Creature

Creature (1985)

Die dunkle Macht der Finsternis

Irgendwann in der Zunkunft streiten zwei interplanetare Großkonzerne um die besten Ressourcen im All: die Amerikaner von NTI und die deutsche Firma Richter Dynamics. Als die Deutschen auf dem Saturnmond Titan eine Höhle mit 200.000 Jahre alten außerirdischen Artefakten finden, sind auch zahlreiche Metallzylinder mit organischen Proben dabei, von denen die meisten zerbrochen sind. Eines enthält jedoch noch ein Alien, das schon auf dem Rückweg zum Schiff entkommen kann und die Menschen tötet. Nach einem weiteren Unfall auf der Raumstation entsenden beide Konzerne neue Schiffe nach Titan, doch als das Schiff der Amerikaner mittels Bruchlandung ankommt, ist das Schiff der Deutschen schon so gut wie entvölkert - und das Alien macht sich die Tatsache zunutze, daß er die Körper seiner Opfer über den Tod hinaus kontrollieren kann...

Erscheinungsdatum
1985-05-08
TMDB
4.7 / 10 (127)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 35 Min.
Genres
Science Fiction, Horror
Regie
William Malone

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

  • Einspielergebnis: 4,8 Mio. $
  • Budget: 750.000 $
  • Spielte das 6,4-Fache des Budgets ein

Creature is a 1985 American science fiction horror film directed by William Malone and starring Stan Ivar, Wendy Schaal, Lyman Ward and Klaus Kinski. It was the first feature produced by Moshe Diamant and his company Trans World Entertainment.

Production

Distributor William Dunn, a friend of director William Malone's, informed him that his colleague Moshe Diamant of Trans World Entertainment was looking to venture into production, and was willing to hear pitches. Although Trans World brass was interested in a creature feature in the mold of his first film Scared to Death, Malone pushed for a dystopian story akin to Blade Runner, called Murder in the 21st Century.

A collector of everything Forbidden Planet, Malone inserted easter eggs into Creature. The opening makes an allusion to a race of aliens that traveled the universe millennia ago and collected species across their travels, which mirrors the Krell's backstory in Forbidden Planet. In addition, the characters of Doctor Wendy H. Oliver (initials W.H.O.) and Beth Sladen (Elizabeth Sladen) are references to Doctor Who.

Due to the film's modest budget, most of the actors were relative unknowns. Patti Davis, daughter of U.S. president and former actor Ronald Reagan, auditioned for the film, but she came surrounded by Secret Service agents and, although she gave a good reading, Malone thought her entourage could disrupt the film's tight schedule and passed on her.

The visual effects were overseen by Larry Benson's L.A. Effects Group, a fledgling shop featuring many of the same people who had worked on Jaws 3D with Private Stock Effects. Robert Skotak served as director of visual effects, while his brother Dennis was the visual effects director of photography.

Robert Skotak doubled as the film's storyboard artist and production designer, and was responsible for most of the space architecture. The German ship was given an expressionist look with grey tones and protruding shapes to contrast with its American counterpart. The light board seen in the German ship's communication room is a replica of the one seen in The Invisible Boy and several other horror films.

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