Some sequels come back looking for applause. Event Horizon: Inferno #1 comes back looking for souls.
Christian Ward comes into this book with the right mentality. He is not interested in imitation. He is interested in escalation. The script respects the original film’s identity, but it pushes the mythology outward instead of trapping the story in nostalgia. That gives Inferno real momentum. The horror feels larger. The threat feels more active. The universe feels like it has been festering in the dark, just waiting for the next fool to come knocking. That is the kind of energy this franchise needs. It should never feel safe, polished, or overly clever. It should feel like a bad decision made with full confidence.
Rob Carey absolutely delivers on the visual side of that mission. His artwork does not just look good. It looks infected. The pages feel hostile in all the right ways, packed with grime, decay, and a sense that the machinery itself has been corrupted by something beyond human understanding. That visual filth matters for a book like this. Event Horizon should never feel clean. It should feel cursed. Carey gets that, and the result is art that gives the issue texture, menace, and that nasty little edge that keeps the horror from feeling generic.
What really sells this debut, though, is its attitude. Inferno #1 is not trying to politely revisit old horrors. It is committing to the idea that this franchise still has nightmare fuel left in the tank. The book feels confident, sharp, and unapologetically cruel in the best way. It does not whisper. It does not ease readers in. It opens the door, lets the heat spill out, and dares you to step closer.
That is why this issue lands. It feels worthy of the Event Horizon name while still giving the franchise somewhere new to go. Christian Ward expands the terror. Rob Carey gives that terror a body. And IDW deserves a shoutout for understanding that if you are going to bring Event Horizon back, you do not come back halfway. You come back possessed!
Event Horizon: Inferno #1 is a strong, nasty, horror-soaked return that respects the original while pushing the franchise into harsher territory. This is the sequel energy Event Horizon needed, and if the rest of the series keeps this same pressure, IDW may have a real monster on its hands. WEPA
CRUSADERS SCORE:
4/5
Written by: Christian Ward
Art by: Rob Carey
Letters by: Alex Ray
Published by: IDW Publishing / IDW Dark
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