A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.
Practical Effects
Gloriously gross exploding torso effects, practical and proud
Score
Goblin's synth-heavy prog-rock soundtrack elevates every scene
Production
Mars flashbacks shot in a quarry near Rome, obviously
Director
Luigi Cozzi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Banned in the UK as a 'video nasty' during the 1980s moral panic, despite being far tamer than its reputation suggests.
Luigi Cozzi originally wanted to make a sequel to his Starcrash, but producer convinced him to ride Alien's coattails instead. The Martian landscape? A disused quarry outside Rome sprayed with cheap red paint.
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