Inseminoid (1981)

Director:

Norman J. Warren

Writers:

Nick Maley (screenplay) and
Gloria Maley (screenplay)

Release Date:

November 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Somewhere in the Depth of Space ... A Horrific Nightmare is About to Become a Reality.

Plot:

A crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murder them one by one.

Plot Keywords:

Creature | Impregnated | Planet | Crew | Murder

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Robin Clarke	...	Mark
Jennifer Ashley	...	Holly
Stephanie Beacham	...	Kate
Steven Grives	...	Gary
Barrie Houghton	...	Karl (as Barry Houghton)
Rosalind Lloyd	...	Gail
Victoria Tennant	...	Barbra
Trevor Thomas	...	Mitch
Heather Wright	...	Sharon
David Baxt	...	Ricky
Dominic Jephcott	...	Dean
John Segal	...	Jeff
Kevin O'Shea	...	Corin
Robert Pugh	...	Roy
Judy Geeson	...	Sandy

Also Known As:

Horror Planet (USA)
Horrorplanet (USA)

Runtime:

USA:93 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM14 | Finland:(Banned) (1985) | New Zealand:R16 | Sweden:18 (video rating) | Australia:R | France:-16 | Iceland:(Banned) | UK:15 (video re-rating) (2005) | UK:18 (video rating) (1987) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Chislehurst Caves, Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK

Company:

Jupiter Film Productions

Trivia:

Originally Norman J. Warren wanted orchestral sound in Inseminoid, but because of a lack of budget John Scott suggested electronic synthesizers.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When everyone has blocked themselves into a control room, Sandy decides to blow the door in with explosives near by. When the door flies off, it blows outwards towards her in the corridor, not inwards.

Movie Connections:

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Scary Creature Invades Video Box, Disappears For Most of Movie

I remember when I was younger reading all about this film in "Fangoria" magazine, and I was really excited when they finally gave it a letterboxed DVD release. In retrospect, they could have probably found someone's home movie to digitally remaster and it would have been more enjoyable than this film.

I wanted to like the film and I couldn't, it was simply too boring and uneventful. Basically there are two acts: one involves an archaeological dig on an "alien" planet (looks pretty much like Earth to me) and the second features poor Judy Geeson being impregnated by the aliens, which results in Geeson rushing around the tunnels, compulsively murdering her companions after trying to make them laugh with silly faces.

They only show a glimpse of the monster, ditto for the two babies that are birthed by Geeson, and that's probably a good thing, as they are basically unconvincing hand puppets. Everything leading up to the "alien birth" finale is boring, with precious few thrills to pad out the run time. It's not well-written enough to be interesting, and not over-the-top enough to be a great B-movie. Very shoddy production, and not even played for very many laughs, although they really go for some camp value at the end when we get to see inside the spaceship of the rescuers. This sequence was truly hilarious! View this one only if you're addicted to junk cinema and "ALIEN" ripoffs.