Creature (1985 film)

This entry is for the film in 1985. For the film that was aired as Creature on SciFi UK, see Alien Lockdown

Creature
Promotional poster
Directed by	William Malone
Produced by	William G. Dunn
Written by	William Malone, Alan Reed
Starring	Stan Ivar, Wendy Schaal, Lyman Ward, Robert Jaffe, Diane Salinger, Annette McCarthy, Marie Laurin
Music by	Thomas Chase, Steve Rucker
Cinematography	Harry Mathias
Editing by	Bette Jane Cohen
Distributed by	TransWorld Entertainment
Release date(s)	May 8, 1985
Running time	97 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Creature (aka The Titan Find) is a 1985 film directed by William Malone.

Plot

Creature is about a team of space explorers that encounters on the base on Titan a vicious alien creature that has the ability to manipulate its victims after death. Klaus Kinski makes an appearance about thirty minutes into the film.

This film is one of the more famous 80's Sci-Fi films that derives heavy influence from Ridley Scott's and 20th Century Fox's film Alien.

DVD release and other viewing media

Sometime after the film's release, the film fell into the public domain and received numerous VHS and DVD releases. In 2007, Creature was shown on the horror hosted television series Cinema Insomnia.^[1] Apprehensive Films later released the Cinema Insomnia-version onto DVD.^[2] The film can now be watched on Hulu, although five minutes of gore and nude scenes have been edited out.^[3]

Cast

• Stan Ivar – Mike Davison
• Wendy Schaal – Beth Sladen
• Lyman Ward – David Perkins
• Robert Jaffe – Jon Fennel
• Diane Salinger – Melanie Bryce
• Annette McCarthy – Dr. Wendy H. Oliver
• Klaus Kinski – Hans Rudy Hofner

References

1. ^ "Cinema Insomnia". Cinema Insomnia. http://www.cinemainsomnia.com/show.php#episode. Retrieved 20 July 2010. 
2. ^ "Creature DVD". Apprehensive Films. http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/cicreaturedvd.html. Retrieved 20 July 2010. 
3. ^ "Hulu - Creature". Hulu. http://www.hulu.com/watch/138503/creature. Retrieved 20 July 2010. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Creature at the Internet Movie Database
• Hulu - Creature
• Creature on YouTube