Considering the genetic link between that fungoid-zombie apocalypse and Dead Space’s interstellar grand-guignol, is it too much to anticipate that we’ll soon see Isaac Clark played by another almost-A-list actor with the right air of lovelorn worry and grunting competence? We never thought we would get a prestige TV show out of a prestige game, but here it is. The Last of Us is an especially interesting example in this context. Where Game of Thrones, Hannibal and The Walking Dead led, HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Usfollows. Likewise, televisual horror-emboldened by the looser regulations and deep pockets of the major streaming services-is going for our collective throats. Horror movies are reveling in extravagant, hyperbolic carnage, with underground hits such as Terrifier 2 (2022) and Taiwanese gore-carnival The Sadness (2021) sating a bloodlust we haven’t seen since the torture-porn days of the early 2000s. Violent horror is having a moment across a whole slew of visual media-and the audience’s appetite for blood has been freshly awoken. It seems a weirdly appropriate moment to hit refresh on Dead Space.
'The Last of Us' is 2023's First Great TV Show.Will the last of us pave the way for dead space? As the game’s writer, Jo Berry, explained to me: “We’ve literally remade everything, all the textures, all the geometry, all the animations. And this is no mere remaster, repackaged with a patina of improvement. Initially slated for release in fall of 2022, the game has now finally arrived on PS5 and Xbox X/S. In July 2021, fans were thrilled to hear that EA was planning a full remake, to be developed by Motive Studio. However, in an era when landmark horror titles, like Resident Evil and The Last of Us, are frequently given a next-gen polish, Dead Space always seemed especially deserving of an upgrade. After all that time, despite a series of lesser sequels and spinoffs-not to mention the higher standards set by newer consoles-the reputation of the original Dead Space remains undiminished. The game won over a dozen industry awards and firmly established a Pavlovian fear-response in gamers upon hearing the words “crew deck,” “lurker,” or “drag tentacle.”įifteen years have passed since we first accompanied the beleaguered engineer, Isaac Clarke, on his torturous journey through the mining vessel USG Ishimura. Easily one of the most frightening video games ever made, Electronic Arts’ space-survival-horror title built upon the successes of Resident Evil and Silent Hill to deliver an ordeal that dirtied the player’s soul just as much as it rattled their nervous system. For a certain generation of gamers, 2008’s Dead Space was an unforgettable experience, a once-played, never-shaken onslaught of cosmic dread, aural torment, and pixelated viscera.
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