![]() It's worth noting that actors play the material just right, going through the required paces without condescending to the material yet doing so with a twinkle in the eye that lets you know they're in on the fun. There's even a delightfully gratuitous scene where the women converse in some kind of weird futuristic disco/planetarium light-show "shower" so we can them in the buff for a second time. Glaser (June Chadwick) and the young, doe-eyed beauty Baxter (former nude model Dawn Dunlap). The creature design shamelessly apes the Giger-esque biomechanical approach of Alien (albeit on a dime-store budget) but it's fun in the plastic-but-endearing style of 1950's sci-fi - and the climactic demise of said creature is one for the record books.īetter yet, Holzman also works in some noteworthy sleaze - in between alien battles, Colby works in a clothes-free romp with both of the facilty's female staff members, the hot-to-trot cougar Dr. Highlights include one crew member's half-melted face after an alien encounter and another getting killed in a rather rude fashion by a rogue tentacle. A who's who of makeup-FX up-and-comers worked on this flick (John Carl Buechler, Mark Shostrom, Chris Biggs, etc.) and they deliver the gruesome goods from start to finish. Forbidden World is a textbook example of how to make a trashy knockoff of a hit film.Įveryone involved knew slimy creatures and gore were a big drawing point in Alien so they deliver a double-helping here. The end results are exactly the kind of sleazy, trashy b-movie fare that bluenose film critics warn you to avoid - and that's exactly why any self-respecting schlockophile needs to see it. Colby works in tandem with chain-smoking, terminally-ill scientist Cal (Fox Harris of Repo Man fame) to figure out a way to stop it before it kills them all. The little beastie begins shifting its shape into larger, deadlier (and more Giger-esque) variations as it begins picking off the crew in slimy, nasty ways. However, Colby's talents are immediately put to use when the creature emerges from its cocoon and leaps onto the face of a janitor (Michael Bowen) who was dumb enough to leave its cage door open. They've created a kill-happy mutation in the process and Colby has been brought in to neutralize it so can be studied. Colby arrives on planet Xarbia, where a group of scientists are engaged in risky experiments designed to create a foodstuff that can reproduce itself. The results passed muster and were subsequently grafted onto a new storyline modeled closely on the plot hooks of Alien. ![]() This footage was the result of Corman allowing New World editor Allan Holzman write and shoot some test footage over a weekend to see if he was ready to direct his own project. This scene is notable for being shot on a leftover Galaxy Of Terror set and utilizing spaceship dogfight footage leftover from Corman's Star Wars riff, Battle Beyond The Stars. It begins with a blast as interstellar "troubleshooter" Mike Colby (Jesse Vint) is awakened from hyperspace to fight off some attacking spaceships in a skillfully-edited prologue. ![]() One of the finest products of this "if it works, recycle it" philosophy is Forbidden World.
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