Rancid Cargo is a short fan film based on the much-beloved video game Dead Space.
In this cinematic reimagining, we follow Isaac Clarke as he travels to a deep-space mining ship called the USG Ishimura. Isaac’s longtime girlfriend Nicole has failed to return from the Ishimura on her scheduled leave, with Isaac hearing nothing from her other than a cryptic message weeks earlier. Wanting to investigate why Nicole never returned, Isaac takes a job posting and boards a transport shuttle to the Ishimura, where he is joined by communications systems analyst Kendra Daniels. Kendra seems to be much more familiar with the situation they’ll be walking into than Isaac is — however, once they arrive, neither is prepared for what they find.
The USG Ishimura appears to have been abandoned, and after doing some looking around, Isaac and Kendra mistakenly reactivate a quarantine protocol. With the quarantine measures in effect, Kendra and Isaac are cut off from one another, and unable to leave. The two work together from afar to find a way off of the ship, but along the way Isaac discovers the reason that the crew is mysteriously missing…