ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Aryana Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Woodyanders Stop me if you've heard this one before: A murderous mutant monster runs amok on the research facility Phaebon. It's up to rough'n'tumble trouble shooter Commander Krieger (Marc Singer coasting on thespic automatic pilot) to stop the beast. Sound familiar? Yep, this particular picture is a hopelessly lame'n'tame rehash of "Forbidden World," which in turn was essentially a sleazed-up early 80's drive-in discount version of "Alien." Alas, "Dead Space" crucially lacks the scuzzy verve, slimy content, and sardonic wit that made "Forbidden World" such a trashy treat. Flatly (non)directed by Fred Gallo, with a trite and uninspired by-the-numbers script by Catherine Cyran, a crippling lack of suspense and energy, dim, murky cinematography by Mark Parry, drippy characters, cruddy (less than) special effects, precious little gratuitous female nudity, terrible dialogue ("This thing is tough and adaptable -- and growing at an incredible rate!"), poorly staged monster attack set pieces, a draggy pace, mild gore, a generic hum'n'shiver score by Daniel May, and a limp conclusion, this lead-footed clunker makes for a heavy chore to endure. The cast struggle gamely with the lackluster material: Laura Mae Tate as feisty genetics expert Marissa (who at least bares her nice breasts once), a pre-"Breaking Bad" Bryan Cranston as hard-nosed, terminally ill doctor Darden, Judith Chapman as chilly scientist Stote, Randy Reinholz as craven, wormy jerk Tim, ravishing redhead Lori Lively as perky computer specialist Jill, and Rodger Halston as Krieger's creaky, sharp-tongued robot partner Tinpan all do their proverbial best, but they are fighting a no-win uphill battle all the way. This deadly dull dud earns a point or two for its mercifully brief 72 minute running time, but overall it's still really bad and hence unworthy of your time.

davideo-2 STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All CostsThe plot,as it were,has Marc Singer as a character called Captain Krieger who along with his robot,er,Tinpan (Rodger Hall), zooms about the universe doing not a very lot,it would seem.Until,that is,he answers a distress call from a research facility by the name of Phaebon,where a potentially lethal virus has been discovered.Before long,all manner of hell has broken loose and the virus (that,by the end,has somehow inexplicably taken the form of a giant monster) must be stopped.Only 70 minutes long.Only 10 characters featured.Yet Dead Space still manages to be a total Dead Zone of a film.I was enticed to view this very obvious B movie on account of a nice looking cover of a skeleton in a spacesuit.Needless to say,none of the characters featured are ever seen in spacesuits and neither are any of the characters astronauts.Misleading advertising or what?And the actual film itself is nothing worth watching,despite it's (extremely) compact running time,with it's droll script,bland characters and special effects that could be bettered by the standards of a Wrigley's Spearmint Gum advert.Tinpan was cool,but that was a robot who belonged in a much better movie.Actually,he's a very,very poor man's C-3PO,but I've got a thing for robots (nothing sexual,but,you know).12 year old DTV garbage is still garbage.Tinny and one mildly effective jump scene are the only reasons why I feel in any way lucky to have seen what should by rights be in it's DTV grave yard by now.*

gridoon The filmmakers apparently had enough money to be able to afford decent makeup effects, but not enough for a creature that would move around and attack convincingly. We never get a chance to see the "monster" move from one place to another - whenever that happens (supposedly), the camera focuses on the "terrified" reactions of the humans that are nearby. And when a man is attacked by it, he simply seems to be holding an inanimate object against himself so that it won't fall to the ground. This is still not the worst "Alien" rip-off around (the two "Xtro" films are even worse, for example); it's actually sufficiently entertaining if you've got 68 (!!) minutes to spare. (*1/2)

the_northlander I am the kind of person who can enjoy a good B Movie if it has some kind of redeeming value to it, but Dead Space has nothing to redeem it! This is the kind of film that will make you frustrated, restless and sick to your stomach. Bad acting. Lame story. Terrible effects. Horrible, excruciating dialogue. Dead Space has it all!