Also known as: Titan Find (UK), Alien Creature (Norway)
Released: May 8, 1985
Directed by: William Malone
Written by: William Malone & Alan Reed
Starring: Stan Ivar, Wendy Schaal, Lyman Ward & Klaus Kinski
Plot: An expedition to Saturn's giant moon Titan uncovers that we are not alone in the universe! But the life form that has been sleeping there for 2,000 centuries is now awake, hungry and angry!
IMDb: 4.1/10Rotten Tomatoes: No score
My Score: 2/5
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD
One of the many Alien clones in the 1980's, Creature is really nothing special. Like Malone's first film, Scared to Death, this sophomore effort suffers from a lot of the same issues. Murky photography (pretty much everything that takes place off of the spaceship sets can't be seen), a bad script (human beings can survive in the atmosphere of Titan without the aid of environment suits! Who knew?) and some bad performances (a most of the cast is shaky from scene to scene) all weigh the film down. Starring Wendy Schaal, who would voice Francine Smith on American Dad! starting twenty years later, and Klaus Kinski, who not surprisingly gives the strongest performance of the ensemble. John Stinson & Michael Griswold, who each appeared in Scared to Death, have small roles as an astronaut and control room technician, respectively. Another tie to that film is the book that Schaal's character brings along for the voyage, the one that Diane Salinger salvages from the ship and hands her at the end. The cover, only fully seen in the last few moments of the movie, is the poster for Scared to Death. According to the movie's Wikipedia page, the film has fallen into public domain since its release, leading to several low quality VHS and DVD copies of the film. It was nominated for two Saturn Awards, Best Horror Movie and Best Special Effects. Watch a trailer below or the full film here.
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