It had all this gross horror and all these disturbing images. “They weren’t only horrified by my movie they felt I was besmirching Star Trek somehow because I was also in space and doing all this terrible stuff. “Someone actually said to me, ‘We’re the studio that makes Star Trek!’” Anderson told Variety.
The movie is known for its graphic depiction of gore and violence as it concerns a spaceship led by captain Laurence Fishburne that comes across another ship that has, spoiler alert, gone into a hell dimension.
However, Event Horizon soon became a cult hit, particularly as the DVD market exploded.