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      The Terror Within

      R 1989 1h 26m Sci-Fi List
      Reviews 21% 100+ Ratings Audience Score In a post-apocalyptic world, a small group of scientists, led by Hal (George Kennedy), is living underground after a chemical warfare incident, since dangerous mutants lurk aboveground. When the group rescues Karen (Yvonne Saa), a female survivor, from the surface, she discovers that one of the monsters has impregnated her -- and soon her vicious offspring arrives to terrorize the crew. Meanwhile, another pregnant female survivor is unsure whether the father is man or beast. Read More Read Less

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      Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com Notz doesn't try to subvert expectations, making sure the feature remains as routine as possible, transforming a post-apocalyptic game of death into B-movie sameness. Rated: C Sep 6, 2021 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins The acting is expectedly bad, ranging from mildly believable to downright ridiculous. Rated: 6/10 Sep 8, 2020 Full Review R.L. Shaffer IGN DVD Once the monster is set loose, The Terror Within falls to pieces. Rated: 5/10 Nov 8, 2010 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Oct 3, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member The effects are pretty good but that's just about it. Actually not all the effects are good the Gargoyles in this movie look Appalling. There's hardly any character development if any. But it was interesting due to the effects and honestly the sequel is better but does drop in some effects. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member It was released in theaters in 1989, not 1977. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Blatant Corman rip off of Alien has a handful of survivors living in a underground shelter until a mutant gargoyle enters the safe haven. On its own, not bad. Rubber monster suit was a little disappointing. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Campy Roger Corman-produced ALIEN rip-off has decent special effects. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member The 80s was filled with these types of movies. It's a little bit Alien, a little bit Aliens, a dash of Macgyver, and a hint of Die Hard all held together by the producer Roger Corman. It's 80s b-movie drivel about a post apocalyptic world, its survivors, and the mutants who terrorize them and of course, rape the women to reproduce. It's not a great movie and what there is to laugh at isn't much, plus it contains 0 titties and the creature effects are downright atrocious. It does get some stars though because bits and pieces are hilarious and there is a good amount of gore. There's worse ways to spend an hour and a half of your time, then again, there's also much better. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Despite taking place on terrestrial post-apocalyptic earth, this film takes more than a few cues from Alien (1979). Mutants who inhabit the barren earth with humans are aggressive. Even sexually aggressive. So when a human woman is raped by one of these gargoyles and gets a bun in her oven humans doctors attempt to abort it. Since babies dont like being aborted it pops out and hides in the vents after causing hemorrhaging on more than one person involved. Through a quick maturation process, the gargoyle-mutant becomes human-sized in a matter of hours and then starts his rape-revenge. Not as good as I've made it sound. Some decent scenes, especially those with George Kennedy (like when he attacks the monster bare-handed!). Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis In a post-apocalyptic world, a small group of scientists, led by Hal (George Kennedy), is living underground after a chemical warfare incident, since dangerous mutants lurk aboveground. When the group rescues Karen (Yvonne Saa), a female survivor, from the surface, she discovers that one of the monsters has impregnated her -- and soon her vicious offspring arrives to terrorize the crew. Meanwhile, another pregnant female survivor is unsure whether the father is man or beast.
      Director
      Thierry Notz
      Screenwriter
      Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
      Production Co
      Concorde Pictures
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Sci-Fi
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 24, 2018
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $119.0K
      Runtime
      1h 26m
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