Parents' Guide to Event Horizon

Parents need to know that Event Horizon is something of a cult sci-fi horror movie with plenty of gory violence -- including sexual violence -- and strong language. The movie stars Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, and Kathleen Quinlan who are all part of a rescue mission to retrieve a lost spacecraft. The genre of the movie prevents it from being particularly positive, but the main characters have a clear moral code and values, which is reflected in their approach to their work. The crew has a wide mix of nationalities, races, and genders and in one scene there is a good representation of disabled characters. Violence, peril, and trauma all feature throughout, with the level of both escalating throughout the movie. Often this takes the form of characters being traumatized by nightmarish visions and experiences, in which they see gruesomely injured and mutilated people. Characters gouge out their own eyes on more than one occasion. There is also a "blood orgy" scene featuring both consensual sex and sexual violence. There is brief non-graphic, non-sexual nudity and both male and female characters stripped to their underwear. Innuendo also features. Swearing is frequent and includes use of "f--k," "motherf----rs," and "s--t."

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