Dead Space (1991)

A deadly virus attacks the crew of a Saturn space station.

Director:

Fred Gallo

Writer:

Catherine Cyran (screenplay)

Stars:

Marc Singer, Laura Mae Tate, Bryan Cranston

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Marc Singer	...	Commander Steve Krieger
Laura Mae Tate	...	Dr. Marissa Salinger (as Laura Tate)
Bryan Cranston	...	Dr. Frank Darden
Judith Chapman	...	Dr. Emily Stote
Randy Reinholz	...	Tim
Frank Roman	...	Sal Dickens
Lori Lively	...	Jill Tollman
Greg Blanchard	...	Joe
Rodger Halston	...	Tinpan (as Rodger Hall)
Liz Rogers	...	Devon Latham

Storyline

Phaebon had been thought to be a safe and controlled research facility until a distress signal calls for Commander Kreiger and his robot Tinpan. Together, they try to save the planet from a spreading virus and an odd and growing cocoon.

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Plot Keywords:

virus | robot | rock climbing | alien | cult film | 

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Taglines:

In the Coldness of Space - Even Hell Freezes Over.

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sensuality and violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 January 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dead Space - Galaxis des Grauens

Filming Locations:

Vasquez Rocks, Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Concorde Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

72 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Fred Gallo didn't see the script until the first day of shooting.

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Connections

Remake of Forbidden World (1982)

User Reviews

Can a film that lasts only 70 minutes really be this boring?

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs

The plot,as it were,has Marc Singer as a character called Captain Krieger who along with his robot,er,Tinpan (Rodger Hall), zooms about the universe doing not a very lot,it would seem.Until,that is,he answers a distress call from a research facility by the name of Phaebon,where a potentially lethal virus has been discovered.Before long,all manner of hell has broken loose and the virus (that,by the end,has somehow inexplicably taken the form of a giant monster) must be stopped.

Only 70 minutes long.Only 10 characters featured.Yet Dead Space still manages to be a total Dead Zone of a film.

I was enticed to view this very obvious B movie on account of a nice looking cover of a skeleton in a spacesuit.Needless to say,none of the characters featured are ever seen in spacesuits and neither are any of the characters astronauts.Misleading advertising or what?

And the actual film itself is nothing worth watching,despite it's (extremely) compact running time,with it's droll script,bland characters and special effects that could be bettered by the standards of a Wrigley's Spearmint Gum advert.

Tinpan was cool,but that was a robot who belonged in a much better movie.Actually,he's a very,very poor man's C-3PO,but I've got a thing for robots (nothing sexual,but,you know).

12 year old DTV garbage is still garbage.Tinny and one mildly effective jump scene are the only reasons why I feel in any way lucky to have seen what should by rights be in it's DTV grave yard by now.*