Thanks for the memories!

Sorry, this movie sucks

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

I've seen it many times and every time I see it I'm surprised at how good it is. Countless cheap (and expensive) films have copied Alien, and this may well be the best.Although a sequel to Roger Corman's earlier Galaxy of Terror, which was more of a Star Trek rip-off than Alien, Forbidden World has nothing to do with Galaxy of Terror except they share sets and are clearly set in the same universe as one another.It is full of gore, clever special effects, good performances, fitting mood-setting music, sex and screaming. The monster is a proper low-budget creation and one that you see a lot of. It's a sort of cardboard version of Giger's Alien.If you're a fan of horror science fiction you MUST watch this. My money and time has not been wasted, it is constantly entertaining, and the finale is worth the exciting wait.

In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten lose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.So, what do you get when you have an "Alien" ripoff written by Jim Wynorski, produced by Roger Corman, and with effects from John Carl Buechler? If you expected excessive boobs from Wynorski, you would be right. And if you expected a low budget from Corman, you would be right. A great monster from Buechler? Sure thing! Seriously, this is not a bad movie. Is an A-level science fiction film? Maybe not. It should not be thought on on the same level as "Alien". But that is not the point, if you know what you are getting yourself into when you sit down for a Corman flick. It is is gonna be fun, cheesy and entertaining -- just like movies should be.

Allan Holzman takes us on an unnecessary but highly enjoyable roller-coaster ride in this epically bad film. Everything about it screams B-movie, from the terrible acting of the male actors, the gratuitous full frontal nudity of the actresses, the jumpy and improbable plot, the cheesy lines. Movies like this are like a tasty cheeseburger in a cheap fast food restaurant. It's unhealthy, and disgustingly greasy, but after finishing it you feel a satisfied customer, and the next time you're in the neighbourhood you might just drop in for more. Yes, it's an Alien rip-off. Small crew, isolated base on a distant planet, and a monster that is made for killing and feeding only. And yes, they stole that robot design directly from Star Wars' stormtroopers. Are those reasons to dislike "Forbidden World"? Far from it. It steals shamelessly, and if anything the obviously stolen ideas make this movie even more fun to watch. I would have hated it if they tried to hide the fact this is a blatant rip-off. How could you not like a movie in which the monster is frequently called a "dingwhopper", and which packs these fantastic lines: Barbara : "I hear you're the best troubleshooter in the federation. Want to ehm.. see some trouble?"Barbara: "If it is intelligent, have you tried communicating with it?" Mike: "That's about the stupidest damn idea I heard all day"Dr. Timbergen: "Let's see how my wildly mutating cells get along with yours.""Forbidden World" makes no effort to be classy, it just shoves all the goodies in your face, and says "feast on this." So I did, and it was worth every second.

Subject Twenty, a metamorphic mutant(whose metabolism is rising at an astonishing rate) accidentally created through genetic engineering(what else?)while scientists were attempting to develop a new food source in a laboratory isolated on a planet, gets loose and goes on a violent rampage in a space station. In its saliva is Proto B which goes to work on the cells of humans when it invades their bodies, reducing them to protein to suit its nutritious needs. Its also intelligent and gains control of the station, leaving the remain humans alive until they are chosen as the next meal. This metamorph creature was a product of a Proto B cell and human being, fused through accidental means while conducting experiments for the food source. Jesse Vint is Space Commander Mike Colby, sent to the station to help kill the damned monster, black, slimy, with slobbery teeth, continuously growing. Dr. Cal Timbergen(Fox Harris)is trying to find a way to kill it and believes its through his cancerous cells wherein lies the answer. Meanwhile, Colby has to find a way to keep the rest of the crew safe from the hideous metamorph. Dawn Dunlap is Tracy and June Chadwick is Dr. Barbara Glaser, the female eye candy of this particular Roger Corman production, obviously hired because they are both beautiful and will get naked at the drop of a hat(including one hot scene where they are bathing in a "steam" room). Linden Chiles is Dr. Gordon Hauser, the scientist whose bright idea was the fusion resulting in the mess they find themselves; of course, he also wants to keep the creature alive as to study it. Scott Paulin is Earl Richards, who operates the camera monitors and Raymond Oliver is Brian, the engineer. Besides the babes of the film, and Vint's heroics, the star of the film, in my mind, is the icky special effects of infected humans deteriorating into a mush of skeletal and mutated remains. There's a reliance once again on special effects from BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS(you just can not let such footage go to waste as we have grown accustomed to time and again)during Vint's intergalactic combat with fighter ships on his tail(Colby's assistant is a miniature robot with a kid's voice)at the beginning of the film. I wonder if these same sets were used in one of Corman's other movies, such as ANDROID or GALAXY OF TERROR, because they seem familiar to me. Anyway, if you are a fan of these kinds of B-movies influenced by ALIEN or other science fiction classics from the 50s, with heavy emphasis on boobs and gore, I suggest checking out FORBIDDEN WORLD..preferably as a Midnite Movie on a late Friday. The plot of this movie seems directly lifted for a future film with Marc Singer stepping into Vint's role called DEAD SPACE.