Hey there! Do you like Horror? How about Sci-fi? How about stunning practical and digital effects that were wayyy ahead of their time? ….All of this to lead you into my article because IT’S ABOUT EVENT HORIZON! That one wild wacky weird horror gem from the turn of the millennium!
Well GUESS WHAT!?!?!?!? It’s getting a PREQUEL treatment!!! (woohoo)
“After spending nearly three decades as one of the most enigmatic gems of cult classic horror, Event Horizon is finally getting a follow-up. But rather than giving fans another dose of gore, the new prequel is looking to forever change how movie lovers view the franchise with Event Horizon: Dark Descent.”-Source via SCREENRANT
Here’s what I know:
Event Horizon: Origins dives back into one of sci-fi horror’s most infamous nightmares, serving as an official prequel comic that explores what happened before the doomed starship ever returned from the void. Releasing on October 6, 2025, the comic expands the mythos of Paul W.S. Anderson’s 1997 cult classic Event Horizon, a film centered on a rescue crew sent to investigate a lost experimental spacecraft that reappears near Neptune….carrying with it evidence of something far worse than mechanical failure.
WhAT’S COOL IS THIS COMIC HAS A CHANCE TO LATCH ONTO A NEW GENERATIONS OF READERS!
AND IN CASE YOU’RE NEW TO EVENT HORIZON
For newcomers…, Event Horizon blends cosmic horror with psychological terror, revealing a ship that traveled beyond known space and may have crossed into a dimension of pure chaos. Origins promises to flesh out the voyage itself, chronicling the descent of the original crew and the first steps toward the hellish legacy fans still debate decades later.
The series is the latest from IDW Dark’s line of cinematic expansions, but the ‘untold origin’ of Dark Descent set before the unforgettable film is sure to be the most anticipated for many. And after speaking with writer Christian Ward and artist Tristan Jones, the goal is clear: not just to deliver a wild ride for fans, but deliver “the story they didn’t even know they wanted.” -Source via SCREENRANT
I’ve been down Since Day 1
Ever since seeing EVENT HORIZON I’ve been absolutely in love with this movie. It was a refreshing take on both sci-fi AND horror and had a lot going for it– A young Lawrence Fishburne, Lucious Malfoy, Doctor Grant….. I mean so MUCH potential. The story was twisted, the gore was intense and somewhere out there in a parallel universe there is an X-Rated version that didn’t get shot down by the studio, BUT ALAS….. That is not why we are here.
WE are here to discuss this upcoming prequel COMIC series. I’m soooo happy we get to see the HOW and WHY for the DARK DESCENT, I’ve always said it would be a really cool story to find out exactly WHAT happened before the events of the first movie (haha….EVENTs). I was always of the opinion that if done well and if done RIGHT a prequel could work VERY WELL in this series (and I always said they should approach it in the same way they did with THE THING’s prequel) and nowwwww finally we get that story!
The Story will be composed of 5 issues (with Issue #2 releasing october 8th).
The article I’m linking here is a Q&A With the writer and Artist of the project and it gets pretty in depth while avoiding spoilers so IF you like Event Horizon I’d HIGHLY recommend checking it out from SCREENRANT
(This is a created image and not cover art or concept art)