Forbidden World

Original movie poster.

Where else can you find Alien's wise little cousin (understands English and controls computers) starring a space horror thrilller? but wait! there's more! where else can you find gorgeous girls doing what they know best? you got it!!

Forbidden World (AKA Mutant) is the perfect blend for space horror lovers, b-movies cult fans and of course exploitation freaks as yours truly.

Considered by many an Alien rip-off I would prefer to call this flick an inspired by Ridley Scott's original idea with some enhanced features such as the cheesy mutant thing plus the huge amounts of naked girls for no significant reason (exploitation Sr.)

Forbidden World is set sometime in the distant future as an unnamed galaxy is on the brink of massive death, due to starvation. To solve the feeding issue an answer is being developed on a planet called Xarbia a team of genetic scientists have tried to create a new form of food that grows at an incredible rate. Unfortunately their tampering with the genetic code; splicing of DNA has resulted in a living bizarre experiment identified as Subject 20 which has already destroyed a science laboratory, killed a few animals and turned into a cocoon of some kind while it evolves. The incident called for immediate measures, so enter company troubleshooter Commander Mike Colby (played by Jesse Vint) who is quickly deployed to the scene to literally clean up the mess.

Once on Xarbia Colby meets with head scientist Dr. Gordon Hauser (played by Linden Chiles) & his assistant Barbara Glaser (Played by June Chadwick) who fill him in. Colby wants to destroy Subject 20 before it moves from its cocoon like state, while on the other hand Hauser wants to save "his" research. Soon the decision becomes irrelevant as subject 20 hatches anyway & kills a crew-member named Jimmy, now with a slimy genetic mutant with lots of sharp teeth & powerful tentacles slithering around no one is safe as the mutant monster thinks of humans as its natural feeding source.  

  

Space Mad Scientists.

Space Gory Action.

The Mutant factor.

The Exploitation Factor.

This classic rip off was directed by Allan Holzman. Forbidden World is a decent enough Alien tribute, the way the alien looks, the way it goes through different stages of appearance plus the overall look & feel of the film will evidently remind you of Ridley Scott's original space monster. The storyline doesn't set it's sights too high, basically it's about some slimy alien running around a space station feeding on the crew, adding plenty of exploitation scenes and pretty much that's it. The film takes itself 100% seriously which works fairly well although some of the scientific lines are somewhat lame and hard to believe  & evidently becomes just a little confusing.

The filmmakers obviously had exploitation on their minds as the movie features a decent amount of nudity, slime & blood which is more than convenient for these kinds of movies. I Wouldn't state that this flick is close    to be considered as a  masterpiece since the storyline tends to be very slow at times (just like Alien was) and dull at other times but I think it doesn't try to be anything other than a B movie trying to rip-off a sci-fi classic.


Technically this flick is just fine, the production design has dated the film badly & the sets remind of guess what? yes! Alien. The special effects on the creature are average at best although the gore effects are actually very good.  The acting? well it's a B-Movie!

Dawn Dunlap moment 1.

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So, here's the movie trailer released in Germany:

The international movie trailer:

And last but not least the Blu-Ray cover which is the one I own.

Roger Corman's Cult Classics on Blu-Ray kick ass!