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Event Horizon: Dark Descent
Discover what happened to the original crew of the Event Horizon in this all-new cosmic horror graphic novel set in the universe of the terrifying cult-classic film!
This original comic series serves as an official prequel to the film! The Event Horizon was a revolutionary spaceship designed for one mission: faster-than-light travel with a top-secret, experimental gravity drive. But upon activating the device, the ship journeyed across the borders of Hell itself. In a nightmarish realm of torments beyond imagining, Captain Kilpack and the crew of the Event Horizon must resist all manner of demonic forces—including Paimon, the eyeless King of Hell, and their own descents into madness and bloodlust—if they’ve any chance of escaping back to their own world.
Abandon all hope and board the Event Horizon with multiple Eisner Award winner Christian Ward (writer of Batman: City of Madness, Two-Face) and powerhouse sci-fi artist Tristan Jones (Aliens: Defiance, Tales of the TMNT) in this unbelievable story of the true and final fate of the original Event Horizon crew.
This original comic series serves as an official prequel to the film! The Event Horizon was a revolutionary spaceship designed for one mission: faster-than-light travel with a top-secret, experimental gravity drive. But upon activating the device, the ship journeyed across the borders of Hell itself. In a nightmarish realm of torments beyond imagining, Captain Kilpack and the crew of the Event Horizon must resist all manner of demonic forces—including Paimon, the eyeless King of Hell, and their own descents into madness and bloodlust—if they’ve any chance of escaping back to their own world.
Abandon all hope and board the Event Horizon with multiple Eisner Award winner Christian Ward (writer of Batman: City of Madness, Two-Face) and powerhouse sci-fi artist Tristan Jones (Aliens: Defiance, Tales of the TMNT) in this unbelievable story of the true and final fate of the original Event Horizon crew.
128 pages, Paperback
First published July 28, 2026
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February 8, 2026
Woof. This was not good. File under “stories that don’t need to be told.” This prequel reveals too much, to the extent that it kind of diminishes the story told in the movie. I thought I wanted more Event Horizon, but it turns out I didn’t want that at all.
Review of advance copy
Man, both the story and my excitement really disintegrated with those last two issues. The first three I thought were excellent.
May 8, 2026
I read the individual issues. I love the movie and this series was good, but it was missing something. The first three issues were nearly flawless. Worth a read if you like horror.
February 22, 2026
There’s a suffocating quality to Event Horizon: Dark Descent that lingers long after you close it. This isn’t just a sci-fi horror comic—it’s a slow psychological implosion set against cold steel corridors and the vast indifference of space. From the opening pages, you feel that something is fundamentally wrong, not in a loud or jump-scare way, but in a creeping, invasive way. The ship feels less like a vessel and more like a sealed coffin drifting through the void, and that oppressive atmosphere never lets up.
What makes the series especially unsettling is how intimate the horror becomes. The dread isn’t only external—it’s internal, corrosive, personal. You watch the crew unravel not through spectacle, but through mounting tension, paranoia, and subtle fractures in trust. The artwork amplifies that descent beautifully: shadows swallow panels whole, faces distort under stress, and the color palette feels almost hostile. It’s the kind of visual storytelling that makes you lean closer to the page while simultaneously wanting to pull away.
As a horror experience, this comic doesn’t just aim to shock—it aims to unsettle your sense of reality. It feels cosmic in scope but claustrophobic in execution, a rare balance that makes the terror feel both infinite and inescapable. If you enjoy horror that simmers before it burns, that crawls under your skin rather than simply splattering it, this graphic novel delivers a chilling, slow-motion fall into something unknowable and deeply wrong.
What makes the series especially unsettling is how intimate the horror becomes. The dread isn’t only external—it’s internal, corrosive, personal. You watch the crew unravel not through spectacle, but through mounting tension, paranoia, and subtle fractures in trust. The artwork amplifies that descent beautifully: shadows swallow panels whole, faces distort under stress, and the color palette feels almost hostile. It’s the kind of visual storytelling that makes you lean closer to the page while simultaneously wanting to pull away.
As a horror experience, this comic doesn’t just aim to shock—it aims to unsettle your sense of reality. It feels cosmic in scope but claustrophobic in execution, a rare balance that makes the terror feel both infinite and inescapable. If you enjoy horror that simmers before it burns, that crawls under your skin rather than simply splattering it, this graphic novel delivers a chilling, slow-motion fall into something unknowable and deeply wrong.
August 12, 2026
The worst kind of prequel: one that says nothing new or interesting about the original.
Characters are introduced and killed off within the span of a few frames, often while narrating their own backstories. There's no space for them to develop beyond a few lines of dialog, so there's never any reason to care about them.
Perhaps more baffling is the decision to personify the evil afflicting the crew. The movie works because the tension comes from everyone being haunted by their own guilt. In this book, the characters are haunted by their own guilt...and also by Satan himself walking around with his flesh blob pet? It's a hat on a hat.
The artwork is also just bad: tough to look at, and not in a stylistic way. Character designs are basically indistinguishable, which just compounds the problem of having nothing to latch on to.
Characters are introduced and killed off within the span of a few frames, often while narrating their own backstories. There's no space for them to develop beyond a few lines of dialog, so there's never any reason to care about them.
Perhaps more baffling is the decision to personify the evil afflicting the crew. The movie works because the tension comes from everyone being haunted by their own guilt. In this book, the characters are haunted by their own guilt...and also by Satan himself walking around with his flesh blob pet? It's a hat on a hat.
The artwork is also just bad: tough to look at, and not in a stylistic way. Character designs are basically indistinguishable, which just compounds the problem of having nothing to latch on to.
July 28, 2026
There have been attempts to franchise Paul W. S. Anderson’s underrated gem, 1997's Event Horizon, and with IDW publishing comic series based on other horror franchises like 30 Days of Night and A Quiet Place, we finally got the official prequel with Dark Descent. Touching upon a major plot thread from the film, this five-issue miniseries explores what really happened to the original crew of the Event Horizon spaceship.
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September 21, 2026
¡Que exquisito viaje lleno de aberraciones y horrores más allá de nuestra compresión!
Desde que vi Event Horizon recientemente, me cautivó por completo su concepto, en la combinación de elementos ya conocidos para crear algo tan genial como terrorífico de imaginar y me alegra decir que esta precuela, en mayor medida, me dio más de lo que yo quería ver, además de agregar más a su mitología.
Me encantó la historia, oscura desde el primer momento, con un enfoque casi antológico en cada personaje, entregando un trasfondo necesario para que cada descenso a la locura sea más impactante. El destino de la tripulación original puede parecer obvio conociendo la película, pero apreció como Christian Ward consigue desarrollarlo de tal forma que aun así se sienta cautivadora hasta el final.
Una de esas cosas que también logra clavar completamente el autor es a su antagonista. Es cierto que la película hacía inferir ciertas cosas sobre la otra dimensión, sin mostrarlo directamente, pero esta historia logra abordar de gran manera como se ve ese infierno, lo cargado de su ambiente y, en especial, al monstruo que había ahí. Paimon tiene una gran presencia, así como un diseño muy atractivo, complementándose de gran forma con un estilo de dibujo que sabe explotar el gore y horror cósmico.
Mi único problema con la historia sería el final, que me parece redundante, prefiriendo algo menos optimista pero más acorde a lo que se podía inferir de la película. Además, es raro que agregaran al inicio esa descripción de cada trauma de la tripulación, como si intuyeran que no habría suficiente tiempo para desarrollarlos propiamente.
En conclusión, me pareció una precuela bien conseguida, lo suficientemente separada del film para que se sienta única y una grata adición a esta inusual saga.
Desde que vi Event Horizon recientemente, me cautivó por completo su concepto, en la combinación de elementos ya conocidos para crear algo tan genial como terrorífico de imaginar y me alegra decir que esta precuela, en mayor medida, me dio más de lo que yo quería ver, además de agregar más a su mitología.
Me encantó la historia, oscura desde el primer momento, con un enfoque casi antológico en cada personaje, entregando un trasfondo necesario para que cada descenso a la locura sea más impactante. El destino de la tripulación original puede parecer obvio conociendo la película, pero apreció como Christian Ward consigue desarrollarlo de tal forma que aun así se sienta cautivadora hasta el final.
Una de esas cosas que también logra clavar completamente el autor es a su antagonista. Es cierto que la película hacía inferir ciertas cosas sobre la otra dimensión, sin mostrarlo directamente, pero esta historia logra abordar de gran manera como se ve ese infierno, lo cargado de su ambiente y, en especial, al monstruo que había ahí. Paimon tiene una gran presencia, así como un diseño muy atractivo, complementándose de gran forma con un estilo de dibujo que sabe explotar el gore y horror cósmico.
Mi único problema con la historia sería el final, que me parece redundante, prefiriendo algo menos optimista pero más acorde a lo que se podía inferir de la película. Además, es raro que agregaran al inicio esa descripción de cada trauma de la tripulación, como si intuyeran que no habría suficiente tiempo para desarrollarlos propiamente.
En conclusión, me pareció una precuela bien conseguida, lo suficientemente separada del film para que se sienta única y una grata adición a esta inusual saga.
September 18, 2026
A creative team finally tackles trying to bring a story horror fans have been clamoring for since the movie came out in 1997 - What happened to the Event Horizon on its maiden voyage? By doing so in comics format, it left a lot open for interpretation. Sometimes it worked, other times, not so much. In and off itself, the story was a decent exploration of what the hellish dimension was like for the crew. Considering everyone was only seen in quick snippets in the film, coming up with backstories and personalities was definitely an open sandbox, and was explored reasonably well. What didn't work so well were mainly two things. For one, the artwork took a few too many liberties, and felt like generic modern horror art at times. Plus, some of the art was so rough and darkly colored it was hard keeping track of which characters were in a frame, and what was happening. The other issue was the pacing of the story. Some of the background parts were too quick a flash, others unnecessarily repetitive, where there could have been more substantial explanations of what was going on on the ship instead. And the hellish parts didn't really match the video clips the rescue crew found on the returned ship. I would say that this series was fairly nice to have, giving one interpretation of what happened to the Event Horizon, but it didn't fully scratch the itch left behind by the movie.
September 4, 2026
Yeah was alright, wild after 26 years finally see some more event horizon. Was kinda cool story about what happened to the ship, some cool cosmic horror stuff. But I’m not sure if it was a story that needed to be told? Fun part of the movie was it remaining a mystery
August 23, 2026
It is a great prequel but there is a little bit much more gore than I like.
August 29, 2026
It's a great horror comic that expands the mythology from the movie. That kind of ending is not my cup of tea though.
August 20, 2026
Started great, fell flat at the end.
April 12, 2026
The film Event Horizon was a genuinely disturbing horror story, and it deserved a whole hell of a lot better than the treatment it got here. The "plot" shows what happened to the original crew, and gives some ridiculous backstories to them, before reducing the sinister evil of the film to a - quite literal - pitchfork-waving cartoon devil. The artwork is amateurish, consisting mostly of a tin of red paint splashed across the page. I don’t like to trash things that people have put effort into, but this is just awful on all counts. Avoid like the plague.
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May 9, 2026Knowing we'll never get the director's cut of Event Horizon naturally leaves the fan with a certain void, but if the film should have taught us one thing, it was surely that some calls should not be heeded. Which is to say, I was excited when I heard we were getting this prequel comic, but having read it, I now see that it wasn't necessarily any better an idea than 2 Magnificent 2 Ambersons would be. Yes, some of the Hell stuff is suitably impressive; the usual urge when reading a comic written by Christian Ward is to wish he'd drawn it too, but I genuinely think Tristan Jones might have been a better match for the look of the film, or at least, a look that conveys how the film feels. But the story... even beyond the standard prequel issue that we go in already knowing exactly what happened to the original crew of the ship in as much detail as we really need, they turn out to be a one-dimensional bunch, mostly running away from something (and many of those somethings the sort which would surely be picked up by the screening for a major space mission and render you ineligible to be there in the first place). But, OK, sometimes the cannon fodder in horror are types, so that can maybe be forgiven...except that the lord of the abyss is barely more compelling than clichés such as the irresponsible Australian and the autistic engineer. There are some flashes of the film's power here, but mostly it feels like a dilution.
(Netgalley ARC)
(Netgalley ARC)
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Many thanks to IDW Publishing and NetGalley for the advanced copy of Event Horizon: Dark Descent by Christian Ward with artwork by Tristan Jones. This comic is based on the original film Event Horizon and serves as a prequel to understand how the abandoned ship The Event Horizon was initially left floating in space sending out distress signals. While I’ve heard of the film, I’ve never seen it. It’s not necessary to see the film to understand the basic storyline of this comic, but it might be more interesting if you are familiar with the events of the film. You’ll be able to pick up on a few key details (that I ended up googling while reading this). Nevertheless, as someone who was not really familiar with the film, I absolutely loved this comic. The story and artwork are dark and dread-inducing. It’s bloody, gory, and gross, and the pages are filled with the kind of cosmic horror that can truly tout the term Lovecraftian. I loved how the story combines elements of sci-fi, quantum physics and space travel with occult and demonology, and doing so in a creative and unique manner that synthesizes these two genres.
The story begins with Dr. Will Weir, who is in the original film. Dr. Weir is the designer of the ship, but he is grieving over the loss of his wife. His grief seems to induce strange dreams about his wife who is calling for him to find her. In some of the dreams, he envisions her bloody and eyeless, among other graphic scenes in the Event Horizon. We then learn about the crew of the ship who are preparing to fulfill the main objective of their mission: an interdimensional jump facilitated by a gravity drive, allowing the ship to fold space time and move between vast distances in a matter of minutes as opposed to millions of years. The ship has staffed a crew of expert scientists, physicians, engineers, and navigators to facilitate this monumental experiment. However, as we learn in the first act, all of the crew members are escaping their own personal traumas and pain they experienced on earth, whether it was recent or from their pasts. In a way, they all seemed to see the journey in space as a means of escaping their past pain; however, as we will soon find out, hell is inside of them, and their pain and trauma will reemerge as their worst nightmares.
As the crew gets ready to engage the gravity drive, the communications officer receives a notice from Earth about one the crew members’ whose escape involves a death he tried to cover up. When Nia Atwell, the coms officer, attempts to inform the captain about their navigator Devlin Conners’s warrant, Conners ends up killing Atwell. It was a little unclear if this prevented these two crew members from being at their posts and prepping for the jump, but in any event, when the gravity drive is engaged, something strange happens, and it seems to have opened a portal to hell, bringing in Paimon, the sightless king of hell. Paimon recognizes the desperation and violence in Conners and uses him as a kind of soldier to inflict his torments and violence on the crew, killing them in gruesome and gory ways. I won’t get into the details here, but the story takes on a kind of occult slasher feel, as the crew, unaware that a portal to hell has been opened, try to make sense of the uncertainty and dread that seem to be plaguing all of the crew. Furthermore, each of the crew members begin to hallucinate about their traumas, re-living them and experiencing the pain and tumult of these traumatic experiences that they sought to escape.
I couldn’t put this edition down, reading through the story in nearly one sitting. The story really picks up once Conners kills Atwell and the portal to hell is breached, allowing Paimon to enter the Event Horizon. Furthermore, Jones’s dark, gory artwork contributes to the feeling of dread and cosmic horror that permeates this book, like a lurking fear or creeping death. His artwork emphasizes not only the uncertainty of unexplored dimensions but also features examples of gruesome body horror and a gory ghoul that seemed to be constructed from the bodies of the dead crew members. It’s totally gross, and I loved it. This was a fun and wild comic, although it’s definitely a downer. Nevertheless, I recommend this for fans of dark sci-fi, and the kind of Lovecraftian cosmic and body horror that Stuart Gordon would be proud of. Highly recommended!
The story begins with Dr. Will Weir, who is in the original film. Dr. Weir is the designer of the ship, but he is grieving over the loss of his wife. His grief seems to induce strange dreams about his wife who is calling for him to find her. In some of the dreams, he envisions her bloody and eyeless, among other graphic scenes in the Event Horizon. We then learn about the crew of the ship who are preparing to fulfill the main objective of their mission: an interdimensional jump facilitated by a gravity drive, allowing the ship to fold space time and move between vast distances in a matter of minutes as opposed to millions of years. The ship has staffed a crew of expert scientists, physicians, engineers, and navigators to facilitate this monumental experiment. However, as we learn in the first act, all of the crew members are escaping their own personal traumas and pain they experienced on earth, whether it was recent or from their pasts. In a way, they all seemed to see the journey in space as a means of escaping their past pain; however, as we will soon find out, hell is inside of them, and their pain and trauma will reemerge as their worst nightmares.
As the crew gets ready to engage the gravity drive, the communications officer receives a notice from Earth about one the crew members’ whose escape involves a death he tried to cover up. When Nia Atwell, the coms officer, attempts to inform the captain about their navigator Devlin Conners’s warrant, Conners ends up killing Atwell. It was a little unclear if this prevented these two crew members from being at their posts and prepping for the jump, but in any event, when the gravity drive is engaged, something strange happens, and it seems to have opened a portal to hell, bringing in Paimon, the sightless king of hell. Paimon recognizes the desperation and violence in Conners and uses him as a kind of soldier to inflict his torments and violence on the crew, killing them in gruesome and gory ways. I won’t get into the details here, but the story takes on a kind of occult slasher feel, as the crew, unaware that a portal to hell has been opened, try to make sense of the uncertainty and dread that seem to be plaguing all of the crew. Furthermore, each of the crew members begin to hallucinate about their traumas, re-living them and experiencing the pain and tumult of these traumatic experiences that they sought to escape.
I couldn’t put this edition down, reading through the story in nearly one sitting. The story really picks up once Conners kills Atwell and the portal to hell is breached, allowing Paimon to enter the Event Horizon. Furthermore, Jones’s dark, gory artwork contributes to the feeling of dread and cosmic horror that permeates this book, like a lurking fear or creeping death. His artwork emphasizes not only the uncertainty of unexplored dimensions but also features examples of gruesome body horror and a gory ghoul that seemed to be constructed from the bodies of the dead crew members. It’s totally gross, and I loved it. This was a fun and wild comic, although it’s definitely a downer. Nevertheless, I recommend this for fans of dark sci-fi, and the kind of Lovecraftian cosmic and body horror that Stuart Gordon would be proud of. Highly recommended!
May 30, 2026
Nearly 30 years after the cult classic
Event Horizon
hit theaters, Eisner-winning writer Christian Ward and artist Tristan Jones return to its haunted universe.
Event Horizon: Dark Descent
explores what happened to the original crew, prior to the events of the feature film. This new chapter in Event Horizon is a must-read for those fans of the 1997 sci-fi horror.
The Event Horizon was a revolutionary spaceship designed for one mission: faster-than-light travel with a top-secret, experimental gravity drive. But upon activating the device, the ship journeyed across the borders of Hell itself. In a nightmarish realm of torments beyond imagining, Captain Kilpack and the crew of the Event Horizon must resist all manner of demonic forces—including Paimon, the eyeless King of Hell, and their own descents into madness and bloodlust—if they’ve any chance of escaping back to their own world.
Event Horizon: Dark Descent echoes the tone of the original film while also bringing a fresh perspective to the story of the ship and its doomed crew. Unlike the film, which kept us guessing for much of its runtime, Christian Ward wastes no time as he plunges us straight into the madness. Since we all know what premise, there is no need for the mystery. Instead, the story leans into the chaos early and expands the backstory in new ways. It's a faster, more direct descent compared to the film's slow-burn approach.
What I loved about the original film was its crew, a group of misfit scientists, soldiers, and technicians. Dark Descent captures that same feeling with a new and unique cast. Ward introduces each character with their own roles and personal flaws, perfect for the demonic entity Paimon's influence. The character development is on point and sets up the crew in an interesting way, all while we wait for their eventual demise.
Tristan Jones' artwork is graphic and deeply unsettling in such an amazing way. Jones mixes visceral horror, nudity, and violence which brings in facets of the original film, all while adding a touch of new perspective. The visuals are enhanced by the colors of Pip Martin and fantastic lettering by Alex Ray, pushing the intensity of every page even further.
While familiarity with the 1997 feature will add to your overall experience, this series stands on its own as a dark, mature, and stunningly crafted cosmic horror tale, well worth the nearly 30-year wait.
Event Horizon: Dark Descent is a great return to the universe, nailing the disturbing feeling and psychological horror that made the original film become a cult classic. Writer Christian Ward and artist Tristan Jones craft a brutal, unsettling and character-driven story that not only expands on the mythology of the original film, but also carves its own path. Event Horizon: Dark Descent is a wonderful return to cosmic horror that honors the film's legacy while being a nightmare all its own. Plus, all the more reason to rewatch the classic film over again.
The collected edition of Event Horizon: Dark Descent hits local comic shops and bookstores everywhere on July 28, 2026 (FOC: June 22) from IDW Publishing.
The Event Horizon was a revolutionary spaceship designed for one mission: faster-than-light travel with a top-secret, experimental gravity drive. But upon activating the device, the ship journeyed across the borders of Hell itself. In a nightmarish realm of torments beyond imagining, Captain Kilpack and the crew of the Event Horizon must resist all manner of demonic forces—including Paimon, the eyeless King of Hell, and their own descents into madness and bloodlust—if they’ve any chance of escaping back to their own world.
Event Horizon: Dark Descent echoes the tone of the original film while also bringing a fresh perspective to the story of the ship and its doomed crew. Unlike the film, which kept us guessing for much of its runtime, Christian Ward wastes no time as he plunges us straight into the madness. Since we all know what premise, there is no need for the mystery. Instead, the story leans into the chaos early and expands the backstory in new ways. It's a faster, more direct descent compared to the film's slow-burn approach.
What I loved about the original film was its crew, a group of misfit scientists, soldiers, and technicians. Dark Descent captures that same feeling with a new and unique cast. Ward introduces each character with their own roles and personal flaws, perfect for the demonic entity Paimon's influence. The character development is on point and sets up the crew in an interesting way, all while we wait for their eventual demise.
Tristan Jones' artwork is graphic and deeply unsettling in such an amazing way. Jones mixes visceral horror, nudity, and violence which brings in facets of the original film, all while adding a touch of new perspective. The visuals are enhanced by the colors of Pip Martin and fantastic lettering by Alex Ray, pushing the intensity of every page even further.
While familiarity with the 1997 feature will add to your overall experience, this series stands on its own as a dark, mature, and stunningly crafted cosmic horror tale, well worth the nearly 30-year wait.
Event Horizon: Dark Descent is a great return to the universe, nailing the disturbing feeling and psychological horror that made the original film become a cult classic. Writer Christian Ward and artist Tristan Jones craft a brutal, unsettling and character-driven story that not only expands on the mythology of the original film, but also carves its own path. Event Horizon: Dark Descent is a wonderful return to cosmic horror that honors the film's legacy while being a nightmare all its own. Plus, all the more reason to rewatch the classic film over again.
The collected edition of Event Horizon: Dark Descent hits local comic shops and bookstores everywhere on July 28, 2026 (FOC: June 22) from IDW Publishing.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
My thanks to NetGalley and IDW Publishing for an advance copy of this graphic novel that tells of a spaceship, a way of travelling through the stars, the burden that humans bring with them everywhere, and how this burden can manifest itself, when the rules of science, moraliity, and mortality are changed by human hubris.
I am a fan of pineapple on pizza. My body shape proves that I am a fan of peanut butter in chocolate, and chocolate in my peanut butter, as the old ad for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups went. Mixing things has never been a problem, especially when it comes to book genres. Especially science fiction and horror. Something about this works quite well, the sterility of science, meeting that evil that men can do, exploring the depths of space, and the depths of the human soul. I saw the movie Event Horizon in theaters, an experience I can still remember, and numerous watchings on DVD has only deepened in me. The movie is both good and flawed, beautiful to look at, lost in its storytelling. And darker than a black hole. One of the problems has always been what happened on the maiden voyage of this ship that could travel so far, and what is it that came back. And why. Now we know a little more, and what we can imagine is far worse. Event Horizon: Dark Descent is written by Christian Ward and illustrated by Tristan Jones, a story about space exploration ,and what is waiting for us in the places where light has never penetrated, infested with creatures of malice and destruction.
The time is the near future. The biggest technological marvel ever attempted by humans, the spaceship known as the Event Horizon, is prepared to take its maiden voyage to the stars. The creators on the project are having bad dreams. The crew are hiding things from each other, and mainly from themselves. The experimental gravity drive is also a mystery, how does it work, where will it take the Event Horizon, and what awaits the crew there. From the get go things go wrong. The drive activates and the ship finds itself somewhere else. Secrets lead to violence, violence to mutilation. The ship is fighting them as hard as the creatures who have invaded the ship are. And what one sees can't be trusted. Even when it is too late.
Writing a prequel is hard, as one kind of knows where the story is going. Ward does a good job, setting up the ideas of what is going to happen, giving the crews a backstory, and having their inner lives soon be fodder for the creatures they soon appear. The first three issues are really good, tense and scarry, with a lot of violence, rendered well. The last two issues are stuck in prequel territory, one knows what is going to happen, so nothing can be real or permanent. Ward doesn't retro-conn things, but lets the story go where it is going. The art is really quite good, scarry as I said, but with both a horrific feel, and a scientific feel. Things look like workable tech. The crew are all rendered different and even covered in blood recognizable. And the gross is really gross.
I can see more being told about this universe, what happens next, what came well in the past, and where things are going. Intellectual property is a trap in a way, but with stories branching off the main one, there is a lot to explore. I look forward to more in this series, and even more by the creators.
I am a fan of pineapple on pizza. My body shape proves that I am a fan of peanut butter in chocolate, and chocolate in my peanut butter, as the old ad for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups went. Mixing things has never been a problem, especially when it comes to book genres. Especially science fiction and horror. Something about this works quite well, the sterility of science, meeting that evil that men can do, exploring the depths of space, and the depths of the human soul. I saw the movie Event Horizon in theaters, an experience I can still remember, and numerous watchings on DVD has only deepened in me. The movie is both good and flawed, beautiful to look at, lost in its storytelling. And darker than a black hole. One of the problems has always been what happened on the maiden voyage of this ship that could travel so far, and what is it that came back. And why. Now we know a little more, and what we can imagine is far worse. Event Horizon: Dark Descent is written by Christian Ward and illustrated by Tristan Jones, a story about space exploration ,and what is waiting for us in the places where light has never penetrated, infested with creatures of malice and destruction.
The time is the near future. The biggest technological marvel ever attempted by humans, the spaceship known as the Event Horizon, is prepared to take its maiden voyage to the stars. The creators on the project are having bad dreams. The crew are hiding things from each other, and mainly from themselves. The experimental gravity drive is also a mystery, how does it work, where will it take the Event Horizon, and what awaits the crew there. From the get go things go wrong. The drive activates and the ship finds itself somewhere else. Secrets lead to violence, violence to mutilation. The ship is fighting them as hard as the creatures who have invaded the ship are. And what one sees can't be trusted. Even when it is too late.
Writing a prequel is hard, as one kind of knows where the story is going. Ward does a good job, setting up the ideas of what is going to happen, giving the crews a backstory, and having their inner lives soon be fodder for the creatures they soon appear. The first three issues are really good, tense and scarry, with a lot of violence, rendered well. The last two issues are stuck in prequel territory, one knows what is going to happen, so nothing can be real or permanent. Ward doesn't retro-conn things, but lets the story go where it is going. The art is really quite good, scarry as I said, but with both a horrific feel, and a scientific feel. Things look like workable tech. The crew are all rendered different and even covered in blood recognizable. And the gross is really gross.
I can see more being told about this universe, what happens next, what came well in the past, and where things are going. Intellectual property is a trap in a way, but with stories branching off the main one, there is a lot to explore. I look forward to more in this series, and even more by the creators.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
I received an ARC of Event Horizon: Dark Descent from NetGalley and IDW Publishing in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Event Horizon: Dark Horizon expands the premise of the cult horror film and succeeds most when it embraces the pure cosmic dread of the film. The comic deals with the fate of the original crew and the hopeless, claustrophobic terror that made Event Horizon memorable in the first place. The movie’s haunted-spaceship atmosphere can be found in this comic and I appreciate how bleak and disturbing the story becomes.
The artwork is one of the comic’s strongest elements. The visuals are gruesome, chaotic, and often genuinely unsettling, capturing the feeling that reality itself is unraveling aboard the ship. The violence and psychological horror rarely feel restrained, which gives the comic the same cruel edge that helped the film earn its reputation over the years.
Having said that Dark Descent in my opinion falls down on one key issue, it explains too much. What made Event Horizon terrifying for me was the unknowable nature of the evil behind the ship. It allowed the viewer to relate to what the original crew themselves must of felt. By giving clearer answers and attaching more defined mythology to the horror, the comic loses some of the mystery that allowed the original film to linger in the imagination.
The characters in the comic are not especially memorable compared to the film’s cast. While the comic delivers atmosphere and brutality in abundance, it sometimes lacks the emotional depth needed to make every death or revelation hit as hard as it should.
Even with those flaws, Event Horizon: Dark Descent works well as a grim companion piece to the movie. It understands what worked for the movie: despair, isolation, and the terrifying idea that something far worse than death waits beyond human understanding. Anyone looking for disturbing sci-fi horror will likely find plenty to enjoy in this comic, even if the comic sacrifices some of the original story’s mystery along the way.
Event Horizon: Dark Horizon expands the premise of the cult horror film and succeeds most when it embraces the pure cosmic dread of the film. The comic deals with the fate of the original crew and the hopeless, claustrophobic terror that made Event Horizon memorable in the first place. The movie’s haunted-spaceship atmosphere can be found in this comic and I appreciate how bleak and disturbing the story becomes.
The artwork is one of the comic’s strongest elements. The visuals are gruesome, chaotic, and often genuinely unsettling, capturing the feeling that reality itself is unraveling aboard the ship. The violence and psychological horror rarely feel restrained, which gives the comic the same cruel edge that helped the film earn its reputation over the years.
Having said that Dark Descent in my opinion falls down on one key issue, it explains too much. What made Event Horizon terrifying for me was the unknowable nature of the evil behind the ship. It allowed the viewer to relate to what the original crew themselves must of felt. By giving clearer answers and attaching more defined mythology to the horror, the comic loses some of the mystery that allowed the original film to linger in the imagination.
The characters in the comic are not especially memorable compared to the film’s cast. While the comic delivers atmosphere and brutality in abundance, it sometimes lacks the emotional depth needed to make every death or revelation hit as hard as it should.
Even with those flaws, Event Horizon: Dark Descent works well as a grim companion piece to the movie. It understands what worked for the movie: despair, isolation, and the terrifying idea that something far worse than death waits beyond human understanding. Anyone looking for disturbing sci-fi horror will likely find plenty to enjoy in this comic, even if the comic sacrifices some of the original story’s mystery along the way.
August 26, 2026
Man, what a wild and terrible ride this was. If you are familiar with the movie, you have a good idea how this prequel is going to end, so the excitement comes from winding it back from what we witnessed from the crew's last transmission, and finding out what really happened. The illustrations were fantastic, with bold colors and lighting, careful attention to detail in the environment and the characters' facial expressions, and a grittiness that draws you into the horrors experienced by the crew of the Event Horizon.
Most of the crew have their own backstories, but they are pretty much just a one-or-two page detail of the summary you get with their introduction, excepting the last one. Overall, they're enjoyable enough, and more often than not, mirror the horrors unfolding during the expedition, giving you a glimpse of what Hell really looks like for the crew members. There was an event recounted near the beginning wasn't very believable, in my opinion, but it did make for a neat addition to the story, though, so I let it slide.
The pacing was a little hit-or-miss, in my opinion, going a little slow over some of the material, but mostly too fast. I would have liked to see a little more of the life on the ship before it all went sideways, personally, as it kinda gets right past the suspense and into the action. The story ended up feeling a little short due to this, but the illustrations are so detailed that you could spend hours flipping through and admiring it.
As a fan of the movie, I really enjoyed the opportunity to revisit this universe, and would recommend it if you're looking for some fresh content. I would recommend getting a physical copy, if possible, or reading it on a desktop where you can see the fantastic two-page spreads as they were meant to be seen. Thanks to IDW and NetGalley for allowing me to read and review an ARC of this book.
Most of the crew have their own backstories, but they are pretty much just a one-or-two page detail of the summary you get with their introduction, excepting the last one. Overall, they're enjoyable enough, and more often than not, mirror the horrors unfolding during the expedition, giving you a glimpse of what Hell really looks like for the crew members. There was an event recounted near the beginning wasn't very believable, in my opinion, but it did make for a neat addition to the story, though, so I let it slide.
The pacing was a little hit-or-miss, in my opinion, going a little slow over some of the material, but mostly too fast. I would have liked to see a little more of the life on the ship before it all went sideways, personally, as it kinda gets right past the suspense and into the action. The story ended up feeling a little short due to this, but the illustrations are so detailed that you could spend hours flipping through and admiring it.
As a fan of the movie, I really enjoyed the opportunity to revisit this universe, and would recommend it if you're looking for some fresh content. I would recommend getting a physical copy, if possible, or reading it on a desktop where you can see the fantastic two-page spreads as they were meant to be seen. Thanks to IDW and NetGalley for allowing me to read and review an ARC of this book.
Review of advance copy
"Libera te tutemet ex inferis!"
Thank you to IDW Dark and the author for making it possible to enjoy this story in advance of its release date for an unbiased review.
And especially thank you to IDW Dark for greenlighting the other limited series derived from horror IP, giving lovers of the original films that extra worldbuilding and storytelling to sate us between sequels and reboots. I am looking forward to the inquels and interquels in the Smile and A Quiet Place universes
In the original cult 1997 movie, the military receives a distress signal and sends off the Lewis and Clark to track down and determine the fate of the Event Horizon, whcih was meant to land in Proxima Centauri, but ends up reapperaring appearing around Neptune after disappearing for 7 years.
Dark Descent is the story of the original crew's fate, told as gritty and grisly by the pairing of Ward and Jones. Normally, I would provide some visual excerpts of the artwork, but I think it is a think best unprepared for (and I am sure I would get complaints).
EXCITING NEWS: Not satisfied enough with only scribing a prequel to this movie that loves so dear in my heart, there is also news of a sequel series set to take 200 years in the future- APRIL 2026 cannot come soon enough!
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Thanks to Netgalley & IDW for the ARC.
1997's Event Horizon is hands down one of the greatest sci-fi horror films Hollywood has ever made. Not particularly successful at the time, the film has gone on to achieve cult status, and is one of my personal favourites. I also quite like the fan theory that links the film to the Warp space of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, but that's a different story.
Event Horizon: Dark Descent tells the story of what happened to the first crew, events which are only hinted at in the original film. The book follows this new crew, and deftly gives you snippets of their background which works well in the succinct way it sets them all up. On the ships maiden voyage, it encounters the chaos space established in the first film, and we proceed to witness the horrifying events that befell the crew.
Dark Descent is a nice extra for fans of the film, the art work is fine, however some of the normal human action seems a little unclear. Where the artwork really shines is the gruesome and truly horrific horror elements.
I think what Dark Descent does not do too well is develop the mythology behind Event Horizon. In the film, the ship is corrupted and assaulted by an unknowable and devastating entity, and in this book they try to give the horror a face. The image they create is excellent, and genuinely looks like it could have been a lost horror icon, but in personifying the evil, it takes away from the cosmic, Lovecraftian elements of the original film.
Overall, it's a solid slice of sci-fi horror in comic book form, whilst not a stone cold classic like it's cinematic forefather, it holds appeal for fans of the film.
1997's Event Horizon is hands down one of the greatest sci-fi horror films Hollywood has ever made. Not particularly successful at the time, the film has gone on to achieve cult status, and is one of my personal favourites. I also quite like the fan theory that links the film to the Warp space of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, but that's a different story.
Event Horizon: Dark Descent tells the story of what happened to the first crew, events which are only hinted at in the original film. The book follows this new crew, and deftly gives you snippets of their background which works well in the succinct way it sets them all up. On the ships maiden voyage, it encounters the chaos space established in the first film, and we proceed to witness the horrifying events that befell the crew.
Dark Descent is a nice extra for fans of the film, the art work is fine, however some of the normal human action seems a little unclear. Where the artwork really shines is the gruesome and truly horrific horror elements.
I think what Dark Descent does not do too well is develop the mythology behind Event Horizon. In the film, the ship is corrupted and assaulted by an unknowable and devastating entity, and in this book they try to give the horror a face. The image they create is excellent, and genuinely looks like it could have been a lost horror icon, but in personifying the evil, it takes away from the cosmic, Lovecraftian elements of the original film.
Overall, it's a solid slice of sci-fi horror in comic book form, whilst not a stone cold classic like it's cinematic forefather, it holds appeal for fans of the film.
August 7, 2026
I remember watching Event Horizon and wondering about the story of the former crew, so learning this comic was released was a pleasant surprise. Overall, I think it's a good story and does a great job of telling us what ultimately happened to the crew.
I enjoyed the art, but at times it was difficult to tell who was who. The style lends itself well to the creatures the crew encounters, and I think the overall coloring also really worked for the story overall. The creatures, the gore, the scenery, it definitely feels like an art style and colors fit for a horror story.
The story starts out strong and pulls you in, but by the end, it does feel like the quality of the story went down. I think it could have benefited for either a few more pages each issue or even just a few additional issues as there are times where it feels like you blink and the situation has escalated a lot. But it does do what it was intended to do: it tells you what happened before the events of the movie.
I don't think the big bad was as horrifying as the story deserves, and I think the story would have benefited from continuing to build on the cosmic horror and keeping some mystery, especially since the story of Event Horizon continues in the series Inferno. If what you loved about the Event Horizon film was how much was unknown, I think this comic will disappoint you.
But if you're someone like me who just enjoys having more lore, context, and stories in a universe I really like, I'd recommend reading it at least once.
I enjoyed the art, but at times it was difficult to tell who was who. The style lends itself well to the creatures the crew encounters, and I think the overall coloring also really worked for the story overall. The creatures, the gore, the scenery, it definitely feels like an art style and colors fit for a horror story.
The story starts out strong and pulls you in, but by the end, it does feel like the quality of the story went down. I think it could have benefited for either a few more pages each issue or even just a few additional issues as there are times where it feels like you blink and the situation has escalated a lot. But it does do what it was intended to do: it tells you what happened before the events of the movie.
I don't think the big bad was as horrifying as the story deserves, and I think the story would have benefited from continuing to build on the cosmic horror and keeping some mystery, especially since the story of Event Horizon continues in the series Inferno. If what you loved about the Event Horizon film was how much was unknown, I think this comic will disappoint you.
But if you're someone like me who just enjoys having more lore, context, and stories in a universe I really like, I'd recommend reading it at least once.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
I am a huge fan of the Event Horizon movie (I’m talking huge) and I have been chasing the high of that movie since it came out. It was a visceral look at humanity and the evil that men do to each other. Needless to say, I was so excited to see a graphic novel prequel in the Event Horizon universe. I genuinely liked the majority of the art and I really dug the storyline. Having said that, I was left wanting more. I felt like the issues were too short and there could have been so much more done with it, especially with the character backstories. I wanted to see more of their descent into madness instead of just a quick couple of panels compared to the backstories. Also, while I liked the artwork, I agree with some of the other reviewers. There was sooooo much more that could have been done with Paimon than making him look like an altered stereotype of a cartoon devil. I have such a vivid picture of him in my head based on THAT SCENE of Doctor Weir (fans know the one I’m talking about), and the artwork in Dark Descent didn’t come close to that picture. It’s mildly disappointing because I think this could have been so killer. Again, it wasn’t bad at all. It just didn’t meet my expectations.
3.5 stars rounded up.
Huge thanks to IDW Publishing | IDW Dark and NetGalley for sending me this ARC for review! All of my reviews are given honestly!
3.5 stars rounded up.
Huge thanks to IDW Publishing | IDW Dark and NetGalley for sending me this ARC for review! All of my reviews are given honestly!
August 19, 2026
The movie Event Horizon is an absolutely terrifying horror film set in space.
In the not too distant future the ship, along with its crew, disappeared. It was discovered floating in space and what it contained was a gateway to Hell.
What happened to the original crew?
This is the story how the crew of the Event Horizon made a horrifying discovery: the dead live, the denizens of Hell exist and reality can be twisted and altered.
What is a nightmare and what is a dream? Are they the same? Can they be trusted? Does hope exist? Crew member after crew member discovers there is no escape and that Hell awaits them with open arms.
Wow! What a scary tale. The writing grabs you, the art (especially the predominance of red) is unsettling and the quality of the paper, printing and design of the trade paperback is topnotch.
Add to it all with cover reproductions from the mini-series and you have a terrifying, repulsive yet compelling tale that is best read in the daytime.
High marks to creative team of Christian Ward, Tristan Jones and publisher IDW on Event Horizon Dark Descent.
Don’t turn off the light because nightmare populate the Event Horizon.
Psalms 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him
In the not too distant future the ship, along with its crew, disappeared. It was discovered floating in space and what it contained was a gateway to Hell.
What happened to the original crew?
This is the story how the crew of the Event Horizon made a horrifying discovery: the dead live, the denizens of Hell exist and reality can be twisted and altered.
What is a nightmare and what is a dream? Are they the same? Can they be trusted? Does hope exist? Crew member after crew member discovers there is no escape and that Hell awaits them with open arms.
Wow! What a scary tale. The writing grabs you, the art (especially the predominance of red) is unsettling and the quality of the paper, printing and design of the trade paperback is topnotch.
Add to it all with cover reproductions from the mini-series and you have a terrifying, repulsive yet compelling tale that is best read in the daytime.
High marks to creative team of Christian Ward, Tristan Jones and publisher IDW on Event Horizon Dark Descent.
Don’t turn off the light because nightmare populate the Event Horizon.
Psalms 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
The story of what happened to the crew of the Event Horizon.
The movie Event Horizon is, despite a few rough patches, a very effective cosmic horror story. Its universe is inimical to humans and the gory scenes are shown in a way that makes viewers both believe they saw more than they did and question what they are seeing. It's still disturbing people three decades after its release.
Sadly, this prequel comic does not live up to its source material's legacy.
Dark Descent does start out well, with hints of things being not quite right before the inaugural mission of the ship, but it rushes into full-blown gore before we've even gotten a chance to figure out which character is which. There's just page after page of characters wallowing around in blood and little story involved.
The book's worst misstep is replacing the unknowable malevolent force of the movie with a garden-variety demon. A giant red monster is nowhere near as scary as an entire universe that is out to get you!
Despite my criticisms, I don't think this is a bad book; the art is good and it does answer the question of what happened to the crew. I just wish it had shown a little less gore and a little more creativity.
Two and a half stars.
Received via NetGalley.
The movie Event Horizon is, despite a few rough patches, a very effective cosmic horror story. Its universe is inimical to humans and the gory scenes are shown in a way that makes viewers both believe they saw more than they did and question what they are seeing. It's still disturbing people three decades after its release.
Sadly, this prequel comic does not live up to its source material's legacy.
Dark Descent does start out well, with hints of things being not quite right before the inaugural mission of the ship, but it rushes into full-blown gore before we've even gotten a chance to figure out which character is which. There's just page after page of characters wallowing around in blood and little story involved.
The book's worst misstep is replacing the unknowable malevolent force of the movie with a garden-variety demon. A giant red monster is nowhere near as scary as an entire universe that is out to get you!
Despite my criticisms, I don't think this is a bad book; the art is good and it does answer the question of what happened to the crew. I just wish it had shown a little less gore and a little more creativity.
Two and a half stars.
Received via NetGalley.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Thanks to NetGalley and IDW Publishing for the advanced copy.
A comic that expands on the backstory to one of my favorite sci-fi horror films: Event Horizon. I know there's meant to have been a novelization and "lost footage" but I don't think there was enough to keep Ward from putting his own twist on this the story, which... was just ok.
I don't like that the "evil" of the ship is given a form. The insanity aspect of the original, the eldritch nature of what happened to the crew, the mystery of it, is what I really want. I also had some issues with how all the numerous characters are treated. Multiple times it felt like it was a "here's X-Name Specialist, here's their backstory, now they're dead" and it's like a page or two for each and it just felt very much like a conveyor belt of telling not showing, though it was technically showing because it's a graphic novel... it just felt very inorganic.
I didn't feel much for any of the characters, barely remember them aside from the captain, whom I really mostly know and am familiar with from the film.
But then, at the end of the day I love this world and its mythology and so I didn't hate it. The art was perfectly fine but didn't stand out. Coloring was nice.
A comic that expands on the backstory to one of my favorite sci-fi horror films: Event Horizon. I know there's meant to have been a novelization and "lost footage" but I don't think there was enough to keep Ward from putting his own twist on this the story, which... was just ok.
I don't like that the "evil" of the ship is given a form. The insanity aspect of the original, the eldritch nature of what happened to the crew, the mystery of it, is what I really want. I also had some issues with how all the numerous characters are treated. Multiple times it felt like it was a "here's X-Name Specialist, here's their backstory, now they're dead" and it's like a page or two for each and it just felt very much like a conveyor belt of telling not showing, though it was technically showing because it's a graphic novel... it just felt very inorganic.
I didn't feel much for any of the characters, barely remember them aside from the captain, whom I really mostly know and am familiar with from the film.
But then, at the end of the day I love this world and its mythology and so I didn't hate it. The art was perfectly fine but didn't stand out. Coloring was nice.
June 4, 2026
Thank you to NetGalley & IDW Publishing for the free, pre-publication copy (ARC or Digital Review Copy) of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
Being a big fan of the film Event Horizon, I was excited to be able to dive into this ARC of the prequel events of that horrific story.
I have to say, the artwork alone is worth checking out this comic, it was SO detailed that I believe I was even more disgusted and unsettled reading this than I was watching the film, WELL DONE! The film was one of the most gruesome (I mean this in a good way) that I can remember in terms of shock factor and the violence that was shown!
This will definitely appeal to anyone wanting to expand on the lore of the film, as well as any Sci-Fi Horror fans ready to discover this story! I do wish the characters were a bit more developed, I didn’t quite get an attachment to any of them to care enough what happened to them other than the overall outcome. This is often difficult to achieve in a short comic story, I am very aware, so it isn’t a ding on the overall enjoyment. The feeling and atmosphere throughout the comic was so well done that I will forgive that small little gripe, because I was here for the gore, the bloody mess of a story, and it delivered!
Being a big fan of the film Event Horizon, I was excited to be able to dive into this ARC of the prequel events of that horrific story.
I have to say, the artwork alone is worth checking out this comic, it was SO detailed that I believe I was even more disgusted and unsettled reading this than I was watching the film, WELL DONE! The film was one of the most gruesome (I mean this in a good way) that I can remember in terms of shock factor and the violence that was shown!
This will definitely appeal to anyone wanting to expand on the lore of the film, as well as any Sci-Fi Horror fans ready to discover this story! I do wish the characters were a bit more developed, I didn’t quite get an attachment to any of them to care enough what happened to them other than the overall outcome. This is often difficult to achieve in a short comic story, I am very aware, so it isn’t a ding on the overall enjoyment. The feeling and atmosphere throughout the comic was so well done that I will forgive that small little gripe, because I was here for the gore, the bloody mess of a story, and it delivered!
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Event Horizon has long been one of my favorite horror movies. It's one that I revisit frequently and I feel like it really holds up for a movie that was made in the 90s. To date it remains one of the few movies that actually scared me as a kid and it's something I continue to be creeped out by still when I watch it. That said, I was really excited to read Event Horizon: Dark Descent and the comic even got off to a really good start. It set the scene to tell the story of the original crew of the Event Horizon and what happened to them when they first activated the gravity drive. I had high hopes sailing into the middle of this comic but it felt like a slow let down to an ending that I already knew because, of course, I've seen the movie.
If you're a big horror fan and a big Event Horizon fan this book might still be worth a read for you. The artwork was great and creepy, but I felt like the story just fell a little flat. There were too many characters and backstories to explore with too little time to actually get into the stories in a meaningful way and the pacing dwindled and fell off in the end.
Still, three stars. I'll always have a special place for anything related to Event Horizon.
Thanks to NetGalley and IDW Publishing for sharing this with me.
If you're a big horror fan and a big Event Horizon fan this book might still be worth a read for you. The artwork was great and creepy, but I felt like the story just fell a little flat. There were too many characters and backstories to explore with too little time to actually get into the stories in a meaningful way and the pacing dwindled and fell off in the end.
Still, three stars. I'll always have a special place for anything related to Event Horizon.
Thanks to NetGalley and IDW Publishing for sharing this with me.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
If you've ever wanted to know what happened with the original crew of the Event Horizon, then you're going to want to grab this comic and bear witness for yourself.
I enjoyed the movie, so when I saw this comic, my curiosity was piqued. So, of course, I took the opportunity to dive in.
This story introduces us to each character who will play a part in the crew. 10 months before the jump, the captain buries his wife. But it's the dreams that haunt him...something is calling to him and using his wife's face to do it. Then the story fast-forwards to the ship minutes before the jump and already chaos is creeping in.
The art style is unique and truly adds to the horror element of the overall storyline. The art conveys the creepy, the twisted, and the dark elements that you'd be looking for in this situation the crew finds themselves in. It amplifies the torment and terror.
The storyline itself was "meh". For me, I wanted more depth and detail. The story feels surface-level. I wanted more. More story and definitely more horror. I will say I appreciate how this prequel mimics the movie in it's overall flow and movement pattern.
I just wish it went more in-depth.
I enjoyed the movie, so when I saw this comic, my curiosity was piqued. So, of course, I took the opportunity to dive in.
This story introduces us to each character who will play a part in the crew. 10 months before the jump, the captain buries his wife. But it's the dreams that haunt him...something is calling to him and using his wife's face to do it. Then the story fast-forwards to the ship minutes before the jump and already chaos is creeping in.
The art style is unique and truly adds to the horror element of the overall storyline. The art conveys the creepy, the twisted, and the dark elements that you'd be looking for in this situation the crew finds themselves in. It amplifies the torment and terror.
The storyline itself was "meh". For me, I wanted more depth and detail. The story feels surface-level. I wanted more. More story and definitely more horror. I will say I appreciate how this prequel mimics the movie in it's overall flow and movement pattern.
I just wish it went more in-depth.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
I am a fan of Event Horizon - it captured me on first watch, and I tend to watch it yearly. If not more!
That being said, I enjoyed this. It was short, the characters and story quite condensed.. which both works and doesn't work. The artwork is great - the gore and 'hell' is vivid. While Event Horizon hinted at demons, the prequel brings a specific one to the forefront. Putting a physical form to the entity is risky, and many fans might not like that.
I do wish we had more time to understand the characters, their motivations. All of them get a quick flashback to their pasts, with the captain's being the most fleshed out. The backstories felt like more reasons that the character should be in hell, versus a vehicle for why they accepted the call to join Event Horizon's maiden journey.
Overall, it was decent read. While it was fun to imagine the hell that the original crew went through, having an official prequel is neat. It will be polarizing, but I highly recommend giving it a chance.
That being said, I enjoyed this. It was short, the characters and story quite condensed.. which both works and doesn't work. The artwork is great - the gore and 'hell' is vivid. While Event Horizon hinted at demons, the prequel brings a specific one to the forefront. Putting a physical form to the entity is risky, and many fans might not like that.
I do wish we had more time to understand the characters, their motivations. All of them get a quick flashback to their pasts, with the captain's being the most fleshed out. The backstories felt like more reasons that the character should be in hell, versus a vehicle for why they accepted the call to join Event Horizon's maiden journey.
Overall, it was decent read. While it was fun to imagine the hell that the original crew went through, having an official prequel is neat. It will be polarizing, but I highly recommend giving it a chance.
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