Critical Study of Horror Films - Week 6

This weeks topic of Hybridity made me stop and scratch my head.

The general description of Hybridity touches on the idea of taking different styles and combining them to create a single idea. 

Our movie this week is Event Horizon. Up front this movie combined the Genera of Horror with that of Science Fiction. However it also added the Psychological aspect of the fear of the unknown. This movie did not receive rave reviews when it was released in the late 1990's there is a lot to the movie that most people did not focus in on. This was a Horror, yes, but also the psychological aspect that dug into the what if. Up until the mid 90's all of the horrors and sub-genres of horror focused on pure shock. This was one of the first that made you wonder, it made you think.

Don't get me wrong this movie had a lot of gaps. The storyline was all science fiction and could have been done a lot better. The ideas that drive the horror side of the movie however where better designed.

 The blood and gore where not random acts like most of the Slasher style horror movies of the late 80's and early 90's. These where more thought out, used to show the "intelligence" behind the evil that is supposed to be residing on the ship.

 This is a true Hybrid. Not the best done, but it does fit the definition.