SGS 2.01 - Isolation Survival Horror: Alone With No Way Out

Today’s episode is a Subgenre Spotlight on Isolation Survival Horror, those nerve-shredding stories where characters are cut off, cornered, and forced to fight nature, circumstance, or their own unraveling minds. From icy mountains and open oceans to malfunctioning spacecraft and broken elevators, we explore how horror thrives when help is out of reach and every decision matters. Featuring a wide range of films, from grounded realism to high-concept dread, we break down what makes this subgenre so uniquely tense, relentless, and deeply human.

FILMS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

Lifeboat (1944), The Old Man and the Sea (1958), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), Dark Star (1974), Alive (1993), Cast Away (2000), Open Water (2003), Christmas on Mars (2008), The Canyon (2009), Moon (2009), Buried (2010), Frozen (2010), The Reef (2010), Thirst (2010), 247°F (2011), Love (2011), Gravity (2013), Scenic Route (2013), Backcountry (2014), The Martian (2015), The Shallows (2016), 12 Feet Deep (2017), 47 Meters Down (2017), Adrift (2018), The Pool (2018), Break (2019), Crawl (2019), Outback (2019), Centigrade (2020), Oxygen (2021), Fall (2022), The Dive (2023), Nowhere (2023)

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Music:

Twisting, Half Mystery, Exit The Premises

By Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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