Horror Planet (1981)
"Inseminoid" (original title)

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.

Director:

Norman J. Warren

Writers:

Nick Maley (screenplay), Gloria Maley (screenplay)

Stars:

Robin Clarke, Jennifer Ashley, Stephanie Beacham

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited 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

Storyline

A group of scientists are working in a lab located on a distant planet. One of them, Sandy, is attacked, raped and impregnated by a monstrous creature. She then begins to stalk her colleagues one by one, killing them and drinking their blood.

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Plot Keywords:

creature | blood | planet | alien | murder | 

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Taglines:

Beyond Time And Somewhere In Space Is ... "Horror Planet"

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

November 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Horrorplanet

Filming Locations:

Chislehurst Caves, Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jupiter Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First feature film of Robert Pugh.

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Goofs

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.

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Quotes

Gary: She's very strong.

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Connections

Featured in Judy Geeson: Inseminoid Girl (2004)

User Reviews

Alien on a shoestring.

Another blatant cash-in/knock-off/rip-off of Ridley Scott's Alien, Norman J. Warren's low-budget sci-fi/horror Inseminoid is an absolutely dire viewing experience from start to finish, cheap and nasty to look at, poorly directed, and devoid of any originality, atmosphere, tension or excitement whatsoever.

Shot in and around Chislehurst Caves, which are made to look like an alien environment through the 'clever' use of coloured filters and a smoke machine, this cheap, exploitative piece of crap sees a group of interplanetary boffins (including past-their-prime Hammer babes Stephanie Beacham and Judy Geeson, and future star Victoria Tennant) discover a malevolent extraterrestrial buried in a tomb. The creature infects a member of the team, turning him into a raging maniac, before raping Geeson's character, sending her into a non-stop fit of violent hysterics for the rest of the film (I found Geeson's performance virtually unbearable; I cheered when she got strangled).

Visual effects are primitive (think 'Blakes 7' and you won't go far wrong), there is some rather basic gore which is unlikely to impress, and only Geeson gets her baps out (Stephanie's would have been better), but praise must go to the set, prop, and costume designers, without whose sterling work I wouldn't have laughed so hard: the movie's high-tech space base is constructed from plywood, vacuum formed plastic (decorated with naff futuristic stencil graphics), and assorted plastic crates; the deep space exploration team come equipped with a set of hedge trimmers (!?!?); and space-wear consists of a choice of silver or gold jumpsuit teamed with either a firefighter's mask or motorcycle helmet, and a length of vacuum cleaner hose attached to supply oxygen.