#pandorum

[jackharkness]

-Where are we? -Aboard the Elysium.

PANDORUM (2009) dir. Christian Alvart

[deepdwellingsteamboat]

PANDORUM 2009・dir. Christian Alvart

[lobbycards]

Pandorum, German lobby card. 2009

[theliteralbear]

[orchidblack]

In a world where Event Horizon has been fully reclaimed as a B-movie classic, I'm surprised Pandorum (2009) has yet to find its cult. Dependable character actor assholes Ben Foster and Dennis Quaid play flight officers on a generation ship, mysteriously awakened from hibernation mid-voyage. With little clear memory of their mission or even themselves, they try to piece together what's happened, soon learning

[spoiler]

the ship has become a medieval hellscape overrun by marauding black metal orcs. The first 30-odd minutes are note-perfect, intensely atmospheric sci-fi horror, and the rest is never less than entertainingly batshit, with some cool ideas around the edges. Imagine The Descent in space, by way of a Tool video.

[hourlynorm]

Pandorum (2009)

[filmso2]

Pandorum

2009

[tilac-f-f]

Nadia cool.