He's a demon beaurocrat, of course he does. That's twice the demon in one.
Event Horizon
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He's a demon beaurocrat, of course he does. That's twice the demon in one.
I saw it the summer I was bed ridden with a stomach bug. It um, didn't help.
The VHS I mean, this would have been quite a while after it was out in cinemas here.
This was before I had my driver’s license. Very rarely I would see 2 movies at the theater back to back. To get the most of my parents dropping me off at the theater. Otherwise I would go with someone or just see a single film.
I am fairly certain Event Horizon and Copland with Stallone was the first time I saw two films back to back. Yet that is really the only thing I remember about it. Other than that dark and violent. While Copland I seen a number of times since and even own the DVD.
I am fairly certain Event Horizon and Copland with Stallone was the first time I saw two films back to back. Yet that is really the only thing I remember about it. Other than that dark and violent. While Copland I seen a number of times since and even own the DVD.
Event Horizon, while it might have some pretty graphics, contains nothing else that would make me want to see it again. It's basically just your average schlock horror gore fest in a sci-fi setting.
Hmmm... this thread has reminded me:
I do recall rumours of (up to) 40 mins of lost / edited out footage - which included further gory/torture/Hell scenes - a snippet of which appears in the scene whereby the crew see the video diary / log which shows a Dante-esque/a clockwork orange red-band teaser type scene of the crew ‘in Hell’ with lotsa ‘fire n brimstoney’ imagery - cut into a quick montage of sorts.
It happens when they are trying to decipher the Latin dialog from the audio.
I remember trying to find more online about this so-called lost footage, back in the day - but it all came to nought...
I do recall rumours of (up to) 40 mins of lost / edited out footage - which included further gory/torture/Hell scenes - a snippet of which appears in the scene whereby the crew see the video diary / log which shows a Dante-esque/a clockwork orange red-band teaser type scene of the crew ‘in Hell’ with lotsa ‘fire n brimstoney’ imagery - cut into a quick montage of sorts.
It happens when they are trying to decipher the Latin dialog from the audio.
I remember trying to find more online about this so-called lost footage, back in the day - but it all came to nought...
I enjoyed this movie. Now they need to do a Star Trek: Discovery Halloween special remake.
Hmmm... this thread has reminded me:
I do recall rumours of (up to) 40 mins of lost / edited out footage - which included further gory/torture/Hell scenes - a snippet of which appears in the scene whereby the crew see the video diary / log which shows a Dante-esque/a clockwork orange red-band teaser type scene of the crew ‘in Hell’ with lotsa ‘fire n brimstoney’ imagery - cut into a quick montage of sorts.
It happens when they are trying to decipher the Latin dialog from the audio.
I remember trying to find more online about this so-called lost footage, back in the day - but it all came to nought...
Apparently the footage has been lost forever, so any directors cut will never see the light of day now, which is a shame.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Jason Isaacs being in the movie yet. You could have MushroomGhost Lorca make a reference to it in season 2.
This movie is a guilty pleasure of mine. I watch it at least once a year, and I consider it a part of my Star Trek headcanon.
Not the 1st time studio execs have shamelessly butchered a longer, better movie for one reason or another. 13th Warrior comes to mind.
Thanks for confirming that: for a long time I’ve wondered if it was nothing more than rumour and whisper...
Shame it will never see the cold light of day...
Apparently it was packaged off to a salt mine in Transylvania (WTF?) for storage and when they came looking for it, it was unusable. There's an article all about it on Den of Geek detailing some of the sick ass shit that they filmed that was cut.
To quote the Den of Geek article:
To start with, there were a few more scenes centred on the supporting characters and examining their fears. We learned Cooper’s biggest fear is losing someone he cares about, which is why he’s so upset when his chum Justin nearly kills himself. There was a backstory for DJ’s (Jason Isaacs) body scar, which was the result of childhood operations, and he would have revealed his big fear is being dissected alive; sadly, that one doesn’t work out well for him. There was also an extension of the scene where Peters hallucinates her son with horrible wounds on his legs, where she would have also seen maggots crawling all over them.
Justin featured prominently in a deleted jump scare too, where the crew are gathered around his cryo-pod after his suicide attempt. While the others discuss what happened, Sam Neill’s Dr Weir briefly hallucinated Justin turning into his late wife, who stares at him despite her notable lack of eyes. The flashback to her suicide was also bloodier and more harrowing, but it’s reduced to quick flashes in the final cut.
Deleted shots include a female crew member who had her mouth held open by clamps, while a crazed guy performs amateur dentistry by drilling screws into her teeth. Another unlucky chap has his legs smashed apart by steel bars and crawls away leaving parts of them behind, while another crew member had her breasts torn off. The scene also included more cannibalism and sex, with adult performers being hired to simulate the errr, intensity of the scene.
The creepiest deletion comes from the finale, during the scene where a cryo-tank fills with blood and unleashes a torrent towards Joely Richardson’s Starck. A brief extension has Dr Weir – who has now gone full-blown demonic - crawling down the ladder like a spider, smiling at the fleeing crew members. It doesn’t add much, but the sight of a naked, blood-soaked Sam Neill is one that lingers in the mind. Neill’s body make-up in the finale was also quite elaborate and detailed, but in the final edit he’s mostly only seen in tight close-ups on his face.
To start with, there were a few more scenes centred on the supporting characters and examining their fears. We learned Cooper’s biggest fear is losing someone he cares about, which is why he’s so upset when his chum Justin nearly kills himself. There was a backstory for DJ’s (Jason Isaacs) body scar, which was the result of childhood operations, and he would have revealed his big fear is being dissected alive; sadly, that one doesn’t work out well for him. There was also an extension of the scene where Peters hallucinates her son with horrible wounds on his legs, where she would have also seen maggots crawling all over them.
Justin featured prominently in a deleted jump scare too, where the crew are gathered around his cryo-pod after his suicide attempt. While the others discuss what happened, Sam Neill’s Dr Weir briefly hallucinated Justin turning into his late wife, who stares at him despite her notable lack of eyes. The flashback to her suicide was also bloodier and more harrowing, but it’s reduced to quick flashes in the final cut.
Deleted shots include a female crew member who had her mouth held open by clamps, while a crazed guy performs amateur dentistry by drilling screws into her teeth. Another unlucky chap has his legs smashed apart by steel bars and crawls away leaving parts of them behind, while another crew member had her breasts torn off. The scene also included more cannibalism and sex, with adult performers being hired to simulate the errr, intensity of the scene.
The creepiest deletion comes from the finale, during the scene where a cryo-tank fills with blood and unleashes a torrent towards Joely Richardson’s Starck. A brief extension has Dr Weir – who has now gone full-blown demonic - crawling down the ladder like a spider, smiling at the fleeing crew members. It doesn’t add much, but the sight of a naked, blood-soaked Sam Neill is one that lingers in the mind. Neill’s body make-up in the finale was also quite elaborate and detailed, but in the final edit he’s mostly only seen in tight close-ups on his face.
^^^
Thanks for quoting that article...
I had no idea that summation of specifics existed! That all sounds as suitably horrific - if not moreso than what I could have imagined!
Ooer!
Thanks for quoting that article...I had no idea that summation of specifics existed! That all sounds as suitably horrific - if not moreso than what I could have imagined!
Ooer!
I like the premise, but I’m not a fan of gore. Something more like Flatliners would be more up my street, jumping to Hell, and returning with their demons, and slowly destroying themselves. Rampant gore? Meh.
I did like the ship though, and that opening composite, with the zoom out from cornflakes to space station. That was awesome, and I always wanted a version of that shot done from Ten Forward or the ready room, but alas.
I did like the ship though, and that opening composite, with the zoom out from cornflakes to space station. That was awesome, and I always wanted a version of that shot done from Ten Forward or the ready room, but alas.
I'm actually leaning toward the view that the alternate dimension is not literally hell, but simply one where the laws of physics are so different that anyone who ends up there is "warped" because their minds can't function correctly (i.e. their body chemistry is affected).
Meaning, it isn't ACTUALLY hell, but the continuum warps the mind so it THINKS it's hell.
That said: Apparently Jason Isaacs (and how many people can watch this movie now and not think of Captain Lorca?
) wanted to keep that dummy the SFX people made of him, the one where he's cut open. He wanted to take it home with him, but the SFX team was so freaked out that they made up a story about them needing it later.Similar threads
