Creature (1985)

Very disappointing...

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Great Film overall

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

This 'homage' to another certain sci-fi-horror movie knows exactly what it is, and goes all in, with mixed results. On the positive side, the film maintains an even tone, with a tense and creepy atmosphere, good use of lighting. The effects are pretty good all around, from the space sequences to the gore (there's a good head explosion). The cast is serviceable, playing their stock characters as well as can be expected, but for me, the German frienemy character was the most entertaining (I'm a sucker for a funny sleazeball). The musical score is just as stock as the characters, unfortunately. Where the film drops the ball, is the end reveal of the titular creature - hokey about sums it up, which was a shame, because the film does a great job of building up to that point. Still, this movie is a recommend, as it does enough right (or should I say, rips enough off right). So where is the sequel 'Creatures'?

I notice that a lot of people criticise the film by blatantly copying Alien but I say so what, for what it was I thought it was alright, I was never bored of the film and it did have an interesting plot. The film did make me laugh with how the doors sound in the film, the doors sounds like blaster firing from Star Wars so I thought that was definitely funny in a good way.However I did find two problems with this film, the first problem I found was that the Alien creature was very under-used, it didn't really appear much until the final act of the film so that was a wasted opportunity. The second problem is that the story and some scenes were a bit ropey, and there's some things I find a bit baffling in it but not to the point of being obnoxious.Even though people have discarded this film just because it's a low budget Alien clone but I say give it a chance because it's really not that bad.

'Alien' was a classic. It was also financially successful. Therefore, it stood to reason that a hundred other films would try to capitalise on its coattails. 'Alien' – sorry – 'Creature' is one of them. Only it's rubbish. So why did I sit through the entire ninety minutes? Probably because I was eager to see just how much worse it could rip off a superior film. And it rips Alien off quite well.Astronauts go into space (do you really care where they go or why they're there?) and meet an alien (sorry – CREATURE – I keep forgetting). It stalks them. You'll probably be able to tell who's going to die and when. That's about it. So why didn't I turn it off? Normally, I quite like films that are so-bad-they're-good. However, this isn't so much 'so-bad-it's-good' as 'so-bad-it's unbelievable-that-no-one-sued.' Seriously, it is so much like Alien it's a wonder no one called in the lawyers. I can only assume that Creature just didn't make enough money for anyone at 20th Century Fox to bother with.Actually, I quite liked the idea behind the whole story – I won't mention what it is as it's a half decent attempt to come up with some sort of original plot. But a slightly good overall idea doesn't really make it worth watching. You only really need to bother with this film if you've seen Alien and want to see how bad another film can copy it without getting sued.Also, there's a really weird bit when a creepy older man does his best to constantly sexually assault any female member of the cast and the rest of the crew just kind of let him off. Weird. And definitely creepy.A sad, carbon copy of Alien, but if you're a fan of the Ridley Scott's classic, you may find some strange enjoyment out of this. Maybe.

Although to be be fair, Ridley stole his idea from other people.But anyway. so the plot is that an ancient find is discovered on Titan, and even though two ships have been wiped out looking for it, they decide to send a third one with reckless disregard for things like "safety".This is where they pretty much rip off other people's better ideas, mostly Aliens and John Carpenter's The Thing. And even though the characters are pretty much warned that this alien can take over other people's bodies by a highly under-utilized Klaus Kinski working for booze money, the proceed to fall into a couple of alien traps.The acting and special effects don't make this worth watching at all. I'm sorry I did.