- HD 1080
- Runtime: 83m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Steve Latshaw, Grant Austin Waldman
- Stars: Blake Pickett, Joe Estevez, Laurie Sherman, Bently Tittle, John Maynard
- keywords: alien creature
- Slogan: One Lean, Mean Slime Machine!
- The Dark Universe is featured in the top rankings of 1993
- #67 in Top Horror Movies of 1993
On its way back to Earth, the space shuttle Nautilus passes through a cloud of alien spores causing its sole occupant, astronaut Steve Thomas to transform into a blood-thirsty monster. The shuttle crashes into a swampy region of central Florida, creating a situation which threatens contagion and/or death to all who encounter the shuttle or its mutated pilot.