Short Take: Galaxy of Terror

(1981) Directed by Bruce D. Clark; Written by Marc Siegler and Bruce D. Clark; Starring: Edward Albert, Erin Moran, Ray Walston, Grace Zabriskie, Zalman King, Robert Englund, and Sid Haig; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: *** “…I came up with the idea of the monster, but each monster would be a different monster for each member of the cast and would be a monster coming out of their unconscious. This is part of certain Freudian theories I had.” – Roger Corman “You’re trying to do a science fiction remote planet set on the budget of a cheese commercial. What more of a challenge do you want?” – Bruce D. Clark After the box-office success of Alien (1979), it seemed as if everyone and their cousin wanted to duplicate that movie’s formula, combining sci-fi thrills and horror chills, but for a fraction of the cost (Saturn 3, Creature, Parasite, and on and on…). It was only a matter of time before Roger Corman and New World Pictures would try to get a piece of the peril-in-space pie.…