When I first watched Event Horizon, I thought it was one of the creepiest things I'd ever seen.  I can remember going home, and having to walk down the long, dark hallway to my bedroom. The gruesome -- and at times disturbing -- images the film burned into my brain made that walk one of the longest of my life. Flash forward 23 years (yup, it's been that long already) and director Paul W.S. Anderson's flick has been diminished by time, and many, many messed up horror movies since. But it's still a strong entry in the sci-fi/horror genre, which is one of my faves. For one, the set design remains striking, and contributes to the imposing nature of the film. Ditto Adrian Biddle's cinematography. This movie just looks creepy, and Anderson and editor Martin Hunter cut and pace it in such a way the viewer isn't given time to breathe. There are moments when it feels like they're hitting us over the head with sticks, as opposed to scaring us, but it works. The acting...

Basement contributor Matt Bellamy has taken it upon himself to watch and review at least one horror movie a day for the month of October . . . because he's awesome that way! To celebrate The Month of Horror's first week, Bellamy takes a one-way express elevator to hell. Going down! In space, everyone can hear you scream, especially Satan. This is one creepy sci-fi horror flick that really manages to get under your skin as it follows a group of scientists and astronauts answering a distress signal from a ship believed to have vanished without a trace many years before, and of course, it has returned with something else on board. Cue ominous music! So where did the ship and all of its crew disappear to? Well see, it opened up a portal into hell, yes, THE hell and everyone was tortured and murdered until Satan decided to send the ship back and lure in some more lucky individuals ie: the characters we...