2046 A.D.: Seven years ago an experimental space vessel disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Now the ship has been found orbiting Neptune. When a salvage team is sent to investigate, they encounter the ultimate horror that lurks behind the Event Horizon. Paramount's major motion picture will be released in August and stars Sam Neill, Laurence Fishburne, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard T. Jones and Joely Richardson.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent writing, too disturbing for my taste
Mar 31 1999
By A Customer
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I got this book looking for an SF thriller, I didn't expect something like this. I have read all five Omen books, and had put down the novelization for "Virus" just before starting on EH. I have read plenty of gory stuff and usually have no problem. However, this book was too frightening. Mr. McDonald did his job much too well and he can be rightfully proud of the result. I didn't sleep last night at all! I couldn't close my eyes without seeing the horror, the mayhem (the output of the ship's log kept playing on my frontal lobe), the perversions, and the face of the creature! Body parts flying around OK, but leave the eyes alone! I'm will NOT be watching this movie... The writing is excellent: tight, appropriately gloomy, with good physics, and I cared for the characters; but the developments are not for the faint of heart, the religiously superstitious, or for a midnight reading. How much of it was real, and how much tricks to force you onto suicide? The unholy one also behaves in mysterious ways. Where did the ship go in the end? I don't care, as long as it is far away from Earth. The sad thing is, no character gets away unscathed.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
If only the film could have been based on the book...
Dec 5 1999
By Bob Folkner
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I E-mailed Mr. McDonald personally and gave him a message, which summed-up is the title of this review. I think the novelization is well-written. It departs from the movie in several places but where it does so it makes the story more credible, tightening it up and offering explanations for much of the confusion on the screen, and makes Capt. Miller seem more logical, as well as explaining the Weir/Beast's motives. Moreover, it plays down the gore in the film, particularly the "in hell" scenes. Unfortunately, there are still plot holes, but I blame these on the original screenplay.
It isn't great literature, but if you want a fairly gripping read, it's a pretty good way to spend a day.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
VERY exciting, but what happened?
Aug 24 1997
By stoll@samoatelco.com
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I just finished "Event Horizon" - it only took a couple of hours to read. From page 1 it is exciting and will probably be a good movie. I do have a big criticism - without giving anything away in the plot, what happened to the ship? Where did it go? What did it bring back? All action, no answers. With 10 pages to go the action is escalating towards a climax that leaves too many questions unanswered. Upon completion I looked around for the last half of the book!
I guess the answers will be in the sequel.
I guess the answers will be in the sequel.
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