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Summary: Mindless fun
Review: If you are in the right frame of mindlessness, "Creature" can be an outrageous film. Nobody said this film was blockbuster entertainment, but from the moment Klaus Kinski appears, the film takes an unexpected turn into B sci-fi film hall of fame. The performances are adequate, especially Diane Salinger as Melanie the security officer. The special effects, for its budget, are great. And the creature does make a nightmarish impression. (Yes, I know the creature was featured in director, Bill Malone's earlier flick, "Scared to Death" and was recently used in "Syngenor".) I liked this film better than "Aliens" and it's sequels. SO THERE!I would have liked this Diamond DVD release better if the disc was in stereo and not mono. And why does Diamond DVD tout chapter selections, when you can't access that particular scene?
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Summary: Mindless fun
Review: If you are in the right frame of mindlessness, "Creature" can be an outrageous film. Nobody said this film was blockbuster entertainment, but from the moment Klaus Kinski appears, the film takes an unexpected turn into B sci-fi film hall of fame. The performances are adequate, especially Diane Salinger as Melanie the security officer. The special effects, for its budget, are great. And the creature does make a nightmarish impression. (Yes, I know the creature was featured in director, Bill Malone's earlier flick, "Scared to Death" and was recently used in "Syngenor".) I liked this film better than "Aliens" and it's sequels. SO THERE! I would have liked this Diamond DVD release better if the disc was in stereo and not mono. And why does Diamond DVD tout chapter selections, when you can't access that particular scene?
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Summary: LOW BUDGET SCI-FI HORROR FUN!
Review: If you enjoy low budget, independent horror and sci-fi films, CREATURE is definitely one to own. Klaus Kinski's performance alone, as a lecherous survivor, is worth watching this film for. While it is certainly a low budget effort (made for less than 4 million dollars), the effects, for the most part, are good, and there are some genuinely chilling scenes. It's more a moody, highly atmospheric, and at times even somewhat introspective kind of film than it is an all out action movie, but there are plenty of surprises and scares and again, it's a lot of fun. After the enormous success of ALIEN, several imitations and Alien-like films were made in the 80s, most of them low budget and cheesy. Of all the low budget movies the success of ALIEN spawned, CREATURE is by far the best. It's not Citizen Kane, OK? But it's not supposed to be. It's fun, it's scary, and on DVD it's well worth the price.
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Summary: it has its charm
Review: This 1985 SciFi/Horror film is poorly made. The acting isn't that great (Klaus Kinski is particularly bad), the writing and directing is only mediocre, as is the editing, the story at times makes little sense, and it is shot poorly. But there is something about it that makes you really enjoy the film. There is plenty of suspense, horror, action, violence, and some nudity. It is one of those films that Alien spawned. Not as good of a movie, but one I think you'll enjoy anyway. Quite frankly, this is one of those bad movies that I like regardless.
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Summary: THIS MOVIE RULES!
Review: This might be the greatest movie I have ever seen in my whole entire life. It has the greatest special effects with an awesome story which makes it a classic.
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Summary: How NOT to do cheese
Review: This movie opens with two astronauts finding some capsules on Titan. The capsules are semi-transparent, and they look into one and see a scary monster, which opens its mouth to reveal a bunch of sharp teeth. They jump back, but then for some reason convince themselves that they didn't see what they just saw (a trick of light or some such). So one guy wants to take a picture of the other guy standing next to the capsule, but he can't get both the astronaut and the capsule in the picture (why doesn't he take a step back?) so he has him sit on the capsule. Oh look, now the capsule has a hole in it...but not to worry. "Gee, I sure wish it was you sitting on this capsule" the guy says saveral times. Guess what happens next? I mean, how can a person take anything that happens after that opening scene seriously? The rest of the movie isn't quite that bad, though some parts come close. The other big problem is that the dialogue is terrible throughout. The characters act like vacant love-struck teenagers. Although the characters are rather likeable and the females are certainly very attractive, I just couldn't get past the clunky, silly words coming out of their mouths. There are some scary parts, in fact this could have been one heck of a scary movie, but everything is just so...well, goofy. Anyhow, I give it three stars because after a while you get used to the cheesy dialogue and the plot is actually interesting. The monster is quite well done considering the limited budget. Recommended for viewing after you've been smoking the same thing the writers and cast members were smoking.
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Summary: Great Film---Horrible picture and sound on dvd
Review: This was a great movie, it deserves a better release. The picture is horrible on this disc. but, if you still want to see it you can get it. I would wait until Anchor bay releases it, if ever. but it still has a great story of sci-fi fantasy throughout.
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Summary: Not Bad Creature-Feature!
Review: William Malone did everything but star in this movie. He wrote it, he produced it, and he directed it. And it's not bad, either. The cast is good -- Klaus Kinski, as the leering Hofner, who has the hots for the cold, gun-toting security officer Bryce, played by Diane Salinger, and Marie Laurin as the hapless Susan, who has a nifty long nude scene, stand out, but the rest are good enough, too -- and the script has some good lines and chilling scenes. The special effects are perfectly adequate for a modestly budgeted film like this. All in all, not a bad evening's diversion. And you can't beat the price! You can't expect much in the way of bonus features at this level and you don't get much. Just a 4-Chapter scene access, a list of other Diamond Entertainment features, a little background on the movue, and a mini-biography of Kinski. The image quality on this DVD is pretty good and the sound is OK, although it sometimes overpowers the dialog. Diamond is to be commended for their effort at bringing out these budget editions of some great and not-so-great old movies!
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