![]() The Making of Forbidden World (34m 15s, SD) This is a pretty standard making-of with interviews from many involved in the production. The picture quality is obviously miles better than the 2010 DVD. There isn’t too much of a difference in picture quality, save for a few scenes here and there. This time around, Scream Factory found the only existing print of this version and did a 2K scan of it. The video was not very good and the film was in 1.33:1. This version of the film was released alongside the theatrical version in 2010, but this version was only available on a DVD included with that release. Still, I can say that I do recommend checking it out if you are a fan of B-movies or Corman. I didn’t give two shits about the characters and that took a lot away from what could have been a great film. ![]() Of course, you have to overlook a lot of bad to get to the good, but that comes with the territory. I'm just saying that she did not do a great job here.įorbidden World is a decent film at best. That isn't to say that the composer is bad. After watching Humanoids from the Deep and Battle Beyond the Star, which have amazing James Horner scores, the one here sounds like garbage in comparison. These characters render the film rather boring as we are along for the ride but don't want them aboard. This may be a minor gripe to some but Corman's films always have characters that we care for and can remember, but here I didn't give two shots whether anyone lived or died. The problem that I had with the film is that the characters are instantly forgettable. I will not reveal it here but I will say that it is one of the more creative things found here. There is also the way that heroes dispatch of the alien. The alien eats its way through the side of a guy's face and we get to see the aftermath which was something I had never seen before. There are some really disgusting gore effects that caught me off guard. The film is down and dirty, just like Alien, and features copious amounts of nudity because it wouldn't be a Roger Corman film without it. The look and feel of the film are great while the film doesn't feel like it has a low budget. You know that there will be an alien that gets loose aboard a spaceship, killing off the crew members one by one, until it is defeated and the credits roll. You already know that it is an Alien rip-off, so you know what is coming. Starting with Piranha in 1978, Corman would produce some of the best rip-offs ever made.įorbidden World is one of the many rip-offs that Corman produced but it is sadly one of the worst. Never one to miss and opportunity, Corman decided that he was to rip them off right back. Corman has been making films since the 50s and it was during the 70s that he watched young upcoming filmmakers took all that Corman has spent decades building and ripped him off. The staff of the station includes the head of research, Gordon Hauser, his assistant Barbara Glaser, lab assistant Tracy Baxter, the station head of security and Cal Timbergen, the chief of bacteriology.įorbidden World is a 1982 Alien rip-off from producer Roger Corman, who is the master of low budget schlock. ![]() After Colby settles in, his decision to terminate Subject 20 to prevent further deaths is met with research-minded secrecy and resistance. Professional troubleshooter Mike Colby, accompanied by his robot assistant SAM-104, is called in to investigate the problem. After Subject 20 hatches from its cocoon, it begins killing the personnel at the station, starting with the lab tech charged with cleansing the subject lab of the dead animal test subjects. ![]() However, Subject 20 mutates rapidly and uncontrollably and kills all of the laboratory subject animals before cocooning itself within an examination booth. This lifeform was built out of the synthetic DNA strain, "Proto B", and was intended to stave off a galaxy-wide food crisis. In the distant future, at a genetic research station located on the remote desert planet of Xarbia, a research team has created an experimental lifeform they have designated "Subject 20".
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