![]() That presents a problem in itself.if that creature were to attack the equipment in that engineering area, the space ship would not be able to land, but merely drift in space. Hiding between the Induction pumps which make the ship land properly and orbit safely, Calder keeps a blowtorch at it's eyes not allowing it to get him(.although, his leg is broken). James Calder(Paul Langton)is stuck in the lower engineering room with the monster after he and Carruthers attempt to electrocute it. What's even worse is that two of the crew, including leader of the rescue mission, Col Van Heusen(Kim Spalding), are attacked by the creature with a bacterial infection spreading into their bone marrow. Somehow the crew will have to find a way to destroy it as the monster holes them up on the bridge after getting through their first two department levels. It seems almost indestructible after countless attempts by the crew to kill it with grenades and guns. That is until, they themselves are being killed one by one after the monster found a way into their ship on it's way off Mars to Earth. A second space vessel, one of rescue when the first ship crashes on Mars, picks up Carruthers who is not believed by anyone including his government back home that an alien monster killed his crew. Edward Carruthers(Marshall Thompson)loses his crew to an alien monster than drains it's victims of their blood and water(even from the bone marrow and tissue)during an expedition on Mars. Reviewed by Scarecrow-88 8 / 10 It! The Terror from Beyond SpaceĬol. I am not sure how Carpenter knows this, but if it is true we could perhaps give them even more credit: this is a production above and beyond the average quickly-produced garbage. John Carpenter claims the film was shot in six days. Even the design of the ship seems like it took a fair amount of effort. But I think it still ranks a cut above many (or most) of the science fiction films of its day. And the way they walk outside the ship in zero gravity. The alien is obviously a man with a rubber suit. ![]() The film has its level of "cheese", with people smoking on a spaceship (which seems like a bad idea, but I guess you could smoke on airplanes so maybe it made sense). And you can sort of see the similarities, or at least the general plot: after landing on an alien world, explorers from Earth unknowingly pick up a deadly creature that hopes to kill them all. This film's claim to fame is that it inspired "Alien". The first manned expedition to Mars is decimated by an unknown life form. Reviewed by gavin6942 7 / 10 Cheesy, Yes, But a Crucial Film in Retrospect ![]()
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