Nearly 30 years after it first hit theaters, Paul W.S. Anderson’s Event Horizon is finally getting a prequel. IDW Publishing has revealed Event Horizon: Dark Descent, a five-issue comic book series that will explore the events leading up to the film and reveal what exactly happened to the original crew of the Event Horizon ship.
Dark Descent is written by Christian Ward (Batman: City of Madness) and drawn by Tristan Jones (Aliens: Defiance), with colors by Pip Martin (That Texas Blood) and cover art by Ward, Jeffrey Alan Love, Martin Simmonds, and Joshua Hixson.
Here’s IDW’s official description of Event Horizon: Dark Descent:
Embracing the hard-R rating of the shocking movie, EVENT HORIZON: DARK DESCENT #1 (of 5 issues) will lightspeed jump into comic shops this August. Taking place before the events of the film and completely accessible to new readers, this is the unbelievable story of the final fate of the original Event Horizon crew. What really happened to Captain Kilpack and the first crew as their ship journeyed across a nightmarish realm of torments beyond imagining? Abandon all hope as demonic forces – led by Paimon, the eyeless King of Hell – unleash agony and pure evil upon the crew in a gripping story.
“It’s a huge privilege to be handed the keys of such a beloved film, one I take very seriously and I have some extremely exciting things up my sleeve,” Ward said in a statement. “Big gory swings will be happening. You’ll never see the film in the same light again.”
“I think what Christian’s laying out and adding to the lore is going to surprise people,” Ward said. “It’s certainly given me a lot of gnarly, visceral stuff to chew on visually, which is always fun and knowing that this is being done directly in collaboration with the team behind the film certainly helps lock things in as something fans of the film will want to explore with us.”
Event Horizon: Dark Descent #1 will be released on August 20, 2025.
For more on the Event Horizon franchise, check out our retrospective on Event Horizon’s 25th anniversary.
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