I vaguely remember a crew of people on a ship being controlled by the mother of a guy trapped in a pod somewhere in the ship. The ship is killing people off one by one and the guy that's trapped eventually tries to help the crew... anyone have a clue about what movie it could have been?

I don't know your age - how long ago was your youth?

Have you looked here? The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Way to go me, I forget to add some pretty crucial information. I'm 32 years old, the movie would be from the early to late eighties, maybe even very early nineties... I tried looking for it on a ton of 80's and 90's sci fi movie lists, but your really just get a repeat of top 100 lists. Any help would be appreciated.

Nightflyers?

Quinn, thank you, that is the movie. Holy **** man, I've been looking for it for a long time and I never would have guessed that was the title... I also had an impossible time trying to look it up myself. Thanks again.

Glad to help.