I received an ARC of Event Horizon: Dark Descent from NetGalley and IDW Publishing in exchange for a fair and honest review. Event Horizon: Dark Horizon expands the premise of the cult horror film and succeeds most when it embraces the pure cosmic dread of the film. The comic deals with the fate of the original crew and the hopeless, claustrophobic terror that made Event Horizon memorable in the first place. The movie’s haunted-spaceship atmosphere can be found in this comic and I appreciate how bleak and disturbing the story becomes. The artwork is one of the comic’s strongest elements. The visuals are gruesome, chaotic, and often genuinely unsettling, capturing the feeling that reality itself is unraveling aboard the ship. The violence and psychological horror rarely feel restrained, which gives the comic the same cruel edge that helped the film earn its reputation over the years. Having said that Dark Descent in my opinion falls down on one key issue, it explains too much. What made Event Horizon terrifying for me was the unknowable nature of the evil behind the ship. It allowed the viewer to relate to what the original crew themselves must of felt. By giving clearer answers and attaching more defined mythology to the horror, the comic loses some of the mystery that allowed the original film to linger in the imagination. The characters in the comic are not especially memorable compared to the film’s cast. While the comic delivers atmosphere and brutality in abundance, it sometimes lacks the emotional depth needed to make every death or revelation hit as hard as it should. Even with those flaws, Event Horizon: Dark Descent works well as a grim companion piece to the movie. It understands what worked for the movie: despair, isolation, and the terrifying idea that something far worse than death waits beyond human understanding. Anyone looking for disturbing sci-fi horror will likely find plenty to enjoy in this comic, even if the comic sacrifices some of the original story’s mystery along the way.