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Slasher

GamesUndeadSomething from outer space2000 to 2009

The basic Necromorph of Dead Space and the model for the series' central rule: do not aim for the head. Necromorphs are human corpses rebuilt by an alien signal, and only removing the limbs stops them. Critics have treated them as a landmark in video game horror.1234

⚔️ Battle it
First appeared
2008
Dead Space (2008)
Source work
Dead Space (2008)
EA Redwood Shores (Visceral Games)
Age rating
ESRB M
Made in
USA
What causes it
Something from outer space
The signal of the alien Markers reshapes dead tissue; the infection spreads through Necromorph tissue and reanimates corpses in new forms.
How you become one
A human corpse is reshaped by the Marker infection.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • cutting off the limbs

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2008

Dead Space (2008)

field notes

What the sources say

1

The most common Necromorph1234

2

Its arms are reshaped into long blades1234

3

Keeps coming with large parts of its body shot away1234

4

Shooting the head only enrages it1234

5

Bursts out of vents or rises from bodies on the floor1234

Sources

  1. Necromorphs - Dead Space Wiki (Fandom)
  2. Necromorph - Wikipedia
  3. Dead Space (2008 video game) - Wikipedia
  4. Dead Space (2008) - RAWG

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