Galaxy of Terror

Galaxy of Terror
Credits
Title:	Galaxy of Terror
Genres:	Sci-fi Horror
Directed by:	Bruce D. Clark
Written by:	Bruce D. Clark; Marc Siegler
Produced by:	Roger Corman; Marc Siegler
Music by:	Barry Schrader
Cinematography:	Jacques Haitkin; Austin McKinney
Edited by:	Larry Bock; R.J. Kizer; Barry Zetlin
Production
Distributed by:	New World Pictures United Artists
Released:	October, 1981
Rating:	R
Running time:	81 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Budget:	$700,000
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Galaxy of Terror is an American feature film of the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. It was directed by B.D. Clark with a script written by Clark and Marc Siegler. It was produced by Siegler and Roger Corman for New World Pictures and released through United Artists in the United States in October, 1981.

Cast

Actor	Role
Edward Albert	Cabren
Erin Moran	Alluma
Ray Walston	Kore
Bernard Behrens	Commander Ilvar
Zalman King	Baelon
Robert Englund	Ranger
Taaffe O'Connell	Dameia
Sid Haig	Quuhod
Grace Zabriskie	Captain Trantor
Jack Blessing	Cos
Mary Ellen O'Neill	Mitri

Notes

• Galaxy of Terror was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 20th, 2010 by Shout! Factory. The DVD includes a video documentary entitled Tales from the Lumberyard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror.

• This is the third genre film for actor Robert Englund. He previously appeared in Dead & Buried, released the same year as Galaxy of Terror. Englund will eventually become known as a horror film icon, specifically for his portrayal of wisecracking dream demon Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

• First professional genre work for James Cameron. Cameron worked as a second unit director on this film. He eventually becomes a well-known film director famous for helming films such as Aliens, The Terminator, The Abyss, Titanic and Avatar.

Fun Facts

• The tagline to this film is, "Your countdown to Hell is about to begin".

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External Links

• Galaxy of Terror at AMG
• Galaxy of Terror at IMDB
• Galaxy of Terror at Wikipedia
• Galaxy of Terror at the Terror Trap
• Galaxy of Terror at Themoviedb.org
• Galaxy of Terror at Horrormovies.org