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Alien horror with the same character focus and isolated setting.
Overall8.0
Fear3.0
Atmos8.0
Gore0.0
conspiracy
Sphere
1998 · PG-13 · 2h 14m
Terror can fill any space.
A spacecraft is discovered at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists and experts is assembled and taken to the ocean floor to investigate. However, the ship is not as it seems and when a giant perfect sphere is discovered in the cargo bay, things begin to fall apart.
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Release
- In theaters
- February 13, 1998
Curator Score
Based on 1 curator rating · How we score
Leans into atmosphere, light on gore.
Jump scares
Sphere has 4 jump scares. Compare counts
Age suitability
Sphere is rated PG-13. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating. It scored 2.0/10 for fear and 1.0/10 for gore, and carries no content warnings.
6.4Overall
Fear2.0
Gore1.0
Atmosphere7.5
Genres
science-fictionmysteryhorrorthriller
Tags
Subgenre
conspiracyalien
Tone
psychologicalslow-burntwistcharacter-driven
Setting
isolated-locationwater
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Details
Budget$80M
Box office$37M
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Starring
Dustin Hoffman as Dr. Norman Goodman · Sharon Stone as Dr. Elizabeth 'Beth' Halperin · Samuel L. Jackson as Dr. Harry Adams · Peter Coyote as Captain Harold C. Barnes · Liev Schreiber as Dr. Ted Fielding · Queen Latifah as Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher · Marga Gómez as Jane Edmunds · Huey Lewis as Helicopter Pilot
Production
Baltimore Pictures, Constant c Productions, Punch Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
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