Spaceship Terror

I love those movies that are so, SO very bad that they become good, in a twisted sort of way.

Unfortunately, this isn't one of them.

The only reason I gave it a 2 instead of a 1 is because of a few adequately gory special effects. But please, don't let that single almost-quality drive you to waste 90 minutes of your life.

Oh, and if you're expecting to catch some sexploitation-type nudity, well, let's just say there is a little bit of it, but the clothes should have stayed on.

I forgot to mention the acting: it's one of the few movies I ever saw that has absolutely none. The delivery of each line is as laborious as the lines themselves.

Sheesh...

I had an absolute blast with this film, it does have some edges around the corners that could be fine tuned, but overall, I consider this film a diamond in the rough.

Story - Your usual slasher fare; a group of people enter a small space and get killed one by one, except its more like Friday the 13th and instead of a mindless juggernaut killing everyone off one by one, you've got one big sadistic and I mean sadistic and grotesque killer. Take a redneck and pump him full of alien steroids and make him look like he's been masturbating all day long and you got Captain Terror.

Characters - I was really surprised here. As cookie cutter as the story could have been, everything is just taken that one step further. The only character that really isn't fleshed out and has a personality is one guy besides the killer. All the women actually get into their characters pretty well, and they have some great dialogue between them all. I was expecting this to be more of just a T&A flick and I actually found myself rooting for these women, and every time one of them got killed, I just hated Captain Terror even more.

Gore- Sure is lots of it, I was very happy.

T&A Some and its not situational. Situation nudity is where you walk into a room and a woman is already naked. No this film definitely hit the spot for me in the T&A department where the nudity is part of the plot and the action. Just don't expect this to be a soft core porn just because the entire cast is women.

Last Remarks -

I personally can't wait to see Harry Tchinky's next movie Grimises Rising. He's definitely on my list of directors Im going to be following. Spaceship Terror is a movie I've been wanting a director to be ballsy enough to put out there in a long time.

Interesting that the good reviews for this movie admit it is bad, expect for maybe one point that they like. For me these ratings are expected to be a summary of all the points of a movie, and sadly this movie doesn't hit any. I will credit where credit is due ... but I can't find any here.

It is true this has a lot of gore ... so? The acting is horrible, the script is even more so, the special affects are high schoolish at best, and the direction has quite a lot to be desired. This looks more like a high school movie-making project that was able to get published than a serious attempt at artists trying their hand at an independent movie.

The true gore of this movie is that it was actually published.

Gory, gross shlock. For those who like grotesque, blood-splattered horror, this movie should be right up your alley. Some of it is stomach-churning stuff, but even in those moments it feels like the movie has its tongue in its cheek, hoping you will notice that it doesn't take itself too seriously. Feels like a throw-back to those grimy exploitation horror films that made you feel dirty after watching them. Horror fans should give this one a look.

.....the casting director must have been blind. Just brutal all around.