Iron Lung (2026)

Mark Edward Fischbach, better known to his 38 million YouTube subscribers as Markiplier, has always been a one-man operation. It’s why when it came to directing his first feature film, he also starred in, wrote, edited, financed and distributed it. The movie, a claustrophobic horror video game adaptation of “Iron Lung,” is set to open [...]

Return to Silent Hill came out last week and, unfortunately, failed to captivate the magic of the original film despite its truth-to-source approach. While that was a bummer for fans of horror games, another film hit the market. Markiplier's Iron Lung, adapting the eponymous indie horror title, came out today and is getting stellar reviews from fans.The film began its theatrical run on Jan. 30 and is already being praised by many. With a 93-percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film is a nice break from last-week's disappointment, and proof that smaller projects can still be of high quality.Markiplier both starred and directed in the film which, as the game, is set in a submarine. Image via MarkiplierMoviegoers highlighted that, despite being Markiplier's directorial debut, the film establishes a strong, oppressive atmosphere that echoes what we saw in the game itself. The title, set in a claustrophobic submarine exploring a blood ocean in vacuous space, became a viral hit precisely due to how relentlessly heavy the pressure was (pun intended). The film, it seems, captures that perfectly."It kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire movie," one audience member said. Others hailed Markiplier's adherence to the source material:"This is how you make a faithful movie to the game. Using the source material and expanding on the lore and story." Iron Lung, though interesting conceptually, didn't have much lore or world building outside of the game's short and limited experience, and it appears the story was greatly expanded upon for the purpose of the movie. The overarching narrative is based around a universe where the Biblical Rapture (or its equivalent) happened, snuffing out every star and planet in the cosmos and leaving it a dark, empty void. A space ship of which you happen to be a member was excluded from this catastrophe, leading everyone on board to believe they were the sole survivors. The blood ocean mentioned above is soon discovered, and you're tasked with exploring it. It's a cool concept, but rather limited, so I'm happy Markiplier and his team branched it out, as that could potentially lead to new releases, movies, shows, or other multimedia projects.The post Return to Silent Hill may have flopped, but another horror game adaptation is getting raving reviews appeared first on Destructoid.

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