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Deep Space

  • 19881988
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  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
991
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Deep Space (1988)
A spaceship with a hideous monster with an incredible appetite for flesh crashes to Earth. Unsuspecting policemen Ian Mclemore and Jerry Merris investigate the wreckage. They discover several small pods, which they remove.
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A spaceship with a hideous monster with an incredible appetite for flesh crashes to Earth. Unsuspecting policemen Ian Mclemore and Jerry Merris investigate the wreckage. They discover severa... Read allA spaceship with a hideous monster with an incredible appetite for flesh crashes to Earth. Unsuspecting policemen Ian Mclemore and Jerry Merris investigate the wreckage. They discover several small pods, which they remove.A spaceship with a hideous monster with an incredible appetite for flesh crashes to Earth. Unsuspecting policemen Ian Mclemore and Jerry Merris investigate the wreckage. They discover several small pods, which they remove.
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
991
YOUR RATING
    • Fred Olen Ray
    • Fred Olen Ray
    • T.L. Lankford
  • Stars
    • Charles Napier
    • Ann Turkel
    • Bo Svenson
    • Fred Olen Ray
    • Fred Olen Ray
    • T.L. Lankford
  • Stars
    • Charles Napier
    • Ann Turkel
    • Bo Svenson
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    • 18User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
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    Deep Space (1988)
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    Charles Napier and Ann Turkel in Deep Space (1988)
    Elisabeth Brooks and Charles Napier in Deep Space (1988)
    Charles Napier and Ann Turkel in Deep Space (1988)
    Bo Svenson in Deep Space (1988)
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    Charles Napier
    Charles Napier
    • Ian McLemore
    Ann Turkel
    Ann Turkel
    • Carla Sandbourn
    Bo Svenson
    Bo Svenson
    • Captain Robertson
    Ron Glass
    Ron Glass
    • Jerry Merris
    Julie Newmar
    Julie Newmar
    • Lady Elaine
    James Booth
    James Booth
    • Dr. Forsythe
    Norman Burton
    Norman Burton
    • General Randolph
    Jesse Dabson
    Jesse Dabson
    • Jason
    Elisabeth Brooks
    Elisabeth Brooks
    • Mrs. Ridley
    Anthony Eisley
    Anthony Eisley
    • Dr. Rogers
    Peter Palmer
    Peter Palmer
    • Pike
    Fox Harris
    • Prof. Whately
    Michael Forest
    Michael Forest
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    Dawn Wildsmith
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      • Fred Olen Ray
      • Fred Olen Ray
      • T.L. Lankford
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    • Trivia
      The creature is very similar in appearance to the creature in Alien (1979). It attacks by grabbing onto the mouth of its victim before entering the victim's body. It bursts out of the chest of the victim. When the creature opens its mouth, another extension comes out of the mouth and opens its mouth.
    • Goofs
      In the opening credits Ann Turkel's name is misspelled as "Anne".
    • Quotes

      Jerry Merris: You know the big brown thing? It's gone.

    • Connections
      Edited into Dark Universe (1993)

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    7/10
    Agreeably silly.
    The late, great character actor Charles Napier, a favourite of filmmakers Jonathan Demme and Russ Meyer, here has one of his rare leading roles. He plays Ian McLemore, your standard-issue rule-breaking, maverick police detective. He and his partner Jerry Merris (Ron Glass of 'Barney Miller' fame) pick up the trail of a monster that's crashed to Earth. But this is no actual extraterrestrial; it's a predatory life form that was designed by the government for use as a biological weapon. Various G-men try to stymy McLemores' efforts as he vows to find and destroy the rampaging, slime-spewing creature.

    Afforded a relatively bigger budget than was usual for him, veteran B movie director Fred Olen Ray shows us a pretty good time with this one. It's knowingly cheesy stuff; the actors stop short of winking for the camera, but there IS a definite tongue-in-cheek quality to the whole script (written by Ray and T.L. Lankford). Some of the lines ARE pretty dopey. And Ray & company lightly poke fun at the conventions of the genre with their inclusion of various cliches (such as the hard-driving boss (Bo Svenson) who demands results). The body count is modest, but the monster is appropriately gnarly, the pace is good, and the movie generates some genuine chuckles along the way. It also features a unique seduction scene, as McLemore literally charms the pants off of hottie cop Sandbourn (Ann Turkel, "Humanoids from the Deep") by donning a kilt and playing the bagpipes.

    As was often Rays' style, he packs the cast with a number of familiar faces, some from B movies of old, like Anthony Eisley ("The Wasp Woman"), Norman Burton ("Bloodsport"), Michael Forest ("Beast from Haunted Cave"), Elisabeth Brooks (the temptress from "The Howling"), James Booth ("Avenging Force"), Fox Harris ("Repo Man"), and Rachel Howard (Chili in "Friday the 13th Part III"). Julie "Catwoman" Newmar plays a psychic lady who has to try to convince authorities that her information has merit. The engaging Napier, all full of swagger, has good chemistry with both the sexy Turkel and the amiable Glass.

    "Deep Space" is no great shakes, but then it's not even *trying* to be. It's merely good, straightforward entertainment that gives fans of the genre a good show for 91 reasonable minutes.

    Seven out of 10.
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    • Release date
      • April 14, 1988 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Trans World Entertainment (TWE)
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
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