Main Cast: Stan Ivar, Wendy Schaal, Lyman Ward, Robert Jaffe, Annette McCarthy, Klaus Kinski
Release Year: 1985
Country: US
Run Time: 97 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Less than a year before James Cameron's turbo-charged sequel, Hollywood (or its overseas counterparts) still managed to find ways to retread the badly-worn theme of Ridley Scott's Alien, as evidenced in this 1985 low-budget item. When a mysterious canister is uncovered on Saturn's largest moon Titan, a dormant, eons-old monster is released, making lunch of both the explorers who discovered it and the rival corporation's exploration team which investigates their disappearance. The most enjoyable "creature" in this otherwise pedestrian film is the ever-leering Klaus Kinski, who plays the lecherous sole survivor of the previous expedition, but the only real source of entertainment -- the depiction of gooey, gory effects and gratuitous nudity -- is spoiled by inadequate lighting and static camera set-ups. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
Diane Salinger - Melanie Bryce; Marie Laurin - Susan Delambre; David Moses - Mission Coordinator; Buckley Norris - Concord Technician #1; Eileen Seeley - Loudspeaker Voice (Concord); John Stinson - Astronaut #1; Michael Griswold - Concord Technician #2
Credit
Steven Nelson - Art Director, Trevor Bloch - Art Director, Mike Novatny - Art Director, Doug Beswick - Costume Designer, William Malone - Director, Bette Cohen - Editor, Tom Chase - Composer (Music Score), Steve Rucker - Composer (Music Score), Michael Novotny - Production Designer, Bob Skotak - Production Designer, Harry Mathias - Cinematographer, William J. Dunn - Producer, William Malone - Producer, L.A. Effects Group - Special Effects, Robert Short - Special Effects, William Malone - Screenwriter, Alan Reed - Screenwriter
Creature (aka The Titan Find) is about a team of space explorers that encounter a vicious alien creature that has the ability to manipulate its victims after death. One joke in the film is that the crew devises a plan for killing the alien based upon a sci-fi film one of them saw about a giant vampire carrot. Klaus Kinski makes an appearance about thirty minutes into the film.
