Sci Fi Horror Night

On paper, Event Horizon sounded at the time like a throwaway genre piece. And in 1997 it flopped – but now, Event Horizon is seen as one of the better examples of a sci-fi horror film. Anderson’s reputation has grown over the years, thanks in part to a few fantastic scenes: the brief but insane, grotesque glimpses of hell; the Medieval torture chamber-like design of the spaceship; and, to top it all off, the last act in which a crazed Sam Neill runs around, naked and burning, after gouging out his own eyes – Anderson really knew how to shock an audience.

Science fiction and horror have been good bedfellows for years now: in the eyes of filmmakers, and many others of course, the future looks dreadful. Ahead of the main feature we’ll spend an hour watching trailers and clips from sci-fi horror films such as Alien, The Thing, Super 8 and Cloverfield, selected by Martin Koolhoven and Ronald Simons.