The 8 best movies like Dead Space

dead spacea sci-fi horror video game starring the ever-suffering engineer Isaac Clarke, has risen from the dead with remake From the original 2008 version for modern consoles courtesy of Montreal-based developer EA Motive – which is really good! Whether this is your First time Descend into the bowels of the USG Ishimura-loaded Necromorph, who is thirsty dead space A fan eager to find out what the motive is has changed In this new version, or you just want to know who the heck is that guy in a sci-fi diving suit Do a shoot-in dance Fortnite He, 2023 edition of dead space Solid on almost all fronts.

This new success dead space The game made us think of horror maestro (and “Grandpa’s horror”) John Carpenter’s longstanding desire to produce a Adaptation to live work from the series. Then we got to thinking about a place for such a movie in between The best video game movie adaptations Created to date, and and then It made us think of the best horror and sci-fi movies to watch for their fans dead space Both the old and the new — you know, besides the obvious stuff like event horizon And the Alien series, you’ve likely already watched!

An hour here and there of trawling later, and you’ve got this list: the most dead spaceLike the movies to watch if you’re looking for something else to catch up on the fun horror and fun of playing through the remake.

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dark star

What is it: before there was alienthere was dark starthe ultimate bizarre space comedy imagined-alien— writer Dan O’Bannon and then-unknown director John Carpenter as an offbeat replacement for 2001: A Space Odyssey. There are a few comedies that fit this list, but this is one of them.

Why it’s like Dead Space: Members dead space Or Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror movie will see immediate parallels in dark starAn imagined future, where blue collar ship workers crowd around interstellar space. But Carpenter’s movie, which was initially pieced together as a student film and then finished as a feature for about $60,000, is a big goof, complete with slacking space students joking around on each other aboard the DarkStar scout ship, alien chum bowling ball, bomb. speaking (replacing Hal 9000), and special effects that had previously been used in comic mayhem. on the wavelength Dr. Strangelove or National Lampoon than any straight sci-fi horror movie, dark starThe elusive threat of deep space remains off the radar. But there’s a reason Quentin Tarantino recently revered it as “traditional. ” —Matt spots

Where to watch: dark star Available to stream for free at Plex And with ads on Pluto TVAnd TobyAnd Rocco.

Pandorum

What is it: Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster star in Christian Alphart’s 2009 sci-fi drama as Lieutenant Payton and Corporal Bauer, two interplanetary naval officers and crew members of the spaceship Elysium who awaken from hypersomnia after eight years aboard and discover that the rest of the ship’s crew is missing. If that wasn’t enough, a group of cannibalistic monsters are now stalking them across the ship as they race to find answers.

Why it’s like Dead Space: lately interview With Rock Paper Shotgun, Glenn Scofield – Director 2022 Callisto protocol and the original 2008 dead space He directly cited Alphart among his favorite sci-fi horror films and a notable influence on his approach to horror in games. I like movies like alienAnd thing And Pandorum. and then [Event Horizon] And Alien vs Predator. There are not many of them, but I liked them all. – Toussaint Egan

Where to watch it: Pandorum Available to stream it stars and Ford Digital Rental or Purchase AmazonAnd CamelAnd google appsAnd Voodoo.

sunrise

What is it: Director Danny Boyle (after 28 days) and writer Alex Garland (extermination) was released psychological thriller science fiction thriller sunrise In theaters just a year ago dead spaceThe movie and the game have some obvious similarities. The film follows an international crew of astronauts who embark on a mission to re-ignite Earth’s sun with a massive nuclear bomb – only to encounter a derelict lost ship that attempted a similar feat seven years earlier. The fatal, mission-altering accident isn’t the only horror the Icarus II crew must face, and everything that could go wrong, Do you Worsen.

Why it’s like Dead Space: sunrise He has it all: an abandoned ship; quasi-religious fundamentalists succumb to space craze; flashes of horrific body terror; incredibly exciting lighting Zero-G Space Walk; a stately hydroponic plant; and a star-studded cast led by Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Michelle Yeoh, Rose Byrne, Benedict Wong, and Mark Strong. Well, that last part has nothing to do with it dead spaceBut what a variety! – Michael McFather

Where to watch it: sunrise Available for digital rental or purchase online AmazonAnd CamelAnd Voodoo.

Mars ghosts

What is it: All of John Carpenter’s films have a great B-movie flare. But it’s arguable that none of them have more than Mars ghosts, a pseudo-western on Mars with an all-star cast (including Ice Cube, Pam Grier, and Jason Statham). When a freight train returns on a mission to pick up a prisoner (named Desolation Williams and played by Ice Cube) with only one survivor (Natasha Henstridge), she is interrogated about the chain of events, which unfolds through a series of interwoven flashbacks.

Why it’s like Dead Space: Mars’ atmosphere is quite spooky (and the red hues of the planet’s surface are gorgeous), especially in the back half of the movie, which I’ll intentionally leave vague so as not to spoil anything. John Carpenter is known to be a fan of dead space franchise f He said to anyone who would listen that he wants to make a movie adaptation. Mars ghosts It makes it easy to see why he is so attracted to her. Folk’s house

Where to watch: Mars ghosts Available for digital rental or purchase online I beAzone, Apple televisionAnd google appsAnd Voodoo.

solaris

What is it: Based on Stanisław Lem’s 1961 novel of the same title, Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1972 science fiction psychological horror drama centers on Chris Kelvin, a psychologist who is sent to a space station orbiting a mysterious exoplanet after the station’s crew stops communicating with Earth. Upon his arrival, Chris is afflicted with the same hallucinations and strange visions that plague the rest of the station, forcing him to confront memories and revelations about himself and the loved ones he left buried long ago.

Why it’s like Dead Space: In terms of the cerebral horror of it, and the fact that a planet literally messes with people’s minds later in the original Dead Space trilogy, Tarkovsky’s 1972 sci-fi work feels like a natural companion to dead spacetype of existential terrorism. It’s not particularly gory or bloody, but if you’re looking for a movie that will — like so many psychologically corrosive cues emanating from the Mark buried in the surface layers of Aegis VII — sink into your brain and not let go, this is it. solaris It is the perfect choice. —TE

Where to watch it: solaris Available for streaming on The Criterion Channel HBO Max And free with ads on Freevee via Prime Video and for digital rental or purchase on Amazon.com AmazonAnd CamelAnd google appsAnd Voodoo.

The fly

What is it: David Cronenberg remake of Kurt Newman’s 1958 sci-fi horror film starring Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle, an eccentric scientist who believes he has created the first functional teleporter capable of safely transporting organic and inorganic matter over vast distances. However, after an accident while inside his prototype, Brundle’s DNA is fused with that of a housefly – causing his body to undergo a strange and frightening transformation that puts his life and his loved ones in danger. Jeez, and Gregor Samsa thought it was bad!

Why it’s like Dead Space: Despite not being in or around space, Brundle’s transformation into a terrifying, sex-crazed fly-human mutant hybrid is perhaps the cinematic’s closest parallel to the ghoulish transformation of the Necromorphs in dead spaceapart from those seen in either event horizon or the alien a series. You can’t spell “body horror” without David Cronenberg. Well, err, technically you totally can, but any conversation on the topic of body horror without mentioning Cronenberg is moot from the jump! —TE

Where to watch it: The fly Available to stream it HBO Max And for digital rental or purchase on AmazonAnd CamelAnd Voodoo.

Underwater

What is it: An underrated Kristen Stewart-led sci-fi thriller about a group of deep-sea diggers who discover some terrifying things on the ocean floor.

Why it’s like Dead Space: It does not happen in space, but what is the ocean if not “space, but water?” Well, maybe this doesn’t exactly clear, however UnderwaterEldritch horror tends to have some of the same ideas and images and spooks from several space horror franchises (incl dead space) love as well. —PV

Where to watch: Underwater Available to stream on Hulu, or for digital rental or purchase on Amazon.com AmazonAnd google appsAnd Voodoo.

Dead Space: The Fall

What is it: 2008 animated intro dead spaceThe film follows the crew of USG Ishimura as they attempt to survive a psychic plague and subsequent attack by so-called “Necromorphs” after recovering a mysterious alien artifact known as the “Marker” on the planet Aegis VII. The film was produced by Film Roman, a subsidiary of Starz Media known for its previous work on animated sitcoms such as king of the hill And movies like 1992 Tom & Jerryand directed by Chuck Patton, known for his work on the 1997 animated series by Todd MacFarlane spawn.

Why it’s like Dead Space: it’s a literally Canonical introduction to events dead space! If that wasn’t enough, as if it wasn’t already clear, Dead Space: The Fall Bloody as all hell. This was intentional on Patton’s part, who wanted the film to stand apart from the studio’s previous work as the best feature film ever made. Furthermore, the production team was provided with the 3D assets of the game’s environments and characters as references to the film’s animation, particularly the transformations of the Necromorphs themselves. —TE

Where to watch it: Dead Space: The Fall Available to stream for free on Plex and with ads on Freevee Prime Videoand Vudu, YouTube, Tubi, and Roku digital rentals and purchases on AmazonAnd CamelAnd google appsAnd Voodoo.