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____________The Terror Within (1989) - Trailer


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__________The Terror Within 1989 FULL MOVIE


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A low budget feature from producer Roger Corman, a remake/rip-off of Alien (79), and a bit of It's Alive (74) with some twists.

It takes place on a post-holocaust Earth, in an underground bunker in the middle of a desert. The bunker is topped by a small wooden shack, which is the main entryway. Inside are living a handful of survivors, the remains of a military base, after some kind of event called "the accident" — a chemical or biological virus. It wiped out 99% of the population.

George Kennedy plays the old guy in charge, with Andrew Stevens as his lieutenant. Topside, there is danger from monsters which the survivors term "Gargoyles."

On a patrol to check something out, two of the group run across a young woman who was being chased by . . . something.

They bring her back to their hidden base and find out that she is pregnant. Even though they realize soon enough that the fetus is abnormal (growing way too fast) the old guy wants to study it. The operation to remove it from the woman does not go well — as we might expect.

The plot closely follows that of Alien, being a search-and-destroy plan within the confines of the bunker. As in Alien, the team members think that they are after a little critter, but by the time the first victim runs into it, it's the size of a large adult.

This is tame by Corman standards, even with the scenario of monsters violating women to spread their seed.

Corman and others had already done more visceral versions in films like Humanoids From the Deep (1980). There's barely any nudity and nothing is shown as far as copulation — just suggested.

There are clumsy moments by the characters. Kennedy fires his special laser weapon at the creature, but rather than continuing from a safe distance, he simply advances, yelling "Die!"

Not a good strategy.

Also featured is a dog, Stevens' pet. By the end, the monsters begins to look like just what they are - men in suits — too much is shown.

BoG's Score: 4.5 out of 10



BoG
Galaxy Overlord Galactus

[Bud Brewster]

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The YouTube of the full movie looks pretty good (picture-quality wise).

Download it now before it's gone. Today I had to fix the broken YouTube link. These things tend to come and go!
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