A super hero in Biloxi? These 8 science fiction & horror films were made or set in MS
If you’re not ready to get past holiday celebrations, we have good news for you. Today is National Science Fiction Day.
Commemorate this glorious event with the time-honored tradition of bingeing movies. Here’s a list of horror and science fiction movies set or filmed in Mississippi.
The Blob (1958): This science fiction horror film was set in Pennsylvania, but filmed in Chester, Mississippi.
The Return of Swamp Thing (1989): This science fiction superhero film was filmed in several locations in Mississippi, including Jackson, Canton and Hinds County.
Deadpool 2 (2018): The super hero film starring Ryan Reynolds as a Mississippi Coast connection. In Biloxi, Deadpool disguises himself as a stripper to catch a few criminals.
Don’t Kill It (2016): A demon hunter (Dolph Lundgren) travels to Mississippi to track down and destroy an ancient homicidal demon. The movie was filmed in Lexington, Mississippi.
The Legend of Gator Face (1996): Two friends live in a small Mississippi town with a legend involving a monster called Gator Face living in a nearby swamp. After dressing like the swamp thing, they discover it is real.
The Little Mermaid (2018): In this live action film, a man takes his niece to Mississippi where a mermaid has been captured. The mermaid’s captor sells the water she swims in, claiming it can cure any ailment.
The Tempest (1998): The film, starring Peter Fonda, Katherine Heigl and John Glover, is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic. In this version set in Mississippi during the Civil War, a man is kicked off his farm and uses magic he learned from one of his slaves to protect his daughter and help the Union.
X-Men (2000): In Meridian, Mississippi, in the “not too distant future,” a teenager accidentally puts her boyfriend in a coma by kissing him. She changes then changes her name to Rogue, runs away to Canada and joins the X-Men.
