Inseminoid (1981)

Directed by

Norman J. Warren

Genre

horror film, adventure film, science fiction film, rape and revenge film, monster film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

16

Rating

4.1 of 10 from 120 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A team of archaeologists on a distant planet is excavating ancient ruins. One of the women is impregnated by an alien creature and becomes possessed, turning her into a killer who hunts her colleagues.

low-budgetgrimygorysuspensefulclaustrophobicpulpypsychotronic

What happens

Inseminoid (titled Horror Planet in the United States) is a 1981 British science fiction horror film directed by Norman J. Warren and starring Judy Geeson, Robin Clarke and Stephanie Beacham, along with Victoria Tennant in one of her early film roles. The plot concerns a team of archaeologists and scientists who are excavating the ruins of an ancient civilisation on a distant planet. One of the women in the team (Geeson) is impregnated by an alien creature and taken over by a mysterious intelligence, driving her to murder her colleagues one by one and feed on them. Inseminoid was written by Nick and Gloria Maley, a married couple who had been part of the special effects team on Warren's earlier film Satan's Slave. It was filmed between May and June 1980 on a budget of £1 million (£4 million in 2025), half of which was supplied by the Shaw Brothers. The film was shot mostly on location at Chislehurst Caves in Kent as well as on the island of Gozo in Malta, combined with a week's filming at Lee International Studios in London. Composer John Scott completed the film's electronic musical score over recording sessions that lasted many hours. Despite a good box office response in the UK and abroad, Inseminoid failed to impress most commentators, who criticised the effects and production design. The overall quality of the acting was also poorly received, although Geeson's performance was praised. Criticism was also directed at the premise involving an alien insemination, which some commentators saw as a weak imitation of Alien (1979). Both Warren and 20th Century Fox, distributor of Alien, rejected claims that Inseminoid was influenced by that film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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