astronauts were responsible for investigating the disappearance of the Horizon event, a ship that has disappeared without trace seven years before. When the ship mysteriously reappeared, the Lewis and Clark crew was sent to investigate what had happened. The horizon of events was a special case because it was designed with the ability to fold space-time as a means of transporting.
However, when the crew arrived, they discovered that everyone inside had been massacred in a way that only Clive Barker could imagine. A disaster aboard the Lewis and Clark forced the whole crew to move on the horizon of the event, which led to events that no one should live or testify.
The more the crew stayed on board, the more they experienced these horrors. They started hallucinating visions of their worst fears, which often contained violent acts. The designer of the ship, Dr. William Weir, continued to see visions of his wife, who died by suicide, and wanted him to join her. The ultimate discovery was a transmission in Latin, which was translated by “save yourself from hell”. All of this was confirmed after finding a recording of the old team on the horizon of the mutilating event. If it was the extent of the violence of the film, it would be enough. However, the real horror was just on the horizon.
Weir had become fully taken care of by the ship, wanting to fill the dark wishes of a ship that had visited a kind of hellish dimension. He continued to do this, selling his own eyes and continued to murder everyone on the ship in order to return the horizon of the event to the dimension of hell where it comes from. The ship has taken control, animating the terrifying visions of everyone in real horrors that the crew should defeat.
In the end, only three crew members survived, always carrying the trauma of everything they had witnessed. End of Event horizon was abrupt and contributed even more to the disconcerting nature of the film. After an hour and a half of gore and viscera, there have never been a stay. The brutality of the film competed with some of the best known horror films.
Some scenes are still difficult to look at to date
Even decades later, Event horizon is not the simplest vision. Unlike Hellraiser Films, which can be appreciated because of their camp and early visual effects, Event horizon It was a little too real for viewers. When it was created for the first time, it was certainly not the current, and it would take a while before the horror is as widely accepted as today. The most terrifying aspect of the film was not only the visuals. When meeting any horror film, there must be a certain suspension of disbelief because of its increased elements. In addition to these bloody visions, emotional trauma at the center of the film.
Even before Lewis and Clark find the horizon of the event, it was clear that each member of the crew retained residual trauma. Without this trauma, the events of the film could not have been played in a way as devastating as they did. The most painful was that of Dr Weir, whose regrets were most on the surface.
Weir still felt the pain of his wife’s death, mainly because he blamed himself for events. He was undoubtedly the easiest person to handle the horizon of the event. In some respects, it seemed to have welcomed his commitment to the bad presence of the ship because of his guilt. Other teammates were not so sensitive but always had their own demons. Captain Miller has always felt guilt about a former crew member whom he had to let die. The medical technician, Peters, was plagued by visions of her dying son, which finally led to her death. Justin was one of the most tragic cases which, after being drawn in a mysterious portal, tried to commit suicide.
These moments were the most exhausting aspects of Event horizon. Visual carnage can always be rejected like the magic of the film, but emotional violence is much more difficult to ignore. Films like Talk to me has not traumatized the public because of ghosts and ghouls, but because of the way people betray and manifest themselves to injure the people they like the most.
Event horizonIn some ways, I took all the pleasure of going to see a bloody horror film. The tests that the main characters have had represented experiences that many people know. The characters of Saw I did not have to face mental illness or sorrow regarding the loss of a child. In that spirit, you need someone with a real strength of the mind to look Event horizon More than once.
It should be noted that films like Requiem for a dream And Event horizon Also have their goal in pop culture. Event horizon was a precursor for resident EvilBut did much more with original equipment. resident Evil did not follow the story of the game, and although it is interesting, it has wobbled in subsequent payments. Event horizon Was Paul WS Anderson’s best film and deserved more respect than he had.
All horror movies do not need a deeper meaning
Horror has evolved rapidly in recent years while the trope of a slasher has been replaced by meditations on mourning metaphors. In the middle of the summer famous tackled the idea of toxic relations, while The witch Taken up with the problems of shame of slut. However, there is nothing wrong with a horror film that simply exists in the landscape.
Films of the genre had a bad reputation because they could be accused of reveling in Gore while having nothing else to say on the subject. However, these films can also be a window on the human psyche for many viewers. There is no doubt that Event horizon is a difficult watch, but it always demonstrates the heavy goods vehicle that experiences can bring. Part of the reason why the film is so difficult to watch is that it is a reality that few people are ready to face.
The recent film by Zach Cregger, WeaponsWas a blow to the box office, but could also be accused of following this model. The director himself recognized that the film was incredibly personal, but had no thesis at the end. It was rather a character study and a means of Cregger to work through your own sorrow. Horror is a outlet for many people, whatever the subject, and there is a reason Event horizon has left in recent years. When it was released on DVD, the film had a huge resurgence with people revisiting the film or maybe even the indicator for the first time. This success has inspired Paramount to command a reissue that would restore old sequences that have not been added to the final cup.
Event horizon Had a large quantity of studio interference, and the original vision of Paul WS Anderson was strongly modified. Unfortunately, most of this equipment had been lost before a new cup could materialize. Fortunately, they are not the last viewers saw the sentenced ship.
IDW Publishing recently published a prequel comic book entitled Event horizon: dark descent This will explore what happened to the original crew of the ship. The series has been planned for five numbers and could bring history into the hands of new potential fans. Dark downhill It is not only a chance to fear the horror that the crew of Lewis and Clark was confronted, but also to recontextualize the role of Weir in the destruction of the two crews.
As a person who has developed the dam in the time that allowed the ship to reach a hellish dimension, it was revealed that he had a longer relationship with this dimension than anyone who would have believed. This version of Event horizon Can be easier for the eyes, but always has the same level of fascination that attracted fans to celebrate the original film as classic, decades after its release.
Event horizon
- Release date
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August 15, 1997
- Execution time
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96 minutes
- Director
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Paul WS Anderson
- Writers
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Philippe Eisner
