Galaxy of Terror (1981)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Bruce D. Clark

Writers:

Bruce D. Clark (writer)
Marc Siegler (writer)

Release Date:

October 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Mystery

Tagline:

Hell has just been relocated!

Plot:

SciFi suspense thriller in which a rescue space ship crew meets up with horrors projected by their own imaginations.

Plot Keywords:

Space | Gore | Monster | Female Nudity | Rape

Cast

Edward Albert	...	Cabren
Erin Moran	...	Alluma
Ray Walston	...	Kore
Bernard Behrens	...	Ilvar
Zalman King	...	Baelon
Robert Englund	...	Ranger
Taaffe O'Connell	...	Dameia
Sid Haig	...	Quuhod
Grace Zabriskie	...	Trantor
Jack Blessing	...	Cos
Mary Ellen O'Neill	...	Mitri

Also Known As:

Mindwarp: An Infinity of Terror
Planet of Horrors
Quest

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-12 (TV rating) | France:-16 (original rating) | Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA

Trivia:

A clip of this movie is on "The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made" DVD Region 1 NTSC.

Goofs:

Continuity: Quuhod drops his crystal throwing star to remove one of the broken points from his arm. When this proves futile, the throwing star reappears in his hand.

Quotes:

Alluma: Aren't you afraid?
Cabren: Too scared to be.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Some Nudity Required (1998)

Pure 80's Sci- Fi entertainment!

A Distant planet hides a secret... An artifact buried deep... It makes your nightmares come alive! (...and then you die...)

This movie is one of my all time sci- fi /horror favorites. A hidden treasure from the cheesy vaults of '80s sci-fi. The effects are beautifully hand crafted and innovative and they still look good today. I have to say, the dark and colorful atmosphere of the film is very unique. It's a classic mix of monsters, miniatures and matte-paintings and of course make-up effects and gore! Not to mention continuity errors, plot holes and some poor acting.

At the same time (a year after)there was this other Corman classic, sleazy sci-fi alien clone: Forbidden World (aka The Mutant), only this time it was much cheaper, recycled effects, sex and nudity and of course gore. Still, Forbidden World is quite OK and fun to watch.

The story in Galaxy Of Terror is old and used, the same idea was also used in '90s films like The Sphere and Event Horizon. I was a young kid, when I first saw this film in a crappy, heavily cut VHS form and since then I wanted to see it again. A bit nostalgia here...

Now twenty years later I own the DVD- release of Galaxy Of Terror and this version was UNCUT, the infamous "worm rape"- scene and other gore is intact! It was also funny to see Erin Moran (from "Happy Days") to get the sci-fi "treatment".

The (UK) DVD quality is quite OK, uncut version, no extras, aspect ratio 4:3 (open matte?), mono sound. It should have deserved a Special Edition!!! -hopefully someday...

There is an Italian DVD release available, 16:9 screen format (cropped from the 4:3?) English audio, burnt in Italian subtitles.

What more can I say, I just love this film!