Event Horizon:SciFi or Horror?

[Savagedancer]

Just watched this film again tonight and thourougly enjoyed it,i have to say that although it is classed as scifi, it also pitches itself very well in the horror category, i would be interested in anyone else's opinion?.

 

[damario rocka]

Event Horizon isn't one or the other, it's both a Sci-Fi AND a Horror.

Nothing more to add than that really

 

[cascade_boss_dogg]

Thanks for the straight and direct answer, however i think that it has more in common with the Hellraiser type of film, which i would consider more of a horror film?

 

[Rachel Smith]

Its a sci-fi horror - like Alien and dozens of films before it - and films after it - just like Pandorum.

 

[Hammerheart]

it's a shame the director's cut will never see the light of day - anderson cut 30 minutes from the film and those scenes have been lost forever.

apparently it made it a lot gorier..

good film though - haven't seen it in ages

 

[tarantulaqueen]

Is Spaceballs a Sci-Fi or Comedy?


Same here with the other points, one of my favourite sci-fi horrors. I saw it in the listings and was tempted to watch it but I have seen it many times and it wasn't on at the right time.
I'm sure it'll be on again though

 

[jaspreet n]

What I like about this film, and indeed many others of the sci-fi/horror genre, is that future space travel appears quite selective.

Unless your British, American or occasionally Australian then you've no chance of getting out there.

 

[Texas fountain.]

It's a Science Fiction/Horror film, you can mix genres. If you feel it's more Horror than Science Fiction then that's correct for you, if you got more Science Fiction out of it compared to Horror, then that's right too.

 

[asgodintended]

Why is it an either/or? It's clearly both! Nobody could argue that it's not a sci-fi and nobody could argue that it's not a horror. It doesn't cease to be a horror when it's sci-fi and vice versa.

On another note - it's one of my favourite films. I absolutely love it!

 

[cOr9<3]

Scifi Horror. No mystery there.

 

[webmaster0014]

I heard alot of hype from mates about this film, but didnt like it at all.

 

[Sylar]

im sure Sunshine had Russians in it ....


lol but good point

 

[techa]

Its neither, its completely cliched crap. I laughed so hard when the woman towarRAB the end thought she saw her (dead?) daughter, and went to investigate. Characters in these films die to improve the human race's average IQ, I am sure.

 

[dolphinprincess_sarah]

and we watch them to see the stupid people getting killed

 

[Wildone@heart]

I hated this film, I love horror but this seriously got into my head, it's one f**ked up film.

 

[magpie_complex]

Well it is basically Hellraiser in space, especially the last 20 minutes, before the Hellraiser franchise did the same thing.
I thought Event Horizon was pretty dire though . Sunshine was better until that ending...

 

[Trishh]

Event Horizon is one of the very few movies that kinda spooks me out. Bits of it are just horrible.