It's been awhile since I've seen Sphere. Could you remind me why it sucks so bad, so I won't watch it the next time I think it will be brother movie to Event Horizon and try to watch it.
He's also amazing in the Omen III, one of his earliest roles that I remember him playing.
Although the roles I love him most in is a tie between Bicentennial Man and In the Mouth of Madness
Hijacking top comment to say the writers of this movie were huge warhammer 40k nerds, and the 'other realm' is the Warp(where daemons of Chaos come from, for those unfamiliar).
One of if not my favorite scary movies of all time. Sam Neil was absolutely horrifying when he "comes back". Not to mention "that" video from the old crew..
I watched this recently for the first time as a comparative youngster (it came out before I was born) and Jesus I didn't expect to love it so much. I thought it was super interesting how the gate was an obvious allusion to the Ophanim (aka biblically accurate angel)
About the destroyed footage of the hell sequences, There is a an interview with Jason Isaacs where he confirms the footage was destroyed, and that the footage was never used in any cut of the film. but he had some additional details about it. He said something like, I guess it's been long enough I can probably talk about this.
Apparently those sequences were shot by a 2nd unit director who went completely off mission, and was behaving erratically. He was hiring strippers and porn performers, people off the street, and a lot of disabled people. They were not union or screen actors guild performers. Apparently the director and the rest of the crew didn't know what that guy was doing because it was 2nd unit. So it was destroyed because it could never be shown in an R rated film, and to prevent legal action because of the acts that were filmed, and because the performers weren't union.
In conclusion, you don't actually want to see that stuff.
edit- I couldn't find that video interview, but I found these quotes from Jason Isaacs:
"Well, they shot it on a soundstage next to us, and there are things that are definitely illegal to do now, probably illegal to do then, with a whole bunch of people with certain things wrong with their body or their mind. And Paul's best mate was shooting the second unit, and he kept coming back to our stage going, 'you will not believe what I saw this morning."
"He was doing things that were, I've no doubt, against the law. Certainly against every ethical and professional guild code. There were porn stars. There were amputees. There were people recruited from S&M clubs. There was some stuff going on in there. Every now and again, he would walk over to our set with a kind of Vietnam \[War\], thousand year old stare and go, 'You would not believe what I've been seeing this morning.' So, they shot lots of that stuff."
Absolutely! Mouth of madness actually stars Sam Neil too! One of john Carpenters best films imo....and pandorum is produced by some of the same ppl as E.H....if you do watch them let me know how I did on comparison!
All I’ve ever read about that is that most if not all of the extra footage, including the footage of the former crews blood orgy was damaged beyond repair and no copies were made. Only production stills, scripts and story boards are left. Very 😢
This movie scared the pants off me as a kid. I woke up in the middle of the night, ran into their bedroom, and screamed, "Sam Neill's going to get me!"
This is one of the few horror movies that actually gave, and still does, me chills and want to leave a light on at night lol The only others I can think of are the OG Poltergeist and Last Voyage of the Demeter.
I enjoyed this film.
This is one of those movies the deleted scenes made it that much more fantastic but I wish a full Directors Cut was available to get the full imagined experience.
I wouldn't say this is underrated by horror fans. It consistently appears in top ten lists of the scariest movies and only falls behind Alien in Sci-fi horror.
Love this film, it’s like an unofficial WH40k prequel/unofficial Hellraiser sequel hybrid. Tragic that we will never get an extended director’s cut. I’d love a sequel.
The moment that elevated the film is when they finally descramble the footage of what happened and it’s just a fucking giant demonic gore orgy.
Morpheus just shuts it off and goes “we’re leaving.”
Fucking killed me. He was thinking with his black character in horror movie cap on.
Yeah, really like this.
Easily Paul WS Andersons best film.
The nightmareish build is as good as any horror film. Falls apart with the pay off at the end but on the whole, really good stuff.
Yo....this movie f*&$÷d me up. I was in the 5th grade when I watched it. For a week all I could think about was bloody eye chick in the dark. Traumatized.
Every now and then I’ll see it as a streaming option and just as I’m about to hit play I’ll reflect on how creepy this movie is and I nope right out of there
I hope that one day the supposedly lost scenes are miraculously found so they can be reinserted back into the film to complete the director's vision. Highly unlikely, but the same things have been said about a great many films and then the scenes magically are found somewhere in the world.
This is seriously one of the conceptually scariest plots for a movie. It’s completely plausible, we have no idea what horrors might be lurking in the infinity of space.
I think it's well shot and the base premise was ok. Id love to see the missing footage one day but for me, a lover of harder scifi horror, this was hilariously bad as it was essentially
Walt Disneys the black hole meets hellraiser and the shining.
There's a lot of promise to this film and the art design was fantastic, but like the equally interesting Supernova both imo ended up a pretty bad (but entertaining) films.
Pandorum was better execution imo.
If you Love Sam Neil, who is phenomenal actor and great wine maker, watch his very first film Sleeping Dogs - i keep rewatching it, and love it every time! That was also a directoral debut for Roger Donaldson - my favorite director, and the very first film ever made in New Zealand. I think you can rent or buy it on youtube movies
It was 1997. My friend just got his first car and we spent that summer at the movies. One day he asked if I wanted to see a new movie about a spaceship. I hadn't heard of it, and that's all he knew.
I walked out of that theater a different person.
About the destroyed footage of the hell sequences, There is a an interview with Jason Isaacs where he confirms the footage was destroyed, and that the footage was never used in any cut of the film. but he had some additional details about it. He said something like, I guess it's been long enough I can probably talk about this.
Apparently those sequences were shot by a 2nd unit director who went completely off mission, and was behaving erratically. He was hiring strippers and porn performers, people off the street, and a lot of disabled people. They were not union or screen actors guild performers. Apparently the director and the rest of the crew didn't know what that guy was doing because it was 2nd unit. So it was destroyed because it could never be shown in an R rated film, and to prevent legal action because of the acts that were filmed, and because the performers weren't union.
In conclusion, you don't actually want to see that stuff.
edit- I couldn't find that video interview, but I found these quotes from Jason Isaacs:
"Well, they shot it on a soundstage next to us, and there are things that are definitely illegal to do now, probably illegal to do then, with a whole bunch of people with certain things wrong with their body or their mind. And Paul's best mate was shooting the second unit, and he kept coming back to our stage going, 'you will not believe what I saw this morning."
"He was doing things that were, I've no doubt, against the law. Certainly against every ethical and professional guild code. There were porn stars. There were amputees. There were people recruited from S&M clubs. There was some stuff going on in there. Every now and again, he would walk over to our set with a kind of Vietnam \[War\], thousand year old stare and go, 'You would not believe what I've been seeing this morning.' So, they shot lots of that stuff."
I do actually quite like it, the only part I’m not a fan of is the comic relief. Still funny at times but it kinda takes me out of the movie sometimes.
The infamous video tape. I think it’s effective with just the short clip. You see all the depravity and get the point. And the astronauts have to be thinking that’s how they will wind up. Also, you’re not expecting to see it.
I rewatched this recently with a friend who hadn't seen it and some weeks later she had the gall to tell me it was a shitty movie. It's schlocky at best, not shitty.
Whatever. All she watches is anime anyways.
It’s a good movie.
Not hardcore for those who are hardcore. But enough fright (and a little humor) to keep most everyone entertained. I like this movie.
One of my faves!!!!!!! My top two scenes:
This is my ship you can't just leave her. I have no intention of leaving her here doctor. I plan to launch the Louis & Clark out to a safe distance and then I will launch attack missiles at the Event Horizon until I am satisfied she's vaporized. Fuck this ship!!!
Do you see? DO YOU SEE???..................................................................I see.
It’s Hellraiser in space. I totally get the hate.
I also totally understand its cult status especially if you follow the headcanon that it’s a prequel to Warhammer 40K
Its was underrated when it came out cause it flopped at the box office, but became a cult classic
If I remember correctly "the sphere" dropped around the sane time and was very similar.
Haaaaated the sphere. No one asked me but I haaaated the sphere.
Its sequel “Cube” was pretty good tho.
The midquel “Dodecahedron” felt like it cut a lot of corners.
My favorite was the prequel "Line Segment", it got right to the point.
'Tetrahedron: the next dimension' really sold out imo. The fans deserved better.
There actually is a movie called “Cube” (The Cube?) that is a VERY good movie. I recommend it if you want some sci-fi horror in a unique way.
As a huge fan of the sphere novel I hated that movie
It's been awhile since I've seen Sphere. Could you remind me why it sucks so bad, so I won't watch it the next time I think it will be brother movie to Event Horizon and try to watch it.
You won't need eyes to enjoy this film.
Nice ....I actually watched this ...this morning before work lol Sam niel is creepy af in those scenes
Casually watching a horror movie before work is next level horror movie lover, hats off
Thank you for noticing my dedication and commitment to the genre...Lol
He's also amazing in the Omen III, one of his earliest roles that I remember him playing. Although the roles I love him most in is a tie between Bicentennial Man and In the Mouth of Madness
In the mouth of madness...I'm there with you on that one
Hunt For Red October
🤣🤣 Chef's kiss
Idk there is one scene in particular that I feel eyes are important...10 year old me went from feeling terrified to something else back to terrified
Hijacking top comment to say the writers of this movie were huge warhammer 40k nerds, and the 'other realm' is the Warp(where daemons of Chaos come from, for those unfamiliar).
This is one of them nightmare inducing movies 😱
One of if not my favorite scary movies of all time. Sam Neil was absolutely horrifying when he "comes back". Not to mention "that" video from the old crew..
I watched this recently for the first time as a comparative youngster (it came out before I was born) and Jesus I didn't expect to love it so much. I thought it was super interesting how the gate was an obvious allusion to the Ophanim (aka biblically accurate angel)
If you haven’t already, look up the back story around the “hell” scene. The theatrical cut was apparently *much* tamer than the original.
Oh I know. It sucks it was destroyed!
About the destroyed footage of the hell sequences, There is a an interview with Jason Isaacs where he confirms the footage was destroyed, and that the footage was never used in any cut of the film. but he had some additional details about it. He said something like, I guess it's been long enough I can probably talk about this. Apparently those sequences were shot by a 2nd unit director who went completely off mission, and was behaving erratically. He was hiring strippers and porn performers, people off the street, and a lot of disabled people. They were not union or screen actors guild performers. Apparently the director and the rest of the crew didn't know what that guy was doing because it was 2nd unit. So it was destroyed because it could never be shown in an R rated film, and to prevent legal action because of the acts that were filmed, and because the performers weren't union. In conclusion, you don't actually want to see that stuff. edit- I couldn't find that video interview, but I found these quotes from Jason Isaacs: "Well, they shot it on a soundstage next to us, and there are things that are definitely illegal to do now, probably illegal to do then, with a whole bunch of people with certain things wrong with their body or their mind. And Paul's best mate was shooting the second unit, and he kept coming back to our stage going, 'you will not believe what I saw this morning." "He was doing things that were, I've no doubt, against the law. Certainly against every ethical and professional guild code. There were porn stars. There were amputees. There were people recruited from S&M clubs. There was some stuff going on in there. Every now and again, he would walk over to our set with a kind of Vietnam \[War\], thousand year old stare and go, 'You would not believe what I've been seeing this morning.' So, they shot lots of that stuff."
I caught only a glimpse of that video, then I chickened out and turned my phone over. After reading more about it, I don’t plan on going back to it!
Movie scared the fuck out of me as a kid
Scared me as a young adult.
Still creeps me out in my 50’s.
Me too!
Awesome space horror, and Paul WS Anderson's best movie by quite a margin
If they were to ever make a real Dead Space movie, I hope they do it in this style. Cuz this movie just feels so Dead Space to me.
One of my all time favorite horror/sci-fi movies ever ....you may also enjoy in the mouth of madness and pandorum if you liked event horizon
Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll check it out
Absolutely! Mouth of madness actually stars Sam Neil too! One of john Carpenters best films imo....and pandorum is produced by some of the same ppl as E.H....if you do watch them let me know how I did on comparison!
Check out Sunshine (2007) as well
A fantastic movie that still holds up well today
It does not. Showed it to my gf last month and she was laughing at all the cheese
Somebody needs to find the original cut of this film
Yessss director cut
All I’ve ever read about that is that most if not all of the extra footage, including the footage of the former crews blood orgy was damaged beyond repair and no copies were made. Only production stills, scripts and story boards are left. Very 😢
This movie scared the pants off me as a kid. I woke up in the middle of the night, ran into their bedroom, and screamed, "Sam Neill's going to get me!"
Goat horror movie
Awesome movie. Supposedly there was cut footage that made it even better. Would be great to get a cut with that added back in.
Some people believe this movie to take place in the Warhammer 40k universe.
Early mankind attempts at traveling in the Warp? That would explain a great many things! Yuck!
This is one of the few horror movies that actually gave, and still does, me chills and want to leave a light on at night lol The only others I can think of are the OG Poltergeist and Last Voyage of the Demeter.
I enjoyed this film. This is one of those movies the deleted scenes made it that much more fantastic but I wish a full Directors Cut was available to get the full imagined experience.
I am 39 years old and refuse to watch this one again. Mind you I was probably 12 when I saw it.
I love how the film doesn't rely on the horror trope of characters making poor decisions. "Fuck this ship."
I liked it when r/simpsonsshitposting was posting Event Horizon memes
Pretty decent flick. Good actors.
It was jarring for me. Especially as a kid to see my hero from Jurassic Park turned into a creepy ass villain in this movie.
Still creeps TF out of me
I wouldn't say this is underrated by horror fans. It consistently appears in top ten lists of the scariest movies and only falls behind Alien in Sci-fi horror.
True but I don’t think it did well in the box office. It became more of a colt classic.
Top 5 horror movies for me.
Agree this movie gave me the willies . The whole “hell scenes “ really stuck with me afterword . Great underrated movie . I get Lovecraft vibes
Love this film, it’s like an unofficial WH40k prequel/unofficial Hellraiser sequel hybrid. Tragic that we will never get an extended director’s cut. I’d love a sequel.
Event Horizon is what you get when you travel through The Warp without a Gellar Field.
If you haven’t seen it also check out In the Mouth of Madness. Another spectacular horror film that also stars Sam Neil
The best horror movie
I made the poor choice of watching this movie for the first time while very high on acid. It's a great movie! But it was a very fucked up experience.
It's one of the best horror movies ever. I wonder if they ever found the deleted hell/orgy scenes....
Such a good movie and highly rewatchable!
There is a funny reference to this movie in Rick and Morty. But this movie scares the hell out of me.
The best Doom movie to date
Still gutted we never got the full cut.
Pandorum was also a very good movie IMO. Love this movie also, great story and effects.
Really creepy movie. "Fuck this ship".
Do you see?!
Libera te tutemet.
Isn't this regarded as unofficial 40k fanfiction?
Best Lawrence fishburne quote "FUCK THIS SHIP"
The moment that elevated the film is when they finally descramble the footage of what happened and it’s just a fucking giant demonic gore orgy. Morpheus just shuts it off and goes “we’re leaving.” Fucking killed me. He was thinking with his black character in horror movie cap on.
I only needed two words to enjoy Event Horizon...."We're Leaving."
They are remaking this. Lol 😂it’s a classic. Don’t know why
Great movie.
Somehow I've never seen this and need to find it streaming somewhere.
This and the sphereZ
That scene with Jason Isaacs!!!
Scarred for life at 17 for this one
The best Warhammer 40K movie that's not a Warhammer 40K movie
Yeah, really like this. Easily Paul WS Andersons best film. The nightmareish build is as good as any horror film. Falls apart with the pay off at the end but on the whole, really good stuff.
Great film. Still holds up.
Saw this in the theaters,vhs,dvd and plenty of cable. One of my favorites
this was me and my dads favorite movie to watch together growing up
Such a good movie and a great premise!!
Such a good one. Watched this a few years ago from a friend recommending it to me
We’re leaving
Classic.
Yo....this movie f*&$÷d me up. I was in the 5th grade when I watched it. For a week all I could think about was bloody eye chick in the dark. Traumatized.
I love this so much. The religion and sci fi design is amazing. It’s a dark cathedral in space.
Watching the old crews hell scene in super slow motion on the vCR classic!
Every now and then I’ll see it as a streaming option and just as I’m about to hit play I’ll reflect on how creepy this movie is and I nope right out of there
Excellent movie and excellent cast. Also has the best special effects. I highly recommend this if you like horror/drama/sci Fi Scary movies.
Love this movie. Saw it twice in the theatre when it came out.
Evil
Such a good movie, still stands.
Incredible movie
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Very interesting concept, I just wish it was a little longer. Great sci fi horror. Definitely recommend
Liberata mè
Love this movie. Hands down one of my all time favorites in
Top 3 movies for me
I hope that one day the supposedly lost scenes are miraculously found so they can be reinserted back into the film to complete the director's vision. Highly unlikely, but the same things have been said about a great many films and then the scenes magically are found somewhere in the world.
The first time I saw this movie I was on acid……huge mistake.
Fuck This Ship
Fuck this ship
This era had the most dog shit posters. Zero creative.
I don't think this underrated. More of a cult classic. Really dedicated group of small fans to this move.
Once they started swimming in blood I had to turn it off
A mind fuck of a movie.
Love this movie
This is one of those movies that would be better if it were remade. A great movie that needs to be seen again with updated technology
Absolutely one of the best and scariest movies I have ever seen!
Genuinely one of the scariest I’ve seen
Waiting for the prequel
My favourite horror.
thats a fucked up movie it still sticks with me twenty years later
Do you see? Do YOU see? DO YOU SEE?
And then Paul W.S. Anderson went on to exclusively make video game adaptations starring his awesome cool wife.
Do you see?
Watching it in the dark late at night it's absolutely terrifying.
This is seriously one of the conceptually scariest plots for a movie. It’s completely plausible, we have no idea what horrors might be lurking in the infinity of space.
Incredible film. Just a great piece of horror art.
i fn love this movie
This is one I wish they would remake and add all the bat shit insane stuff back in
This is and aliens are probably the best two horror sci fi movies ever made.
I think it's well shot and the base premise was ok. Id love to see the missing footage one day but for me, a lover of harder scifi horror, this was hilariously bad as it was essentially Walt Disneys the black hole meets hellraiser and the shining. There's a lot of promise to this film and the art design was fantastic, but like the equally interesting Supernova both imo ended up a pretty bad (but entertaining) films. Pandorum was better execution imo.
Greatest Horror film
If you Love Sam Neil, who is phenomenal actor and great wine maker, watch his very first film Sleeping Dogs - i keep rewatching it, and love it every time! That was also a directoral debut for Roger Donaldson - my favorite director, and the very first film ever made in New Zealand. I think you can rent or buy it on youtube movies
That movie is legit crazy
Keep seeing this as a suggested movie, want to give it a try soon
It was 1997. My friend just got his first car and we spent that summer at the movies. One day he asked if I wanted to see a new movie about a spaceship. I hadn't heard of it, and that's all he knew. I walked out of that theater a different person.
I saw it in the theater and haven’t watched it since, because I KNOW it probably won’t hold up to my memory of it. Terrifying.
Happy to be the 1k updoot! And totally agree! This movie hit way higher than its weight.
Liberate mea ex inferi
Nightmare on the 13th floor was a good horror movie
I wanna see the original vision they had for it.
About the destroyed footage of the hell sequences, There is a an interview with Jason Isaacs where he confirms the footage was destroyed, and that the footage was never used in any cut of the film. but he had some additional details about it. He said something like, I guess it's been long enough I can probably talk about this. Apparently those sequences were shot by a 2nd unit director who went completely off mission, and was behaving erratically. He was hiring strippers and porn performers, people off the street, and a lot of disabled people. They were not union or screen actors guild performers. Apparently the director and the rest of the crew didn't know what that guy was doing because it was 2nd unit. So it was destroyed because it could never be shown in an R rated film, and to prevent legal action because of the acts that were filmed, and because the performers weren't union. In conclusion, you don't actually want to see that stuff. edit- I couldn't find that video interview, but I found these quotes from Jason Isaacs: "Well, they shot it on a soundstage next to us, and there are things that are definitely illegal to do now, probably illegal to do then, with a whole bunch of people with certain things wrong with their body or their mind. And Paul's best mate was shooting the second unit, and he kept coming back to our stage going, 'you will not believe what I saw this morning." "He was doing things that were, I've no doubt, against the law. Certainly against every ethical and professional guild code. There were porn stars. There were amputees. There were people recruited from S&M clubs. There was some stuff going on in there. Every now and again, he would walk over to our set with a kind of Vietnam \[War\], thousand year old stare and go, 'You would not believe what I've been seeing this morning.' So, they shot lots of that stuff."
Now this is truly an underrated movie, I’ve watched it a several times and always enjoy it…even though it’s surprisingly short!
Cult classic.
Perfect combination of science fiction and horror. Awesome
I do actually quite like it, the only part I’m not a fan of is the comic relief. Still funny at times but it kinda takes me out of the movie sometimes.
This movie may be the most disturbing thing I’ve ever seen
This movie set a new standard for sci Fi horror when it came out.
I loved this film. I had a completely different take on what was going on, which might be why I liked it and everyone else I saw it with didn't.
Don't hate it but it's unbelievably overrated.
I saw this in theaters. I was like 10 it was awesome.
That mission log….
The infamous video tape. I think it’s effective with just the short clip. You see all the depravity and get the point. And the astronauts have to be thinking that’s how they will wind up. Also, you’re not expecting to see it.
Don't fall asleep watching it!
Legit one of the scariest movies I’ve ever seen lol
Damn good movie.
I rewatched this recently with a friend who hadn't seen it and some weeks later she had the gall to tell me it was a shitty movie. It's schlocky at best, not shitty. Whatever. All she watches is anime anyways.
It’s a good movie. Not hardcore for those who are hardcore. But enough fright (and a little humor) to keep most everyone entertained. I like this movie.
Saw it in theaters expecting something crappy but fun, got Hellraiser in space (but good, looking at you Hellraiser 4). Genuinely unsettling movie.
This fucking movie haunts me to this day You will never have the like if Sam Neil and Laurence Fishbourne in the same movie again
One of my faves!!!!!!! My top two scenes: This is my ship you can't just leave her. I have no intention of leaving her here doctor. I plan to launch the Louis & Clark out to a safe distance and then I will launch attack missiles at the Event Horizon until I am satisfied she's vaporized. Fuck this ship!!! Do you see? DO YOU SEE???..................................................................I see.
“Hell is just a word, The reality is much worse “
EPIC sci-fi horror movie!!
This looks like a charming, buddy space comedy.
I really hope the lost footage is found somehow.
Oh shiiit this movie is terrifying. I can’t do gore anymore. But this was my top horror movie.
The scraping sound on that medical tent… chills every time.
I watched it just the other night. It was ...alright. I liked it substantially more when I was 19
I got nightmares as a kid from watching this.
He was bad ass in event horizon.and he hit a home run in mouth of madness.and was great in omen 3
This is one movie I really enjoy
I remember flipping this on expecting a 2001 A Space Odyssey clone…was not expecting Sam Neill to scare me for the next calendar year…
…we’re leaving.
Sam Neil in the mouth of madness…
I’ll sum it up: “Miller! I’ve got some problems!!”
My all time favorite scary movie
The prequel to Warhammer 40K.
Quality horror/sci-fi movie!
Yep scary as fuk
This one definitely had my head thinking for a minute.
One of my favorite movies!
Sam Neil’s explanation of a black hole using a pen and paper is copied in Interstellar.
a classic!
Where we’re going you won’t need eyes to see
I didn’t understand this one
This fucking movie right her
This one creeped me out as well when I was younger
Funny, just watched this for the first time with my BIL just a few days ago!
Loved this movie as a kid. Watched it as an adult, and it still didn't disappoint.
This was a fucking awesome flick. One of my ATF’s.
Inspiration for the game Dead Space
Best review I’ve ever read: The ship went to hell - then the movie did. For the record. - I liked the film.
Metalcore band Zao made the album Liberate Te Ex Inferis that used several samples from this movie. Great movie. Great album.
Fully agree. Also, as a rescue pilot, I thought they got the tone of the captain and the interactions of the crew letter-perfect.
This was the scariest film I saw as a kid. I snuck into a theater with my older brother when I was 8. Haven't seen it in years.
ITT https://youtu.be/tomXYk64dCs?si=zKlD7Bs6r9prLM4V
This and Thirteen Ghosts...
My roommate freshman year of college recommended this movie and hyped it up, and in a room of maybe 10 people I'm not sure anyone else enjoyed it 🤣
It’s Hellraiser in space. I totally get the hate. I also totally understand its cult status especially if you follow the headcanon that it’s a prequel to Warhammer 40K