# Looking for an 80s/90s seemingly Low-Budget Sci-Fi Movie

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**Category:** Movies\
**Tags:** sci-fi\
**Created:** [June 5, 2025, 8:08am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/looking-for-an-80s-90s-seemingly-low-budget-sci-fi-movie/9341 "2025-06-05T08:08:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![multiman](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@multiman](https://filmfind.me/u/multiman)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:08am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/looking-for-an-80s-90s-seemingly-low-budget-sci-fi-movie/9341/1 "2025-06-05T08:08:44Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to remember a science fiction movie I watched as a kid, likely from the **late 80s or early 90s**. It felt like a **lower-budget production** with perhaps a less famous cast.

Here are the key plot points and details I recall:

- The story takes place on a **large spaceship that gets lost** or stranded.
- The crew gradually starts to suffer from **dwindling supplies, then oxygen depletion**.
- There’s a specific, tense scene where they have to **choose between keeping the reserve oxygen running or the climate control/AC**.
- A very distinctive character was the **ship’s technician/engineer**. He was a **short man** , and his **hand was amputated at the wrist, replaced by a bionic attachment** onto which he could connect various tools (like drills) for repairs. This detail is very clear in my memory.
- They discover that one of the crew members, a **polite and seemingly calm man, is actually a killer** who’s murdering them one by one.
- They manage to **forcefully eject the killer into space**.
- Eventually, a **rescue ship arrives** and finds the survivors.

I’ve already ruled out _Pandorum_, _Supernova_, _Alien_ series, _Event Horizon_, and _Starship Troopers 2_.

Any help identifying this film would be greatly appreciated! My memory is a bit hazy on the title, but these specific details are strong.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![casspir](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@casspir](https://filmfind.me/u/casspir)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/looking-for-an-80s-90s-seemingly-low-budget-sci-fi-movie/9341/2 "2025-06-05T08:35:12Z")

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The full movie can be watched here, at the 1:19:12 mark you can see the midget/dwarf man with metallic/bionic arm, at the end of the movie they eject the killer through the airlock (circa at the 1:26:00 mark), and at the 1:27:00 mark the rescue ship arrives:

[![](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d851a7b062f7edc9746026342340724ead9d41a9.jpeg "Lifepod (TV Movie 1993)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EupaZUnDSJA)

> **[Lifepod (TV Movie 1993) ⭐ 5.5 | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107415/)**
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> 1h 29m

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**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/looking-for-an-80s-90s-seemingly-low-budget-sci-fi-movie/9341/3 "2025-06-05T08:35:25Z")

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Maybe ? I didn’t watch, but I found using by IMDB filters.  
“After an accident during a routine trip to Venus, a spaceship has only enough oxygen left for three people… out of five on board.”

> **[Trapped in Space (TV Movie 1994) ⭐ 4.8 | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108380/?ref_=tturv_ov_bk)**
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> 1h 27m | PG-13

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**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:38am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/looking-for-an-80s-90s-seemingly-low-budget-sci-fi-movie/9341/4 "2025-06-05T08:38:07Z")

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Other possiblity, but I doubt.

> **[Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (TV Movie 1983) ⭐ 4.9 | Sci-Fi,...](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086357/?ref_=sr_t_1)**
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> 1h 55m | Not Rated

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**Author:** ![multiman](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@multiman](https://filmfind.me/u/multiman)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/looking-for-an-80s-90s-seemingly-low-budget-sci-fi-movie/9341/5 "2025-06-05T15:19:26Z")

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Yes, this is THE movie (Lifepod)! I don’t know how do you do this guys. Even the AI couldn’t help.

Thank you very much