THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL EDITION DVD 26/11/06

This month's Special Edition is "The Pod" 2-Disc Collector's Edition of "Event Horizon". Only found out about this from a friend who had bought a copy and then found out it was sold-out everywhere and had to purchase a copy from ebay (as pictured above). Unfortunately the idiot that sold it to me posted it in an A4 brown envelope folded and the postal service(?) managed to scuff the corner of the box - luckily not badly. This great film comes in a pod designed like the front of the Event Horizon ship from the film. The top clicks open and folds back on itself revealing the tortured remains of the crew in a hellish interior design (see picture below) inside that is a plastic slipcase and once taken out; inside that is a cardboard slipcase with images from the film, a 2-Disc holder and a nice little booklet. Paramount have done a great job on this edition's release - but could have done with some better advertising of the product.
So what can you say about this film? Having seen it at the cinema when it first came out watching it again on DVD brought back all those unsettling memories - and this film is unsettling. There is something about it which just doesn't sit right? Not just scary and creepy because you don't actually really see anything. Just a start of vague unease that gradually gets worse as the film progresses and feeling your in the wrong place and you should really get away. The style of the film which has been termed "Techno-Medieval" is apt - the vast ethereal open spaces and massive sets which at the same time seem oddly claustrophobic all add to the eerie haunted texture of this ghost story in space. The literally freaky looking machines and workings of the ship would be enough to give anyone the jitters - sitting through it for an hour and a half certainly frightened the shit out of me all over again and it's all psychological preying on people's fears.
At the time of the film's original release it failed dismally - but I thought it was excellent. Over the year's I was proved right as it gained a cult-audience following and earned the respect it was due. From the stylish sets and lighting to the brilliant casting of actors it really has stood the test of time well and as the director Paul W.S. Anderson admits it's a riff on the classic film "The Haunting" (not the remake) that shows you don't need a monster to frighten anyone you can do that yourself!
DISC 1: Has the film with a Commentary. DISC 2: Has all the Special Features. SPECIAL FEATURES: 5 Part Documentary: The Making Of Event Horizon. Deleted & Extended Scenes. The Un-Filmed Rescue Scene Storyboard Montage and Conceptual Art with Commentary. Plus a final Featurette: The Point Of No Return. Digitally Re-Mastered with English 5.1. Dolby Digital Sound. Region 2 (UK) Rated 18 - Colour PAL. Feature Subtitles: English & Mainland European. Running Time: Approx 92 Mins. Anamorphic Widescreen: 2.35:1. PARAMOUNT 2006. PHE 8460/EC110411DP/GI110411BB/EU 110411/ ISBN # 5014437846037>