Event Horizon: Dark Descent #2

by Christian Ward, Tristan Jones (Artist)

After activating the experimental gravity drive aboard the ship, the crew of the Event Horizon are transported to an outer-space hellscape that defies comprehension. Already, this new realm is making some of the crew behave…strangely. And still, the worst is yet to come, as the king of this hell is about to make his entrance! The prequel to the cult-classic film continues here! You’ll never see the film the same way again.

Genres: Horror, Comics, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels

Kindle Edition

Published October 8, 2025

Reviews

[Machiavelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

After activating the experimental gravity drive, the crew of the Event Horizon finds themselves hurled into an outer-space hellscape that defies all reason. Reality fractures. The ship’s corridors drip with cosmic terror. Minds begin to unravel. And lurking behind the madness is a monarch of darkness—ready to claim his crown.

The haunting prequel to the cult sci-fi horror classic continues here. You’ll never see the Event Horizon the same way again.

[Scott Rhee · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's difficult to build suspense in a horror prequel when the audience already knows what is going to happen, which is why Christian Ward's graphic novel series Event Horizon: Dark Descent is a bit bewildering. It is either written for people who have never seen the original film or for people who just like to read stories in which they know everybody dies horribly in the end.

In Issue #2: the ship enters Hell; lots of crew members start going crazy and some die horribly. Gee, I wonder what will happen in issue #3?

[Michael Hicks · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish Tristan Jones's pencilwork was a bit cleaner, refined, and less scratchy. For a moment in issue #1, I actually thought some of the living characters we were being introduced to were already members of the walking dead or incredibly ill, rather the hale and hearty crewmembers they were meant to be. Of course, this issue's script from Christian Ward really brings in the horror elements and it's wonderfully gruesome. Jones delivers some terrific splash pages and really effective panels showing off the exquisite pain these interstellar researchers are experiencing as they're driven to madness and self-mutilation, and his style is beginning to click for me here. So far, this book is shaping up to be a pretty effective prequel to the film!

[The Void Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book Review: Event Horizon: Dark Descent #2
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 💀

Pure nightmare fuel. A haunted ship, a broken crew, and a gravity drive straight into hell.

Christian Ward and Tristen Jones plunge us deeper into the abyss with this second issue—a masterclass in cosmic horror and visual madness. The gravity drive has been activated, and what follows is pure nightmare fuel: a descent into an outer-space hellscape where reality fractures and sanity slips. Jones’s art is grotesquely gorgeous, warping the page with infernal architecture and twitching flesh, while Ward’s writing channels dread with poetic precision.

The crew’s unraveling is both psychological and visceral. Strange behavior escalates, and the looming arrival of the realm’s “king” promises even darker revelations. As a prequel to the cult-classic film, this series doesn’t just expand the lore—it mutates it. You’ll never watch Event Horizon the same way again.

Verdict:
Hell in a tin can. Horror at its best. A must-read for fans of cosmic dread, body horror, and graphic storytelling that bleeds atmosphere.

[Matt Graupman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yeesh. I was kind of worried about the direction that Christian Ward was hinting at taking the "Event Horizon" mythos and it looks like my anxieties were justified. Now that the ship has ripped through reality and ended up in Hell (or a Hell-ish dimension, at least), the story is in full swing and there was a lot of stuff that I felt didn't quite jibe with the original movie. For example, the outer space realm is rendered as this weird organic sort of creature (which Tristan Jones' sinister art can't even make look very cool); also, as I feared, there is a devilish antagonist at work in the form of Paimon, the "King Of Hell" (did this story tear apart space and time and end up in "Hereditary" some how?). I dunno, man, I'm not feeling this too much now. Maybe the next issue will save it a bit?

[Uroš Novaković · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this when it came out a few weeks ago, but there was no GoodReads page for it then. Now there is, but I already forgot what happened in Issue #2. I will finish this series because I am a fan of the movie and there will only be 4 issues from what I understand.

But I already know that I will hate this because this had no reason to exist. The pacing is horrible and the art style is just ugly.

[Connor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Things are getting creepy that's for sure, i wasn't expecting this issue to be action packed as it seemed to emulate the mood from the movie which is very atmospheric. The art in this run is a mix of clear and colourful to dark, gritty and nasty which is a great fit so kudos to the Art dep. Not sure how i feel about the reveal at the end, it's not a killer to the story it just felt to me a little underwhelming.

[doowopapocalypse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Personally I would have not flown a ship into hell without an emotional support animal.

[Buck · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is paced like lightning.

[alejandro galvez · Rating 5 out of 5]

So cool

Very creepy. This series has been fun. Can't wait to see what more twisted stuff is coming. Read it. Buy it. Love it!

[Babs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Welcome to Hell.

[David Dalton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very creepy! I love sci-fi space horror! Loved the movie ad well. I am hooked!

[Canavan · Rating 3 out of 5]

✭✭✭

[Miles Lynch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Remember how I was terrified by Hereditary?

He's baaaaaack