pandorum

Pandorum is a 2009 science fiction horror film directed by Christian Alvart. The story follows two crew members, Payton and Bower, who awaken from hypersleep aboard a massive interstellar spacecraft, the Elysium, with no memory of their mission or how they got there. As they explore the deserted ship, they discover that something has gone terribly wrong and that the vessel is far from empty.

The film's plot unfolds as Payton and Bower try to piece together their past and understand the dire situation they are in. They encounter disturbing evidence of the ship's descent into chaos, including evidence of violence and mutated creatures that now inhabit the ship's darkened corridors. The crew members suffer from a psychological condition known as "pandorum," a form of madness that can affect those in long-term hypersleep, which may explain some of the ship's catastrophic events.

As they delve deeper, they realize that the Elysium was on a mission to terraform a new planet, but something intervened. The narrative weaves between their present struggle for survival and fragmented flashbacks that reveal the events leading up to their awakening. The film explores themes of memory loss, isolation, and the fragility of the human psyche under extreme stress. The creatures they encounter are revealed to be former crew members who have undergone a horrifying transformation. The film culminates in a desperate attempt by the survivors to regain control of the ship and potentially complete their original mission, or at least escape.