Review: Galaxy of Terror (1981) – An Incoherent but Entertaining Alien Knock-Off
Half-baked but well-meaning. A passing snack.
Summary
A review of the 1981 sci-fi horror film "Galaxy of Terror," described as a slightly more expensive Alien knock-off from New World Pictures. The reviewer notes its incoherence but entertainment value, its visual similarities to what would become Aliens (with James Cameron's involvement), and its plot about a rescue team sent to an alien planet where something preys on their worst fears.
Key quotes
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A lesson in how total incoherence can also be entertaining, this has a bit of the plot and a lot of the look of what would be Aliens - no coincidence that James Cameron worked on this.
I love the space jockey-like skeleton randomly inserted into the landscape
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