Event Horizon Movie Reaction - First Time Watching!

Watch the 1997 horror/sci-fi movie Event Horizon with us. It's our first time watching! Will we make it through to the end?
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[@clayc8115]

I watched this on HBO in 1998 when I was 10 alone in my bedroom. I thought it was safe to watch because the Jurassic Park guy was a main character... The trauma has stuck with me ever since. 😂😂😂

[@totallywhatever]

😂😂

[@Heathen9]

Originally the movie was about 25 minutes longer. The 25 minutes that was cut out was all the scenes of torture in hell. Supposedly, it was so bad that it was going to have an X or an NC 17 rating. So the Director cut them out and was going to release it on an uncut version in the early 2000s. Unfortunately, the film had been lost to history. It had been destroyed in storage by accident. I would've loved to have seen that version.

[@totallywhatever]

Wow, i’m not sure how well we would’ve been able to handle that but it’s a shame it’s lost!

[@deadcatthinks6725]

For more Sam Neill with a sprinkle of Lovecraft check out In The Mouth of Madness, part of Carpenter's Apocalypse trilogy along with Prince of Darkness and The Thing.

[@totallywhatever]

Yes, we will add those to our list! We love Sam Neill.

[@NecropsY1]

sam neil is a true gem hes in so many great movies - This, Mouth of madness, Possession, Jurassic Park all 10/10 movies

[@totallywhatever]

@@NecropsY1 Agreed! We love Sam Neill - we haven’t seen Mouth of Madness or Possession, we have to add those to our list.

[@julieeverett7442]

@@totallywhatever and the 3rd Omen

[@norwegianmaster744]

@@totallywhatever please do mouth of madness is an absolute classic

[@adgato75]

The reason Dr Weir ( sam neil ) cuts up DJ ( Isaacs / Malfoy ) the way he does is that DJ has an extreme fear of surgery without anesthesia. If you look closely, he has scars because he previously actually HAD this done to him in an emergency life saving procedure. It was incredibly painful and traumatic and is now his greatest fear, due to PTSD from it. But sadly, this portion of backstory was edited out of the film because of the very long runtime. And then all of the deleted scenes were lost because of improper film storage. True Story.

[@totallywhatever]

Wow, we had no idea! Thanks for the info!

[@kristhomas4039]

@@totallywhatever just came across your channel, have no idea who's recommending these weird movies y'all reacted to so far, but if you see these movies I'm suggesting then I will definetly subscribe: please react next to the Rambo franchise, Con Air, Ninja Assasin, Enter the Dragon, Kiss of the Dragon, Jumanji 1994, Signs, The Crow 1994, Tremors

[@thelokiway4478]

I saw this movie when it came out on VHS and I was a senor in high school and it was the last movie to truly scare me. When I watch a scary movie I compare it to this and the movie I am watching doesn't compare at all! The only other movie that I think can at times be more scary than this is The Exorcist. After I watched this the first time it really freaked me out so much that I didn't watch it again for about 15 years. It's the fact that this entity on the Event Horizon knows your worst fear and shows it to you repeatedly is what made this so psychologically terrifying!

[@totallywhatever]

I don't think we could have handled this in high school!

[@danielpeckham5520]

I wish they made more movies like this, was genuinely creepy and disturbing.

[@totallywhatever]

Definitely, we’re loving the 90’s movies, they feel more creepy and build anticipation really well!

[@Uncle_T]

A bit of an underappreciated gem IMO. Too bad studio interference demanded removal of the more unsettling and gory scenes of what happened on the Event Horizon they shot.

[@totallywhatever]

We hadn't really heard of this movie, but it turned out to be super interesting and scary at the same time!

[@aresgalamatis7022]

How can you get from this to the resident evil franchise?

[@Fluffykeith]

One thing I noticed just now that I really like, is that the suit helmets don’t have a light shining at the wearers face. It’s something movies do a lot to make sure the audience recognised who’s in the suit, but it’s totally pointless from a practical point of view. This film doesn’t do that.

[@totallywhatever]

Oh wow, I didn’t think of that, great observation!

[@positivelynegative9149]

You'll never look at Sam Neal the same as before. 😄 Heck, you may not look at anything the same. 🤣

[@totallywhatever]

😢So true

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@totallywhatever you reacted to "In the Mouth of Madness" yet? that is another Sam Neill classic and the best HP Lovecraft movie yet not based on any HP Lovecraft work

[@totallywhatever]

Sorry we missed this - no we haven't gotten to that one yet.

[@aresgalamatis7022]

@33:30 Now more learned how that space captain was cast to play Morpheus :p

[@nearzero3806]

The whole airlock scene is plausible. Think of a can of soda. It's under a lot of pressure but once you open it the soda starts to bubble. We have lots of dissolved gases in our blood. If there's no atmosphere pushing on us from the outside then those dissolved gases start to come out of the blood forming gas emboli (basically a blood clot but with gas). Obviously it can be very harmful to your body for instance if the gas embolism reaches the brain it can give you a stroke. Scuba divers can suffer a similar thing if they surface to fast called the bends.

[@totallywhatever]

Thanks for explaining that in more detail- the can of soda analogy is extremely helpful!

[@ysmith494]

When you ladies said you were reacting to Event Horizon, i started laughing. 😂 This movie gave me nightmares when i first saw it in theaters.

[@totallywhatever]

We are traumatized - can't imagine seeing it in the theater.

[@WilliamTheUnkownShoutout]

I am a new subscriber and I hope to see a first time reaction to The Thing (1982) and Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) and The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2 Judgement Day (1991) and The Shining (1980) and The Exorcist (1973) and The Exorcist 3 (1990) and Tremors (1990) and Jaws (1975) and Alligator (1980) and Pumpkinhead (1988) and Child's Play (1988) and Halloween (1978) and A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) as well:).

[@totallywhatever]

Thank you for the amazing list, we’ll do our best!

[@arifeannor9573]

Actually there are discs and tapes out there that can hold a lot, a lot of information, can hold Petabytes of data, KB, MB, GB, TB, PB. You want to talk about holding data, they can hold more than modern hard drives. Though they are expensive and hold limitations. The PB disk one is still experimental.

[@totallywhatever]

Wow 😮

[@donny-ni2zd]

I guess they remodeled the Notre Dame to look like a cross in space, which later burned. And they had an hour of really gory scenes, which burned up as well. Space Jesus really didn't like this flick I guess...

[@totallywhatever]

I guess not. 😮

[@yw1971]

14:29 - The term was coined in the 60's by SF writer Larry Niven. Meant for people who froze themselves for the future

[@totallywhatever]

Wow, we didn’t know that! Thanks for sharing.

[@shakawhenthewallsfell8570]

I saw this in the theater when it came out, and it was a trip. There's actually another 30 or so minutes that were removed from the theatrical release to make the movie shorter, and the extra scenes would give it an NC-17 rating. Sadly, the extra footage has decayed in storage, so we'll never get an extended cut. This movie also has one of the best and smartest lines of any horror/thriller when shit's hitting the fan - "We're leaving!" For some more 90's movies, here's few suggestions to put on your radar: The Peacemaker (1997) - Starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman. Action/suspense. Johnny Mnemonic (1995) - Starring Keanu Reeves, Dina Meyer, Ice-T, and Dolph Lundgren. Action sci-fi. Devil's Advocate (1997) - Starring Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, and Al Pacino. Drama/thriller..? Boondock Saints (1999) - Starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, and Willem Dafoe. Action. Has part two from 2009. Down Periscope (1996) - Starring Kelsey Grammer. Slapstick comedy. Wrongfully Accused (1998) - Starring Leslie Nielsen. Spoof comedy in true Leslie Nielsen style. Might have to watch a lot more movies from that era to catch the spoofs. Ronin (1998) - Starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Sean Bean, and Stellan Skarsgard. Action/suspense. The Hunt for Red October (1990) - Starring Sean Connery, SAM NEIL, and Alec Baldwin. Suspense/action/secret spy stuff.. a bit.

[@totallywhatever]

Wow, thanks for all of the extra info! And thank you for the movie suggestions. We will put them all on our list.

[@promiscuous675]

Thank you. I came to your channel through your "Dusk 'til Dawn" reaction. I am not sure how firm you are about sticking to movies from the nineties. If there is a little leeway I would like to suggest the movie that introduced me to Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, and Billy Zane, "Dead Calm" (1989).

[@totallywhatever]

Thanks for the suggestion we will add it to our list!

[@misterkite]

You can refuse to believe the spaceship uses CDs all you want.. but the Japanese government just stopped mandating the use of floppy disks two weeks ago.

[@totallywhatever]

Wow, okay then - cds make sense.

[@adgato75]

@@totallywhatever Physical recordable media will always have a place as backups.

[@crazyfvck]

@@adgato75 Yeah, I just saw an article recently about scientists developing a new type of disc-based hard drive with an extraordinary memory capacity. What goes around comes around :)

[@kevinprzy4539]

its in the future and they have a ship nearly capable of FTL travel, I'm sure the ship will be fine if somebody smokes in it lmfaoo

[@totallywhatever]

Your right. I don’t know why we were so shocked.

[@darirolxarniic6319]

i have seen many horror movies during my teens and early 20ies, but that was the only one that made me having nightmares. i cant even tell why. And to be honest i wouldnt recommend anyone to watch it unless they are absolutely in for horror.

[@totallywhatever]

It was pretty crazy and left us thinking about what could be out there in the universe!

[@jameyperez9547]

Definitely reminds me of that game dead space

[@totallywhatever]

Whats better, event horizon or dead space?

[@jameyperez9547]

Dead space games is awesome. They even had their own cartoon movie. That's a pretty cool where it all started about this. Alien rock that had curse powers. That makes you hallucinate and become alien like demons, zombie creatures. But the movie event horizon was cooler.

[@paulschuckman6604]

My mom hates this movie. She went with my dad on a work trip and spent an afternoon seeing this. She said she walked out at one point, so I had to see this after hearing that. It's one of my favorite horror films.

[@totallywhatever]

We loved it, but we may have been too freaked out if we watched it when we were kids!

[@daviddietz7259]

OMG, I absolutely adore you two! I watch a lot of video/movie reactions as I am a movie buff, and it is SO NICE to see two normal people react to some great movies! You're real people, and please forgive me as I don't know if you're sisters, friends, in-laws or what your relationship is, but I get the feeling you've known each other forever. I also like that you grew up in the 90s so you're not fans of all the woke crap currently going on. I very much look forward to your reactions (and PS. - you're both lovely BTW! 😘😘😘)

[@totallywhatever]

Thanks so much for watching, we have more coming soon!

[@daviddietz7259]

@@totallywhatever Awesome, I can't wait! :) Am about to watch your reaction to Total Recall (I want to see how you react to people's eyes popping out when they're gasping for air on Mars! --- my wife thinks that is totally crazy when that happens 😁😁

[@jameslen83]

this is the movie i turn on when i cant find anything to watch while i fall to sleep. its sooo good!

[@totallywhatever]

To fall asleep? This would keep up all night!

[@charleysage5827]

I have a list for the same thing. Event Horizon Halloween Tremors Alien Nightmare on Elm St. Flatliners I have to wait until my wife has already fallen asleep though

[@jameslen83]

@@charleysage5827 great list event horizon is my top but im not all horror space horror is for sure tops though with Alien(s) Pandorum Man on fire 13th warrior Kingdom of heaven

[@NigelShepherd-z7k]

This soothes you to sleep? !😳 What kind of dreams do you have? 🤔😂🇬🇧

[@charleysage5827]

@@NigelShepherd-z7k those are easy reading compared to my PTSD night terrors

[@wasabi-in-my-eye3134]

Such a great movie .... now he makes resident evil 😞

[@totallywhatever]

We really loved it! Thanks for watching!!

[@DenverStarkey]

love this movie ... but i'm convinced it was influenced by. the video game Doom ... Doom came out in 1991 this movie in 1997 . in doom you are marine trapped in a facility on mars where scientist were working on teleportation tehcnology and instead of teleporting objects, they opened a portal to hell. in Event horizion ,a scientist worked on a way to punch through space time , and wound up opening a portal to hell instead.

[@totallywhatever]

Do you think this movie is a better representation of Doom than the actual doom movie?

[@DenverStarkey]

@@totallywhatever maybe ... there's been two doom movies , one from netflix (more reccent) and then the one they did years ago that went box office. both suffered from terrible writing , lame acting and a slew of other issues. but then this movie doesn't feature giant cyber demons and possessed human zombies . i'd say it's certainly a better movie by uncountable miles, than either of those doom movies were . but i don't think Paul Anderson set out to copy doom or it's theme even honestly .i personally think this game's back story resembling doom , is coincidence. that said Paul Anderson Did do an actual game based movie afew years after this movie . Resident Evil (in 2002 i think) of which the first one was one of the best video game adaptions to screen ever...but then his writing and directing fell a little flat in the sequels Imo. they sort of just turned into a means for him to showcase his hot wife (Milia Jonovich) in a lead action role.

[@Vesuvius081]

Fun reaction , serious… Smoking Horizon ! lol

[@totallywhatever]

Thanks... that movie is crazy! lol

[@josoffat7649]

I hope y'all get to The Thing for Halloween season 👍

[@totallywhatever]

We have a poll going and it looks like The Thing might win.

[@Garbondia]

nice i love this movie. keep them coming, i can see the potential of this channel.

[@totallywhatever]

Thanks so much, we have more videos coming!

[@budweiser600]

OMG - choice one of the most insane horror films.

[@totallywhatever]

So insane - we had no idea!

[@parinthianquattropani9071]

John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness is another good horror starring Sam Neil.

[@totallywhatever]

Yes, we’ve heard that is a good one! Thanks for the rec, we’ll add it to our list.

[@catsabotage3362]

This movie needs a remake.

[@totallywhatever]

We would watch it!

[@LaughingTiger74]

You have to turn on your gellar field when you travel through the warp. Everyone knows that

[@aranerem5569]

Hello, have you seen the movie Haywire with Gina Carano?

[@totallywhatever]

No, we haven’t - we will add it to our list!

[@OneKillQuota]

Love this movie, loved this reaction. I saw this when it came out...I was JUST old enough to watch it at 17. I remember going in...coming out...and not entirely knowing what the hell I had just witnessed. There was nothing like this movie back then...and to this date...nothing really like it since. Such a great experience!

[@totallywhatever]

Thanks for watching! We didn’t know what to expect- definitely couldn’t have handled it at 17.

[@cleonmagabeefy8500]

This was delightful and fun...also the jump scares were great!!! Thank you and I hope you do more movie reactions.

[@totallywhatever]

Thanks for watching! We are working on more!!

[@Ulysees31]

Its a shame we cant get the original cut. Apparently its a lot wierder.

[@totallywhatever]

Even weirder? 😳

[@Ulysees31]

Apparently the director came over from another set with the 1000 mile stare saying you want believe it, they had midgets, amputees, porn stars, that was for some of the he'll scenes. There was more horror on the ship to. Apparently the film was destroyed, buts that's another story.

[@totallywhatever]

Wow!

[@icoborg]

@@totallywhatever well it was inspired by warhammer 40k warp travel...so the movie is like the kindergarten version

[@gdc4736]

This was amazing, ladies! Poor girl on the left is scarred for life. By the end she couldn't believe what she just witnessed 😂. Keep it up!

[@totallywhatever]

Glad you enjoyed it! She will need some time to recover 😂

[@PeterLynch-y5q]

Don't forget the Omen 3.

[@kieronball8962]

Awesome reactions from Totally Whatever, to one of the greatest sci-fi horror movies ever made. I loved that you recognized several of the cast, from other great movies. Sean Pertwee who plays Smith the pilot, is a superb British actor and son of legendary British actor and entertainer Jon Pertwee, who famously portrayed the Third Doctor Who. For another fantastic performance from Sean Pertwee, please check out the horror movie Dog Soldiers.

[@totallywhatever]

Thanks! I didn’t realize he is the son of the third Doctor Who. We will take a look at Dog Soldiers - is it a 90s film?

[@kieronball8962]

It's actually from 2002, but Dog Soldiers is still amazing. :)

[@totallywhatever]

@@kieronball8962 We will have to check to out. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@pedanticperson1149]

If you want to try another late-90s horror, that's not quite as gruesome, then Phantoms (1998), starring Ben Affleck, Liev Schreiber, & Peter O'Toole, or Deep Rising (again 1998), starring Treat Williams & Famke Janssen, are worth a watch.

[@totallywhatever]

@@pedanticperson1149 Adding those to the list! Thanks for the suggestions.

[@hanng1242]

Want more Sam Niell in a movie less gory and scary but more generally disturbing and uncomfortable? Check out the English-language French film by a Polish director set in Germany, "Possession" (1981). Also stars Isabelle Adjani.

[@totallywhatever]

We love disturbing and uncomfortable, thanks so much for the recommendation!

[@Cbricklyne]

Who is the older sibling? ( I have a guess)

[@totallywhatever]

What’s your guess?

[@Cbricklyne]

@@totallywhatever Carolyne? (excuse the spelling if it's wrong)

[@totallywhatever]

Carolyn here - we are close in age, but Nanette is slightly older!

[@Cbricklyne]

@@totallywhatever WOW! I never would have guessed. (....and literally, ....didn't) I hope she doesn't take this the wrong way but Nanette totally gives "younger sibling" energy. Also, what do you mean "slightly older"? Unless we're talking fraternal twins, "slightly older" is mostly meaningless with siblings except if your age gap is as small as humanly possible vis-a-vis the human gestation period. Like,......say,....10 months. (meaning, mom got pregnant barely a month after the older sibling was born. I've actually heard of cases like that.) My older brother and I have a 20 month age difference and people used to joke around when we were kids (which I didn't understand then), that my parents had some 'splainin to do.

[@jimhuffman9434]

25:15 Finally, somebody's got the right idea!

[@totallywhatever]

Yes, finally! 😂

[@chameleonvr4]

Hey ladies, shout out from the US Marines! Great reaction, plz keep them up! U guys are awesome! ❤🤍💙💛

[@totallywhatever]

Thank you so much! We will definitely keep the reactions coming!! Thanks for watching and thanks for your service!

[@shihonage]

You have a lot of sound popping between cuts. Try and eliminate it. Also your audio is out of sync.

[@totallywhatever]

We would love to hire a professional editor once our channel grows. Do you offer editing services?

[@shihonage]

@@totallywhatever No, and this doesn't require professional anything. Search for "Grim Russian Robocop", where I used an entry level microphone and crappy Cyberlink Powerdirector editor to make a 30 minute movie review without popping noises or desync problems. In 2015. It's not a miracle, it's the default baseline for video editing. Many people edit their own videos, it's not hard to learn. You don't need fancy effects, just know how to capture quality audio and video and then cut it.

[@shihonage]

@@totallywhatever hmm I posted a comment here earlier, did you delete it? Seems petty if true.

[@ivaneames4354]

​@@shihonageI don't know what you said in your comment but on several occasions I've had comments disappear from various channels almost immediately even if they were saying the most innocuous things or even bring supportive of thst particular channel. Therefore I don't think it's the channel, I think KZbin itself is just way too hyper sensitive over comments.

[@danielpeckham5520]

Sound seemed okay to me

[@darioactive-man3287]

Totaly same character as Allen Grant :D

[@totallywhatever]

😂

[@tom.bradley2024]

Can you please react the boys tv show?

[@totallywhatever]

Right now we are focusing on 90s movies but we will add it to our list.