2017 · horror · sci-fi · mystery
Life
Directed by Daniel Espinosa1h 44m2017
The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.
Our read: Life (2017) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal horror · sci-fi · mystery entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / sci-fi, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- surreal
- cold
- twisty
Watching Life tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Life feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want claustrophobic space horror where the alien outsmarts everyone.”
Skip it tonight — Space horror with graphic creature violence feels too stressful tonight.
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