Event Horizon story
Set in 2047, the film follows a crew of astronauts sent on a rescue mission, after a missing spaceship, the Event Horizon, spontaneously appears in orbit around Neptune. Searching the ship for signs of life, the rescue crew learns that the Event Horizon was a test bed for an experimental engine that opened a rift in the space–time continuum and left our universe entirely, allowing a malevolent entity to possess the ship.
18 total · 5 major · 13 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| extra-dimensional being | major | The Event Horizon starship was inhabited by a demon-like being or beings from a hellish dimension outside the known universe. |
| faster than light travel | major | The Event Horizon starship was equipped with a special "gravity drive" (i.e. a spacetime warping artificial black hole generating engine) that enabled the vessel to effectively travel faster than the speed of light |
| parallel universe | major | It turned out that the Even Horizon starship's gravity drive had opened a gateway to a hellish dimension outside the known universe. |
| speculative spaceship | major | One of the main novelties of the film is the starship Event Horizon: a spaceship with the ability to effectively travel faster than light by using its black hole engine to curve space around it. |
| working together under stress | major | Tensions ran high when the rescue crew found themselves trapped aboard haunted starship with only a 20 hour supply of oxygen. |
| black hole | minor | The Event Horizon starship engine worked by generating an artificial black hole. |
| colonization of Mars | minor | It was stated that commercial mining operations had begun on Mars in 2032. |
| colonization of the Moon | minor | It was stated that the first permanent colony on the Moon had been established in 2015. |
| government secrecy | minor | Dr. Weir explained that the Event Horizon starship was the result of a secret government project to make a spaceship capable of faster-than-light travel. |
| human self-sacrifice for another | minor | Captain Miller blew himself up to save the lives of two subordinates. |