Event Horizon: Dark Descent #4

by Christian Ward, Tristan Jones (Artist)

With nearly all the Event Horizon’s crew dead or consumed by Paimon’s servant—a demonic wheel that grows larger as it adds humans to its writhing body—the King of Hell finally turns his attention to Captain Kilpack! The ship’s God-fearing captain will learn fear of something far more sinister than his Creator. And he will experience things no one should ever live to see… This Learn the truth of the film’s infamous blood orgy!

Genres: Comics, Horror, Science Fiction

Kindle Edition

Published December 24, 2025

Reviews

[Scott Rhee · Rating 2 out of 5]

This series has devolved---especially in this issue---into just gratuitous gore with barely a story, and it still has another issue left in the series. I've quickly lost interest, but I will stick around for the conclusion, for the Hell of it.

[Matt Graupman · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Event Horizon: Dark Descent” has largely been a disappointing and unnecessary addition to the movie’s mythology but I actually liked this issue. I still don’t love Christian Ward’s decision to have a demonic entity as the main antagonist from the Hell dimension, but this fourth issue did a good job of working within that framework to tell a coherent and interesting story focused on the ship’s captain. It delves into the trauma he experienced from an abusive parent and the shame he felt as a closeted gay man, which reminded me how the movie explored each character’s individual sins and regrets so well (much better than this series has done, to this point). This newfound focus gave “Event Horizon: Dark Descent #4” a momentum that was lacking in previous issues. Considering this is the penultimate issue, maybe that’s a good sign that there’s a grand finale planned? Tristan Jones’ art was gory in all the right ways.

[Machiavelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really strong penultimate issue that keeps the momentum moving and the tension climbing. The story continues to build in a way that feels deliberate and ominous, with the horror elements staying front and center instead of getting lost in spectacle. There’s a steady sense of dread running through the whole issue that makes it genuinely engaging to read.

It’s very much a “build-up” chapter, but in a good way — pushing character beats and escalating the stakes so everything feels primed for the finale. I had a lot of fun with this one and it left me genuinely excited to see how it all comes together in the final issue.

[The Void Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5

Event Horizon: Dark Descent #4
by Christian Ward, Tristan Jones (Artist)

The Horror and everything you needed to know about the first flight of the Event Horizon—and its last.

Event Horizon: Dark Descent #4 is a vicious, lore-rich descent into pure cosmic blasphemy, and it absolutely revels in it. With nearly all of the Event Horizon’s crew dead or consumed by Paimon’s servant—a demonic, ever-expanding wheel of writhing human bodies—the focus narrows to Captain Kilpack, a man whose faith is about to be shattered on a truly infernal scale. Watching a God-fearing captain confront the King of Hell himself is as harrowing as it is fascinating, turning belief into a weapon, a weakness, and ultimately a curse.

The issue’s beating, blood-soaked heart is its promise: to finally show us the truth behind the film’s infamous blood orgy. Instead of reducing it to mere shock, Ward and Jones frame it as the inevitable culmination of the ship’s corruption—an eruption of everything dark, depraved, and unbound the Event Horizon brought back from the void. The result feels less like fan service and more like a forbidden chapter the film could only hint at.

Jones’s art sells every grotesque detail, from the churning mass of Paimon’s servant to the intimate horror etched across Kilpack’s face as he realizes there are worse things than damnation. Ward’s storytelling leans hard into cosmic horror and theological dread, making this not just a continuation of the film’s legacy but a deepening of it. It’s bleak, operatic, and weirdly beautiful in its cruelty.

This issue doesn’t just answer a long-standing question; it makes that answer hurt. For fans of the original movie and anyone who loves their horror grand, grotesque, and unapologetically hellbound, this is essential reading.

An unholy, unforgettable expansion of a cult classic. 5/5.

Happy reading from The Void 🚀🪐📚

[Connor · Rating 3 out of 5]

"In 2040, the starship Event Horizon disappeared on it's maiden voyage to Proxima Canturi...Seven years later, it reappeared, it's crew all dead...This is the story of what happened... welllllll kinda.

Event Horizon: Dark Decent started really well but kinda drifted first with a giant eldrich being crawling out of the ships gravity drive/worm hole to turn the story into something akin to John Carpenter's The Thing with psychological warfare. all that we knew for sure about the original crew is that they killed eachother in one of the most sought after pieces of lost media, The Blood Orgy. This comic reads like fan fiction although pretty good it could have benefitted from a little involvement from Paul W.S Anderson the original film's writer and director because only he knows the full truth of what happened to the doomed crew of the Event Horizon and i get the feeling that its not what is in the pages of this comic book. with all that said this book has some amazing gory art and pretty good writing overall but for me it's just not what i thought it would end up being but....this IP has the makings for further comic book runs with this team Tales from the Event Horizon if you will id surely buy into more gory original non canonical stories.

[alejandro galvez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good.

A great series. Lots to love here. I don't know why people didn't like this issue. It was fine. Could it have been better? Sure. Tons of room for improvement. But as a whole? Its really good. It shows us how insidious evil can be. Taking over our lives completely. Erasing our past and shaping our future. You have to walk away from a book with something. No matter the book, there is something to take with you once you are done with it.

[Aimee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Libera te tutemet ex inferis.

(Save yourself from hell.)

[Harrison Bahe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well, I now know why the blood orgy scene happened. 😵

[Buck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pure uncut horror.

[Canavan · Rating 3 out of 5]

✭✭✭

[Jared · Rating 5 out of 5]

This issue was over the top, in a good way, which means it was gory and disturbing.