Dead Space: Downfall

"Meet Your Maker."

2008 1h 14m EN

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★6.7TMDB · 469★6.3IMDB · 10,259

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On a deep space mining mission to a remote planet, an ancient religious relic - thought to be proof of the existence of God - is unearthed and brought aboard. When the unholy artifact unleashes a long-dormant alien race, its glimpse of Heaven transforms the ship into a living Hell. A prequel to the events of the 2008 video game Dead Space.

“Meet Your Maker.”

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Cast

Bruce Boxleitner
Colin Barrow (voice)
Grey DeLisle
Heather / Donna Fawkes (voice)
Jeff Bennett
Leggio / Dobbs / Jackson (voice)
Jim Cummings
Captain Mathius / Farum (voice)
Lia Sargent
Jen Barrow (voice)
Nika Futterman
Alissa Vincent (voice)
Maurice LaMarche
White / Bavaro (voice)
Kelly Hu
Shen (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Chuck Patton
Writers: Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 74-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Dead Space Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Seth Podowitz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor John Hoyos shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Bruce Boxleitner and Grey DeLisle and Jeff Bennett carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Meet Your Maker.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1267379 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Chuck Patton directs. Seth Podowitz scores. John Hoyos cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 74-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 18 years ago.
3Part of the "Dead Space Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Original score by Seth Podowitz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor John Hoyos shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Bruce Boxleitner and Grey DeLisle and Jeff Bennett carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Meet Your Maker.".
8IMDB entry: tt1267379 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 16 themes, including "colony", "vacuum", "fanatic", "infection".
10Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Seth Podowitz
Editing: John Hoyos
Production design: Ben Wanat
VFX supervisor: Brent M. Bowen
Sound: John Cevetello
Runtime: 74 min · 1h 14m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
IMDB rating: 6.3/10 · 10,259 votes
MPAA: Not Rated

Part of

Dead Space Collection

Movie series as part of the Dead Space Franchise which involves Comics, video games and movies.

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Chuck Patton

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The Movie Diorama2020-01-17
★ 3/10
Dead Space Downfall reduces its space horror aesthetic to a chunk of unpolished planetary rock. Back when Electronic Arts released the original ‘Dead Space’, I happened to download and install the demo. A thirty minute segment that highlighted the darkened horror and survivalist gameplay mechanics. That, well, was enough for me. Far too frightening and involving for me. So when I heard an animated prequel was released, my intrigue once again spiked and perhaps would illicit a fresh wave of adoration for the video game franchise. Sadly, it did the opposite, deterring me away from the games forever. A planetary flight crew discover an extraterrestrial monolithic marker that rapidly turn members into homicidal nightmarish creatures, meaning the remaining individuals must fight to survive. Thus begins the enduring battle against the animalistic Necromorphs. Yet beneath the blood covering the crevices of the Ishimura and the mundane brutality of limbs being severed, is an undercooked plot circling around faith. Followers of the Church of Unitology demanding to see the newly acquired holy relic, devotees oblivious to the chaotic harm that it has caused. Religious persecution, if you will. However the writers chose to subdue this interesting strand and instead incorporated a thirty minute montage of crew members being savaged by Necromorphs through some of the most bland, stilted and downright dreadful animation available. Over-textured blurry 3D CGI monstrosities that forced me to question if I had my spectacles on or not, never complementing the basic 2D character designs. The original ‘Scooby Doo’ series looked better than this, a cartoon created decades ago! The characters themselves had no personality injected into them and instead emanated hard talking shells. “Fight...or die!”. “I’m not a hero, just a man!”. The voice acting was nearly as tedious as a Bible reading powered by the emotionless tones of Tommy Wiseau. The blood, whilst insurmountable in terms of quantity, was too excessive and tame to be effective. If it wasn’t for the overburden of paranoia, mass hysteria and delusional grandeur, which can be contributing factors for deep space travel, this animated prequel would have nothing going for it. It’s just an ‘Alien’ ripoff, and about as dead as the animators’ sense for artistic quality. Just play the game instead.
Ryan Ting2026-09-27
Meet your maker with the 2008 animated horror film from director Chuck Patton & the prequel to the survival horror video game from Electronic Arts, taking place after the limited comic series. Set aboard the planet mining ship USG Ishimura, it details the events following the transportation of an artifact called the Marker from the planet Aegis 7, leading to the deaths of nearly everyone on board at the hands of reanimated mutated corpses dubbed the Necromorphs.

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