Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars vs I Saw the TV Glow

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.1/10 for I Saw the TV Glow). Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is the shorter watch at 1h 2m compared with 1h 40m. Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is the older of the two (2009 against 2024). Both are drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars posterDoctor Who: The Waters of Mars2009 VS I Saw the TV Glow posterI Saw the TV Glow2024
Doctor Who: The Waters of MarsI Saw the TV Glow
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 6.1/10
Year20092024
Length1h 2m1h 40m
GenresAdventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, TV MovieDrama, Horror
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorGraeme HarperJane Schoenbrun
Main castLindsay Duncan, David Tennant, Gemma Chan, Michael Goldsmith, Sharon Duncan-BrewsterDanielle Deadwyler, Justice Smith, Michael C. Maronna, Jack Haven, Conner O'Malley

Synopsis

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

In a Mars base, the inhabitants are being infected by a mysterious water creature which takes over its victims. The Doctor is thrust into the middle of this catastrophe, knowing a larger one is waiting around the corner.

I Saw the TV Glow

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

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