What it is: Before there was Alien, there was Dark Star, a kooky space comedy envisioned by eventual- Alien-writer Dan O’Bannon and then-unknown director John Carpenter as an offbeat alternative to 2001: A Space Odyssey. Then we got to thinking where such a film would fit among the best videogame film adaptations created so far, and then that got us thinking about what are the best sci-fi horror movies to watch for fans of Dead Space both new and old - y’know, besides the obvious ones like Event Horizon and the Alien series, ‘cus you’ve likely already seen those!Īn hour here and there of trawling IMDb later, and you’ve got this list: The most Dead Space-like movies to watch if you’re looking for something else to chase the exhilarating horror and fun of playing through the new remake.

The success of this new Dead Space game got us thinking about horror maestro (and “ Grandpa Horror”) John Carpenter’s long-held desire to produce a live-action adaptation of the series.

Dead Space, the sci-fi horror video game franchise starring the ever-suffering engineer Isaac Clarke, has risen from the dead with a new remake of the 2008 original for modern consoles courtesy of Montreal-based developer EA Motive - and it’s really good! Whether this is your first time descending into the Necromorph-laden bowels of the USG Ishimura, an avid Dead Space fan eager to spot what Motive have changed in this new version, or you just want to know who the heck this dude in a sci-fi diving suit doing the shoot dance in Fortnite is, the 2023 remake of Dead Space is solid on nearly all fronts.

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