In a recent interview, horror legend John Carpenter has once again stated that he would love to make a film adaptation of Dead Space, the horror title from Visceral Games and EA. Carpenter is a huge fan of the Dead Space franchise and had expressed his interest in adapting the game into a film as far back as 2013.John Carpenter rose to prominence in 1978 with the release of his independent horror film Halloween, which he directed, scored, and co-wrote with Debra Hill. Since then, he has been the mind behind such cult phenomena as They Live, Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from New York, and the paranoid body horror film The Thing. Carpenter is also a video game fanatic, having worked as a story consultant on 2011’s F.E.A.R. 3 and voicing the game's narrator, composing the music for 1998's Sentinel Returns, and being included in a cameo capacity in the 2002 The Thing prequel game. Speaking with The AV Club, Carpenter dove into his love of video games, claiming that gaming is "a big part of my life. I enjoy it. It’s a lot more fun than directing movies. That’s hard work. That’s stressful. This is relaxing. I’ll play any time I can." When asked if there would be a game he would turn into a film, he answered, "The only one I can think of, and I’ve mentioned it before, is Dead Space. That would make a real great movie. I could do that." Dead Space, whose body horror creatures the Necromorphs were partially based on the creature from Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing, was originally released in 2008 to critical acclaim with some considering it to be one of the greatest horror games of all time.
Fans of horror, sci-fi, and gaming may see the news of a potential adaptation as both something to celebrate and be wary of. Video game adaptations have been of varying quality and have a reputation of being mishandled by studios, often leaving die-hard fans disappointed by the end product. Although nothing has been confirmed, gamers can take a glimmer of hope from the fact that Carpenter would be the perfect choice to bring Dead Space to the big screen.
Dead Space will be available on January 27, 2023, for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: The AV Club