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IDW's new Event Horizon prequel is as much inner as outer space horror
LIKE ALIEN, PAUL WS Anderson's 1997 film Event Horizon can be described as space horror, as it centres on the crew of a rescue vessel, attempting to recover the titular missing starship from a hellish dimension. But according to Christian Ward, writer of new prequel series Dark Descent, the five-parter is more cosmic horror.
"No monster stalks the corridors in this film, instead it's something outside of your understanding," Ward tells Red Alert. "That's more important than the gore. The real fear was about the unknown. That these characters were dwarfed by the scale of the terror happening around them. For me, cosmic horror gives me endless possibilities since its horror should always feel at the edge or beyond our understanding."
While we're aware of the fate of those on board the
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