This 28-Year-Old Horror Cult Classic With a 35% RT Score is Getting a Prequel Story

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Astronauts looking at a high-tech ship engine in Event Horizon

IDW Publishing is bringing readers back to the world of Event Horizon.

Per Bloody Disgusting, IDW Publishing is slated to release a five-issue prequel series to the cult-classic sci-fi horror film in the form of Event Horizon: Dark Descent. The first issue will arrive in comic book stores on August 20, and features a terrifying cover from award-winning artist Jeffrey Alan Love. Event Horizon: Dark Descent is helmed by Batman: City of Madness writer Christian Ward, Aliens: Defiance artist Tristan Jones, and That Texas Blood colorist Pip Martin.

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Event Horizon: Dark Descent #1

Written by CHRISTIAN WARD
Art by TRISTAN JONES
Colors by PIP MARTIN
Main cover art by JEFFREY ALAN LOVE
Variant covers by CHRISTIAN WARD, MARTIN SIMMONDS, and JOSHUA HIXSON

The series is set to take place prior to the events of the original Event Horizon, which took place in the not-so-far-flung future of 2047, Event Horizon: Dark Descent will reveal what really happened to the first crew of the film's titular spacecraft, led by Peter Marinker's Captain John Kilpatrick. Ward said of the series, "It's a huge privilege to be handed the keys of such a beloved film, one I take very seriously and I have some extremely exciting things up my sleeve." Ward went on to promise that "Big gory swings will be happening. You'll never see the film in the same light again."

"I think what Christian's laying out and adding to the lore is going to surprise people," Jones said of things to come in Event Horizon: Dark Descent. "It's certainly given me a lot of gnarly, visceral stuff to chew on visually, which is always fun and knowing that this is being done directly in collaboration with the team behind the film certainly helps lock things in as something fans of the film will want to explore with us."

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Directed by Paul Anderson from a screenplay by Philip Eisner, 1997's Event Horizon starred Laurence Fishburne as Captain S. J. Miller of the Lewis and Clark, a starship sent to respond to a distress signal sent by the former lost Event Horizon. Upon reaching the Event Horizon, Miller and his crew - alongside Doctor William G. Weir, the ship's designer (portrayed by Sam Neill) - investigate the mystery that seemingly claimed the lives of the original crew.

The story quickly unravels into a sprawling bout of mind-bending cosmic horror, one which failed to make any real impact with critics and audiences alike upon Event Horizon's release. Despite the negative reviews and its status as a box office bomb, Event Horizon has maintained its place as a cult classic in the decades since, so much so that the title has seen numerous attempts at further entries in the form of various films and TV shows as recently as 2019.

Event Horizon: Dark Descent #1 goes on sale August 20 from IDW Publishing.

Source: Bloody Disgusting