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[title]‘Life in space is impossible,’ the opening titles of ‘Gravity’ informed us. Most scf-fi movies agree: death in space is not only possible, it’s pretty likely, and often quite spectacular. You could get blown out of an airlock, blasted by a marauding robot, eaten by a giant sandworm or poisoned by the lurking Wood Beast. And getting back down to Earth doesn’t guarantee your safety, what with all the scientific mishaps, telepathic psychopaths and toxic waste we have lying around down here.
Here are 20 of the most extreme, explosive, exploitative, gut-bursting, eye-popping, head-munching, laser-blasting death scenes in science fiction. Keep your spacesuit on while reading to avoid getting splattered…
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