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Would you recommend this? No, not really. It was clearly trying to capitalize on other scifi films of the time but ends up being a bit too melodramatic and cheesy.

Technically any good? Visually, the movie is actually kind of impressive. The sets look pretty reasonable for a movie that is essentially a cut-rate Alien. The story is interesting enough, but the dialogue is cheeseball and hokey. The acting is OK, for the most part, but there are a few, obvious train wrecks. Sid Haig (yes, THAT Sid Haig) puts in a pretty good performance for a character as underwritten as his is. Erin Moran, best known for playing “Joanie” on Happy Days, is in it and takes her job seriously enough. Other notable actors in this are Edward Albert (handsome son of Green Acres‘ Eddie Albert), a pre-Freddy Krueger Robert Englund and Ray “My Favorite Martian” Walston is in this, too, and is, well, he’s always good, isn’t he? Finally, the FX are a weird cross of solid and crappy.

How did it leave me feeling? Pretty dirty, actually. There’s a rape scene it this movie between a woman and a worm. Yeah, ’nuff said. It’s not even particularly convincing–it just seemed to be there to make the viewer feel gross. It worked!

Would you sit through it again? Um… NO. And you really shouldn’t sit through it the first time and HEY, you’re in luck! This film is no longer available on DVD. Awwww! You can click above to buy the movie poster which features a scene that doesn’t appear in the film! Yay!