- DIRECTOR:
Mario Bava
- ACTORS:
Barry Sullivan, Norma Bengell, Ángel Aranda, Evi Marandi, Franco Andrei, Federico Boido, Stelio Candelli, Alberto Cevenini, Mario Morales, Ivan Rassimov, Massimo Righi, Fernando Villeña
- PLOT:
A team of leather-clad astronauts finds itself marooned on a planet where mysterious life forms can possess dead bodies.
- EVALUATION:
Bava excels at elevating material like this, creating a memorably creepy horror film out of a decidedly pulp premise.
- WRITING:
Unremarkable, containing constant mentions of the meteor rejector device.
- FILMING:
Excellent scenery, both in the sterile reflective spaceships and the fog-drenched volcanic planet.
- BEST PART:
That tour of the alien ship is legitimately creepy.
- TRIVIA:
From its giant unexplained skeletons on a foggy planet to its parasites seeking to take over the ship, the film is obviously a huge influence on Alien, which was apparently acknowledged by writer Dan O'Bannon.
- STINGER:
Captain touches the shocking device and gets a shock immediately after being told that it delivers a shock.
