Is Event Horizon scary?

Yes — Event Horizon is consistently scary. As a supernatural film, it scored 7.5/10 for fear, 8.5/10 for atmosphere, and 7.8/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Event Horizon?

Event Horizon has 11 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Event Horizon?

Event Horizon is tagged as supernatural, cosmic horror, survival on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Event Horizon

1997 · R · 1h 36m

Infinite space. Infinite terror.

In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

7.8

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Driven by gore and atmosphere.

Jump scares

Event Horizon has 11 jump scares. Compare counts

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7.8Overall

Fear7.5

Gore8.0

Atmosphere8.5

Genres

science-fictionhorror

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Details

Budget$60M

Box office$26.7M

Directed by

Paul W. S. Anderson

Written by

Philip Eisner

Cinematography

Adrian Biddle

Music

Michael Kamen, Phil Hartnoll, Paul Hartnoll, Orbital

Starring

Laurence Fishburne as Miller · Sam Neill as Weir · Kathleen Quinlan as Peters · Joely Richardson as Starck · Richard T. Jones as Cooper · Jack Noseworthy as Justin · Jason Isaacs as D.J. · Sean Pertwee as Smith

Production

Golar Productions, Impact Pictures, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Paramount Pictures

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