This is the feature film debut of director Fred Gallo (who went on to helm such quality fare as DRACULA RISING and STARQUEST II).

There's spaceship fight scenes lifted from Battle Beyond the Stars, another Corman masterpiece.

He's Executive Producer here and Dead Space is a remake of his 1982 effort Forbidden World (which was clearly inspired by Alien). What we have here is in fact a remake of an Alien ripoff, which reuses footage from a Star Wars ripoff. Heck, Alien and Aliens have been ripped off (badly) so many times, it's a safe bet to think Fred Gallo went that way here, right? To the uninformed Dead Space plays like a straight forward ripoff of Alien.

Not his skill at deftly sorting plastic and glass ahead of trash day, his ability to take his earlier projects and reuse footage/scripts/ideas time and time again. The King of B Movies is, was and always will be the man when it comes to cutting corners and getting results on low budgets.ĭead Space is a prime example of Corman's recycling abilities.

If you've been following my blog for a while, you probably know that I'm an unashamed fan of Roger Corman (as shown by my Cormania movie marathon), as any true b-movie fan should be.

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