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When D.J. is attacked by Dr. Weir, he is grabbed by the throat and is squeezed until his windpipe is broken, shown by the way he was breathing (or struggling to). When Weir seizes him again and throws him against a support beam, he screams in a way impossible for someone who just had his windpipe crushed. See more...

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An "event horizon" is the gravitational boundary which encloses or encompasses a black hole, from which no light escapes whatsoever. See more...

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Event Horizon (1997) - 9 corrections

Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, starring Jason Isaacs, Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill (add more)

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-fi, Thriller

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When the Lewis & Clark is approaching the Event Horizon it matches its speed, yet the two ships continue to close on each others' positions. This might mean that the two ships are travelling towards each other, instead of on the same course, but then matching speed should only take place when the Lewis & Clark is ready to connect to the Event Horizon. [I don't recall any moment where it is stated that the Event Horizon is actually in motion. They actually have to watch their speed to not crash into the Event Horizon when they approach it.]

Corrected by Lummie

When the crew boards Event Horizon for the first time they say that it's in deep freeze. So the temperature must be well below zero. But the bottle that floats by in the picture contains water in liquid not frozen form. [It might not be water as the bottle is not labeled as such. Many chemicals in liquid forms have a freezing point well below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, and remain in that liquid state at extremely low temperatures.]

Corrected by Jazetopher

The crew members whom the ship shows images of death (their own or otherwise) are shown accurate images we see later on. However, when the Captain is shown the death and torture of his current crewmate D.J., the body is hanging from the hooks almost vertically while the actual body is slanted in a much more horizontal position. The ship could show that future, but not the past? [The ship was manipulating their minds and using their thoughts and memories to scare them, not showing them the future and the past. Take Miller for example, he keeps being shown his old friend who was burnt to death and uses it to scare him. So essentially when D.J. was klled, Weir was able to kill him like in the nightmare but may have not carried out it out exactly like it was shown in the image.]

Corrected by Lummie

In the scene where Peters is about to see the image of her son in the medical station, she picks a bone saw up to defend herself. These are used for autopsies more often than not, and would probably not be laying about even in a medical station on a ship. Also, there was no blood on the blade indicating that even if it had been taken out to be used by the previous crew, it never saw any use. So what's it doing there? [The previous crew might have had the tool in backup incase it was needed. Also the ship was a mess when they find it, items were floating everywhere and with the gravity off it might have been moved. Peters might have just seen it lying there and decided to use it as she was pretty terrified at what was making the noise.]

Corrected by Lummie

When Miller, Peters and Justin first board the ship, Miller says something about there being ice crystals everywhere. But earlier in the film, when you first see inside, you can clearly hear the sound of water moving about inside the bottle. [At the start of the film, Sam Neil has a nightmare about the Event Horizon and suddenly wakes up. The shot where you hear the water moving inside is part of this nightmare meaning that this shot can only be taken as figment of his imagination not as how the Event Horizon actually looked.]

D.J. is a little rusty on his Latin. In translating the recording with all the screaming on it, he says "liberate me" is "save me", which is correct. Later, he corrects himself by saying the recording was actually "liberate tutte me" or "save yourself", which is incorrect. "Save yourself" would be "Liberate sua" (singular) or "Liberate sue" (plural). "Tutta/Tutte" means "many, lots of, or all of" as in one of my favorite Italian dishes, pasta tutta mare, "pasta with lots of seafood." Just a little first-year Latin from me to you... [First of all, "liberate sua" does not mean "save yourself". Second, the Latin words heard are not "liberate tutte me", which wouldn't make much sense considering it's supposed to mean "save yourself", but "liberate tutemet" which does mean "save yourself".]

Shortly after Justin is sucked into the gravity drive a huge "energy" wave rips through the Event Horizon. At this time, Miller is in Medical. The energy wave causes one of the doors to Medical to fly off its hinges. The resultant blast wave causes Miller to slam into the wall and then fall to the ground on his chest. However, gravity hadn't been restored on the Event Horizon. No gravity, no fall. [Please remember that Miller is wearing magnetic shoes, so he is pulled down to the ground again. ]

When Justin is in the air lock and activates the outer door he freaks out as he sees the veins in his arms bulge and then he starts bleeding from his eyes and maybe his mouth too. This wouldn't happen. Movies get this wrong a lot. All that would happen is that he would lose gravity, he would be sucked out of the ship and unless he was holding his breath tightly the air would rush out of his lungs. He would die within about 30 seconds from lack of oxygen, maybe 60 if he was holding his breath, but he would not bleed from anywhere. [Actualy if you go into a vaccum, then you really DO lose blood and such, through the skin and eyes. It has to do with the body trying to stabilize the pressure inside with the pressure outside.]

When Justin gets sucked to outer space, he should freeze almost instantly, because space is too cold. [Contrary to popular belief, you wouldn't freeze right away, or even within seconds. To freeze your body needs to radiate away the heat it contains, which means the liquid in Justin's body would start to boil, which then turns to steam and freezes. It would not happen instantly, but would take a few minutes.]

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