Forbidden World (Mutant) (1982)
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60% of critics liked it
(5 reviews) -
39% of users liked it
(466 ratings)
Fans of outrageously bad drive-in fare from New World Pictures will find much to love in this bargain-bin science fiction weirdness -- one of several Alien rip-offs foisted on defenseless audiences by Roger Corman's legendary B-movie factory. The plot -- which, of course, is irrelevant to the… More Fans of outrageously bad drive-in fare from New World Pictures will find much to love in this bargain-bin science fiction weirdness -- one of several Alien rip-offs foisted on defenseless audiences by Roger Corman's legendary B-movie factory. The plot -- which, of course, is irrelevant to the action -- involves a food-research team on a distant planet, whose latest genetic product decides it would rather eat than be eaten...and boy, is it hungry. Then enters our hero, an undefined government specialist (Jesse Vint) whose dreams in hypersleep find their way into almost every scene in the film -- his apparent powers of precognition, however, are never mentioned. Vint responds to the team's distress signal and shows up with his robot pal to blast the slime-beast to smithereens -- and, of course, to engage in a little intergalactic nookie with the team's female personnel. Meanwhile, the constantly mutating monster chews its way through virtually the entire cast before one cancer-ridden scientist devises a highly original (and extremely disgusting) solution. The ever-thrifty Corman recycled sets and scenes from Battle Beyond the Stars and Galaxy of Terror to pad out this weekend wonder, making up for its threadbare production values (which include plenty of cheap scares, nudity, and graphic gore). ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi
- Directed By
- Allan Holzman
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
- In Theaters
- May 1, 1982 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Scott Weinberg, FEARnet
A nastier, sillier, cheaper version of Alien -- but the blu-ray is great!
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James O'Ehley, Sci-Fi Movie Page
At certain points you'd be forgiven for thinking that you're watching a soft-core flick.
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James O'Ehley, SA Movie & DVD Magazine
At certain points you'd be forgiven for thinking that you're watching a soft-core flick.
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Sean Axmaker, Parallax View
... gets my vote for both the most gratuitous nudity ever perpetrated in a sci-fi movie and the most inventive distraction from dull exposition.
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Cast
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Jesse Vint
as Mike Colby
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June Chadwick
as Dr. Barbara Glaser
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Dawn Dunlap
as Tracy Baxter
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Linden Chiles
as Dr. Gordon Hauser
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Fox Harris
as Dr. Cal Tinbergen
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Raymond Oliver
as Brian Beale
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Scott Paulin
as Earl Richards
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Michael Bowen
as Jimmy Swift
- Jackie McNamara
