Nightbeast - Terror from Space
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Nightbeast - Terror from Space |
| Original title | Nightbeast |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1982 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Don Dohler |
| script | Don Dohler |
| production | Ted A. Bohus |
| music |
JJ Abrams Robert J. Walsh |
| camera | Richard Geiwitz |
| cut | Don Dohler |
| occupation | |
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Terror from space - Nightbeast is a science fiction - horror film of Don Dohler from 1982. The film was later by Troma Entertainment purchased and marketed.
action
On an intergalactic flight through the solar system , the spaceship of a reptilian alien is hit by an asteroid and crash-lands on Earth. After his ship explodes, the highly aggressive alien begins to drag a trail of destruction through the small town of Perry Hill in the USA. The local Sheriff Cinder, Deputy Lisa Kent and some armed volunteers oppose the creature and its overpowering radiation pistol without success. They are evacuating the city and working on a plan to stop the bulletproof alien. However, the evacuation is difficult because the governor is attending a mayor's party and a rowdy is murdering his girlfriend at the same time.
However, the sheriff manages to stop the killer. Finally, an academic couple helps the sheriff. With a huge accumulator you can lure the creature into a power trap and turn it off.
production
The film was shot on a very low budget (about $ 42,000) in Baltimore , Maryland from August to September 1981 . It was released direct on video in the United States in November 1982. According to some sources, it is said to be some kind of remake of Don Dohler's 1978 film The Alien Factor . At least the story and some of the character names should be the same. In the 1990s, Troma Entertainment bought the film and released both a VHS and a DVD version.
A German-language version was initially published on VHS. This version was shortened by a sex scene and was indexed in Germany from 1984 to 2009 . The list was deleted on February 27, 2009. On November 7, 2011, an unabridged re-release on DVD was released in several limited and unlimited versions via the label '84 Entertainment . In 2012 Troma published the English language version of the film along with 150 other productions on the Internet video portal YouTube .
The later director and film producer JJ Abrams composed the music for the film. He was 16 years old at the time.
criticism
The film won over the genre republic primarily with its gore effects, less with a bungling sex scene and the generally poor acting of all actors.
On May 3, 2019, the film was shown in the Tele-5 series The Worst Films of All Time .
Web links
- Nightbeast - Terror from space in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Nightbeast on YouTube (English)
- Nightbeast on Troma .com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nightbeast - Terror from space in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ John Shatzer: Review. Gutmuncher.com, accessed January 21, 2012 .
- ^ Joseph A. Ziemba: Review. (No longer available online.) BleedingSkull.com, Jan 3, 2007, archived from the original on Jan 11, 2012 ; Retrieved January 21, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ BAnz. No. 32 of February 27, 2009
- ↑ Nightbeast - Terror from Space in the online film database
- ↑ Mike Masnick: B-Movie Legends Troma Entertainment Releases 150 Films On YouTube. In: Techdirt . August 30, 2012, accessed August 31, 2012 .
- ^ Dohler documentary on DVD. Official website, accessed January 22, 2011 .
- ↑ John McCarty: Official Splatter Movie Guide Vol. II . St. Martin's Press, New York, ISBN 0-312-07046-2 , pp. 106-107 .
