10 Greatest Sacrifices In Horror Movie History
3. Event Horizon
Event Horizon has long been heralded as one of the most underrated science-fiction films of all time, and an integral part of what makes the space horror such a cult classic is that it serves up one of the great protagonists in horror or science-fiction in Laurence Fishburne's Captain Miller.
Fisburne's Miller manages to stand-out in a film absolutely packed with talent. Jason Isaacs, Sam Neill and Kathleen Quinlan are all fantastic in the film but it is Miller who really makes an impact on the audience- and a huge part of this is down to Miller's courageous demise at the films climax.
After outlasting many of his crew members, Miller confronts a disfigured Weir looking to send the captain's remaining crew to 'hell'. Unbeknownst to Weir, Miller has concocted a plan to split the ship in two with explosives to rocket the crew to safety, though this doesn't work out from the get-go.
At the peak moment when Weir thinks he has won, Miller heroically grasps the switch for the explosives and sets it off, sacrificing himself and helping to save his remaining crew members. A great captain goes down with the ship, and Event Horizon's Captain Miller did just that.