Inseminoid (1981)

Country of Origin: UK / Hong Kong
Year of Production: 1981
Running Times: 93 mins
Format: colour     35mm     J-D-C Scope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Jupiter-Film / Shaw Brothers
Executive Producer: Peter M. Schlesinger
Producer: Richard Gordon, David Speechley
Production Manager: Ray Corbett

SCRIPT
Script: Nick Maley, Gloria Maley

DIRECTION
Director: Norman J. Warren
1st Assistant Director: Gary White
2nd Assistant Director: Adrian Rawle, Derek Harrington

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John Metcalfe
Camera Operator: Dick Pope
Stills: Barry Peake
Grip and Lighting Equipment: Lee Lighting Ltd

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Peter Boyle

MUSIC
Music: John Scott

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Simon Okin
Sound Re-Recordist: Colin Martin
Dubbing Editor: Jim Elderton
Footsteps Editor: Roy Burge

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Supervisor: Nick Maley
Make Up: Sheila Thomas
Assistant Make Up: Derry Hawes
Hair: Ross Carver
Costumes: Olinkha (full name: Olinkha Gustafson Pearce)
Wardrobe Mistress: Veronica McAuliffe

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Nick Maley

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Oxford Scientific Films, Camera Effects
Titles / Special Optical Effects: Geoff Axtell Associates

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Hayden Pearce
Assistant Art Director: Ian Watson
Props Master: Brian Wells
Construction Manager: Alan Board

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Alison Thorn
Production Accountant: Patrick Isherwood
Production Assistant: Lorraine Goodman

LOCATIONS
Locations: Chistlehurst Caves, Kent, England, UK

STUNTS
Stunt Arranger: Peter Brayham

CASTING
Casting: Rose Tobias

CAST
Judy Geeson (Sandy)
Stephanie Beacham (Kate)
Jennifer Ashley (Captain Holly Mackey)
Robin Clarke (Mark)
Steven Grives (Gary)
Barry Houghton (Karl)
Rosalind Lloyd (Gail)
Victoria Tennant (Barbara)
Trevor Thomas (Mitch)
Heather Wright (Sharon)
David Baxt (Ricky)
Dominic Jephcott (Dean)
John Segal (Jeff)
Kevin O'Shea (Corin)
Robert Pugh (Roy)

On a remote and forbidding planet, a group of archaeologists have established a base deep inside a network of caves. While out exploring one day, one of the team, Sandy, is abducted by a monstrous alien that forcibly impregnates her. As the alien fetuses gestate inside her, Sandy is driven insane by the need for blood to feed her offspring and starts slaughtering her fellow scientists.

A poorly written and very obvious rip-off of Alien (1979). The cast struggles gamely with the terrible dialogue but there's little they can do with the dreadful script. Warren, a long way from his 70s best, also does what he can and some of the scenes in the caves are spookily shot, but overall this is an underachieving affair scuppered by that terrible, terrible script.

Australia
Theatrical Distributor: Roadshow Home Video

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Brent Walker
Video Distributor: Brent Walker

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Almi Century Distribution Corporation, Almi Cinema 5
Video Distributor: Embassy Home Entertainment
Laserdisc Distributor: Image Entertainment Inc
DVD Distributor: Westlake Entertainment (EE4674)

Australia
Rating: R

France
Rating: -16

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R

AWARDS

1982
Fantafestival
Best Special Effects - winner

Fantasporto
International Fantasy Film Award Best Film (Norman J. Warren) - nominated

1981
September
30: France - theatrical release

1982
February
Day Unknown: Portugal - shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival

1998
July
1: USA - DVD release (Westlake Entertainment (EE4674))

2002
March
20: USA - television broadcast

A far from human birth

A violent alien nightmare in blood!

Horror Planet
Horrorplanet
Inseminoid un tempo nel futuro - Italian title
Samen des Bösen - German title

MAGAZINES

Cinefantastique vol.10 no.4 (Spring 1981) p.11 (USA)
review

Film Review vol.30 no.11 (November 1980) pp.35-36 (UK)
interview

Flesh and Blood no.5 (September 1995) pp.54, 55 (UK)
illustrated credits, review

Halls of Horror no.27 p.23 (UK)
note

Hollywood Reporter vol.274 no.36 (8 December 1982) p.16 (USA)
credits, review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.48 no.568 (May 1981) p.93 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Screen International no.230 (1 March 1980) p.14 (UK)
note

Screen International no.238 (26 April 1980) p.13 (UK)
note

Screen International no.241 (17 May 1980) p.14 (UK)
credits

Screen International no.245 (14 June 1980) p.17 (UK)
note

Screen International no.288 (18 April 1981) p.17 (UK)
review

Sight and Sound vol.3 no.3 (March 1993) p.61 (UK)
note

Starburst no.34 (1981) p.10 (UK)
illustrated review

Variety 1 December 1982 p.14 (USA)
credits, review

Video Viewer January 1983 p.63 (UK)
review

BOOKS

Horror and Science Fiction Films II p.192
credits

OTHER SOURCES

A Naughty Business! pp.14-15
illustrated article

screen
credits

aliens, other planets, scientists, monsters, rape, pregnancy, space travel, spaceships

Last Updated: 25 August, 2009