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Lifepod (1993)

Lifepod poster
Directed by
Ron Silver
Genre
adventure film, science fiction film, Christmas film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Survivors of a sabotaged spacecraft are stuck together in an escape pod, and they gradually figure out that a killer could be hiding among them. As resources run low, trust breaks down and paranoia grows.

tenseclaustrophobicsuspensefulcharacter-drivendarkatmosphericsurvival

What happens

Lifepod is a 1993 television film reworking of the Alfred Hitchcock film Lifeboat. It starred Ron Silver, Robert Loggia, Kelli Williams & C. C. H. Pounder, with Silver also directing. It aired on Fox Network in June 1993. Lifepod moved the action from an ocean-bound lifeboat on Earth to a spacecraft's escape pod, with the characters the survivors of a sabotaged spacecraft. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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