When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
Practical Effects
Stan Winston's gnarly biomechanical monsters elevate entire film.
Acting
Donald Sutherland devouring scenery like the ship is his last meal.
Production
Real decommissioned ship = claustrophobic industrial nightmare.
Director
John Bruno
Jamie Lee Curtis
Kelly Foster
William Baldwin
Steve Baker
Donald Sutherland
Captain Robert Everton
Joanna Pacula
Nadia Vinogradova
Marshall Bell
J.W. Woods Jr.
Sherman Augustus
Richie
Cliff Curtis
Hiko
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Squeaky
Levan Uchaneishvili
Captain Alexi
Yuri Chervotkin
Colonel Kominski
Keith Flippen
Captain Lonya Rostov
David Eggby
Norfolk Captain
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stan Winston's team built 30+ practical robots, including a 14-foot tall 'Goliath' suit worn by four puppeteers. Most were destroyed in a warehouse fire after filming.
Jamie Lee Curtis famously called this 'the worst movie I've ever made' and refuses to discuss it—yet her physical performance as Final Girl Kelly remains genuinely committed amid chaos.
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