From the sober to the silly, Event Horizon might not be an essential piece of viewing in order for you to understand Interstellar but it definitely shares some DNA with Nolans latest effort. The name Paul Anderson may bring to mind critically acclaimed films like The Master, Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood, but the writer/director P. T. Anderson (Paul Thomas) wasnt responsible for bringing Event Horizon to life. No, the other Paul Anderson Paul W. S. (William Scott) who brought us such classics as Mortal Kombat, Alien vs. Predator and Death Race directed the 1997 sci-fi horror, which had a release date set before he was even brought on board and experienced a rushed production schedule that severely compromised the finished product. Event Horizon takes place in a near future where Laurence Fishburne leads a crew dispatched on a rescue mission after receiving a distress signal from a starship that disappeared years earlier. The team includes Sam Neills Dr. William Weir, the designer of the missing Event Horizon who hasnt been entirely truthful with his fellow crewmembers and finds himself possessed by the evil now aboard his precious ship. A flop on release but a film that has since gained a cult following, Event Horizon shares some common ground with Interstellar in that both crews head into the unknown via a wormhole in space, but in all likelihood the similarities end there.
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