DVD Collectors Online

Galaxy of Terror, a review by Jimmy

Title : Galaxy of Terror (1981)

Overview
The mind innermost fears become reality for the crew members of the Quest when they land on the barren planet Morganthus hoping to find the missing crew members of the starship Remus: only to discover something deadly waiting for them. Each member of the rescuing team must come face to face with their darkest fears or perish. The cast onboard the Quest includes Edward Albert (The House Where Evil Dwells), Erin Moran (Happy Days), Ray Walston (My Favorite Martian), Robert Englund (A Nightmare On Elm Street series), Zalman King (Blue Sunshine) and Sid Haig (House Of 1,000 Corpses).

My Impression
Must people seems to think that it's an Alien ripoff, but I must disagree on this. It sure had a strong resemblance with Aliens but it came five years before, in fact it's James Cameron who gets his inspiration from this movie (not surprising since he was the Production Designer of this production). Once again we have a good cast ensemble in this movie and all of them do a perfect job with their role. The strong point of this film is the special effects, this is a proof that you don't need computer to make realist effect (in fact CGI is basically for the untalented hack). The film countains some memorable death scene (the Taaffe O'Connell's one is sure something to see).

A great movie with an ending to reward the attentive watchers.

Rating :

(From Jimmy's 2010 Horror Marathon on October 2nd, 2010)

The Exorcist, a review by addicted2comics

The Plot: When a teenager is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.

My Thoughts: Wow. May not seem all that scary this day and age, but it definitely had some creepy, if not disturbing, moments. Some of you may know my cousin Kelley watched this movie and laughed all the way through it. After watching it, all I have to say is this......I have one demented cousin. LOL, but in all seriousness, it was probably the scariest it could possibly be for that time, and I gotta give the creators some credit with the make-up on the girl. This may be an obvious statement, but she looked totally possessed!! Still, some parts I saw no point to, and not because it was senslessly gross or scary or anything, but just plain disturbing and kinda sickening. I give it a 4 out of 5.

(From Addicted2comics(:P)'s Official Review Thread!!! on March 19th, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Rocket Girls: The Complete Collection (2007/Japan) IMDb | Wikipedia Bandai Entertainment (United States) Length: 300 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: Japanese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

---

Plot:
School is finally out for the summer and Yukari Morita has big plans this season. It's off to the Solomon Islands for her, in search of her long lost father. Unfortunately the archipelago stretches over 28,000 square kilometers and boasts a population of about 500,000 people. With odds like that, what's a girl to do? Luckily for Yukari the local Solomon Space Agency is in desperate need of a new astronaut. With their promise to help find her father Yukari begins her part time job as an astronaut! Prepare to blast off into a world of fun, facts and fan-service at 100 kilometers above the Earth's surface!


Rocket Girls
1.01 Destiny

A fun series. You can find my full review here. The first episode is good and introduces some of the characters and the basic premise.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 25th, 2012)