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I first saw this film when I was about 10 years old. At that time I was really scared by it. I just saw it again after 40 years and my impressions of it are much different now. I wont comment on the special effects since this is after all a B movie made in the 50's. What caught my attention was the plotline. I think the crew has as much to fear from their own actions as the monster. This is a spacecraft traveling in interplanetary space yet the storyline has them acting like it's the gunfight at the OK corral. They are firing 45 automatics and M-14 rifles randomly in the ship like they were trying for a hull breach. When this doesn't work they arrange for about 10-12 grenades to explode. Then they fire off about a dozen gas grenades. These guys got a real death wish. When all this fails they decide to go for an explosive decompression by opening the airlock to space. They must of been really sad when the threat of the monster was gone. They probably played Russian Roulette the rest of the way back to earth.

Of all the movies that I have seen about the earth being struck by a comet/meteor this is by far the worse. It is even worse then "Meteor", a movie made a number of years ago and starring Sean Connery. By the time I was 30 minutes into the film I realized that it was loosely following a format similar to another SciFi channel movie, "Ice". Both movies had people trying to survive in blizzard like conditions with similar character types. At the 1 hour point I turned it off and watched Gilligan's Island reruns. I really don't care how the movie turned out. One big problem with this movie, besides the lousy script, is that they don't get the science right. In this movie it wasn't until the comet became plainly visible in the night sky that someone "figured out" that it was going to hit the earth in a few hours. As an amateur astronomer I can guarantee you that long, long before this comet would become this visible in the sky it's orbit would have been calculated. Also, if it was close enough to collide with the earth our planet would be very close, if not within the coma, and no stars would be visible at all.

I was a fan of this show from the premier episode of "The Galaxy Being" which I saw when I was ten years old. I just recently was given the DVD set of both seasons. It's great to be able to see THE UNCUT episodes the way they were originally broadcast. It's true that the special effects of the early 60's are rather crude compared to what can be done with CGI today, however, the original Outer Limits made up for it by two things which often are missing in todays science fiction movies and series:excellent story lines with equally excellent acting. Another thing which always stood out for me was the music score which accompanied each episode. I was surprised when my teenage daughter watched some of the episodes with me and like them. One episode which resonated with her was "Don't Open Til Doomsday" It was weird having her discuss the episode with me and express the same feelings that I had 42 years ago when I saw it for the first time. I have to say that when the technology allowed for more realistic and fantastic special effects it seemed to take the heart out of good story telling. Even though I watched The new Outer Limits on Showtime and enjoyed it I feel that it still was inferior to the original series.

This is one of what appears to be several attempts of the SciFi channel at securing a new weekly series. (Riverworld, Momentum, Alien Hunter, Epoch) This time it is giant alien eels who are preparing the earth for reclamation by its original owners, whoever that might be, by melting the polar ice caps. In the end the good scientist somehow manages to communicate with them and they get locked away in the remains of the Hubris undersea research station which conveniently sinks with them inside it. It's easy to see how this could evolve into a series with the question each week of "Will the earths owners come back or not?) Like all of the these movies that the SciFi channel has put on they come on at 9:00PM on Saturday (at least in my area). They are interesting until about half-way through and they loose steam. The ending always leaves many unanswered questions which could conveniently be dealt with in a weekly series. As far as the storyline goes there is one major flaw in the concept. According to the scenario presented if the polar ice cap melted the resulting lose of land mass due to flooding is way, way off. A graphic presented in the movie showed that 90% of all land mass would be under water. This is simply not the case. Even if both polar ice caps melted, (in the movie only the Arctic ice mass was being melted) ocean levels in the world would rise about 60-100 feet. While this would be devastating to all coastal cities it would not, as indicated in the movie, flood all of the United States except the High Sierra Nevada Mountains. The far greater problem with a disappearing polar ice sheet would be the complete disruption of the weather pattern as we now know it. I also was annoyed with the cliche ridden depiction of the military. Even after it was very clearly demonstrated that any form of aggression against these "eels" would result in complete destruction of the aggressor no one except the good scientists were getting the message. I served in the military and can say that if one battle strategy fails it is never repeated over and over again giving opportunity after opportunity for failure. All in all it was a disappointing film. I'll keep watching however because I am a SciFi junkie.

I saw this movie at the video store offered as a five day rental for only $.99, which should have told me something. At the time I didn't rent it. Later I read the comments section for this movie and at the time no one liked it. However the content of the movie intrigue me and I rented it anyway. Big Mistake! Everyone was right. This movie is unbelievably bad. The acting stunk, the storyline was incomprehensible, and I got the feeling that they started to run out of money before it was finished and had to hurry the ending along. The movie runs at only 68 minutes; which is merciful. The copy I rented had a section of about 12 minutes at the end which revealed the behind the scenes making of the film. It looked like everyone thought they were involved with some kind of classic. This is one time when I should have listened to everyone else and not rented the film. It's absolutely amazing to me that anyone would want to have their name asociated with this product. It seems to me that this kind of film would be the kiss of death for someones career. There is a graduate student in my department who thinks this movie is one of the nest he has seen; a statement which made me doubt his sanity.

Originally titled "Madman of Midoras" in 1958 and then re-edited using an incoherent plotline in 1968 with the current title. Both scripts are a terrible waste of toilet paper. If watching the earlier version is not enough you can have your intelligence insulted by watching this one. The movie begins in black and white with actors and actresses portraying government agents with the traditional hairstyles and speaking jargon of the late sixties. They end up being murdered. The action then shifts to an airport somewhere in South America. Now you see people with haircuts and dress from the late fifties. Real nice. The best part in both versions is watching Hitlers head scream in what you are asked to believe is German. I've had two German speaking students who have seen the movie both say that whatever he is speaking it definitely is not German. Don't bother with this piece of trash unless you are into self-abuse.

I've seen lots of mummy movies and this one has the distinction of not having a mummy but instead a self-propelled bunch of bandages. The movie has a great beginning with Christopher Lee but then never delivers. About halfway through it looses steam and then craps out. I don't know what disturbs me most: the fact that this movie was made or that the ending left open the possibility of a sequel.

I first saw this film in its theatrical release in 1972 while I was in the US Air Force. At that time I was stationed in Florida where I and several friends would do weekend canoeing. I can assure you that this movie had a profound effect on all of us. I believe that this movie represents what Hollywood is capable of when they put their mind to it. It is a true work of art. It is one of a hand full of movies that are perfect in my estimation. One of the reasons which make it so profound is that all of the events are totally plausible. Another is the reality of the characters. The machismo of of the Burt Reynolds character, the ackwardness of the the Ned Beatty character as he tries to fit in are all people who I have known. I have also known people who looked and acted like the "toothless man and Don Job" as well. I watch this movie at least several times a year and never tire of it.

I was 8 years old when this movie came out. We saw it as a family at the Baseline Drive-in. At the time it really scared me and my siblings. I just saw it recently on video and my impressions now are of course different. What I remember were the special glasses that you had to use to see or not to see the ghosts. William Castle at the time was the PT Barnum of horror movies and this was one of his latest gimmicks. Probably what I remember the most was finding for weeks afterward the discarded special glasses in our families orange grove since we lived about 1 mile from the drive-in and our road was on the way home for many people. My dad couldn't stand trash on our property and would pay each of us 5 cents for each one we brought to him.

This is my daughters favorite television show and they tried for a month to get me to watch it with them. I finally did and now I'm a fan as well. This is an excellent television series that my family can watch together. The storylines are intelligent and thought provoking. This fact alone probably will doom it to cancellation since American TV has shown a pre-disposition to avoiding television programming that assumes that the people have a brain. I hope this doesn't happen for a long time. The characters are believable and easy to identify with in their particular circumstances. The Sci-Fi channel should be applauded.

When Jaws came out in 1975 I saw the movie at least 6 times in the theater. It is a true classic. I saw JawsII and it didn't have the magic of the original but it was OK as sequels go. Jaws III was a mess. But this movie is total crap. Who could have believed that that great movie from the summer of 75' would mutate into Jaws: The Revenge. The premise stunk, the actors stunk, the shark stunk. Nothing more can be said.

When I was a child Saturday evenings we always watched "Creature Feature" that was broadcast from a local Los Angeles station. The staple of this venue was the "B" movies of the fifties and early sixties. To my young mind most of the movies were interesting and I enjoyed them. Except for this movie. It was a mess. The "monster" looked like an overgrown horny toad with what looked like sausages hanging in his mouth. The only reason it was so deadly was that you would laugh yourself to death when you were attacked. If the monster didn't get you your troubles were not over because you would be forced to listen to the "Del-Aires". This one/two punch was a very deadly combination. I don't know what would possess Del Tenney, if that is his real name, to make a movie like this. I would be ashamed.

I anxiously awaited for this film to open. I was very disappointed. It had a great premise but it just didn't make a lot of sense to me. In addition, I thought the technology depicted was very implausible. To me good science fiction must have enough reality in the story line to be enjoyable. The tale takes place 50 years in the future yet the Event Horizon is a gigantic ship with complete life support in addition to having artificial gravity which no scientist today has any idea how to produce in the manner portrayed. I also had problems with the ships orbit around Neptune. It was low enough in the atmosphere to be surrounded with clouds yet could remain at orbital speeds of tens of thousands of MPH and not burn up. I was able to predict the end of the movie (including the cheesy technique of leaving an ending which opens the possibility for a sequel) halfway through it. When I can do this I begin to loose interest. I liked the special effects as well as the acting, which I thought superb. I would never buy this movie for my home library.

I was numb after watching this movie. I think the director and producer should be slapped for making something like this. This movie defines the term "cheesy". I think the rocket ranger concept is the result of a weekend brainstorming session in which three men consumed about 400 bottles of Corona beer. I bought a copy of this movie because I think it will someday replace "Plan Nine from Outer Space" as the worse movie ever made. Maybe this was the true motive for making this film?

I have been a student of the Civil War for a great while and this movie moved me deeply. Although artistic license was no doubt taken with the personalities of the individual characters this movie is historically accurate. It was a very powerful production which should be shown in history classes in which the Civil War will be studied. Although the story of the C.S.S. Hunley is a small chapter in the Civil War it is a story which clearly shows the bravery and determination of the confederate soldier. Though I do take exception to the confederate cause I admire the men who died in the Hunley greatly.

When I was in the USAF this was one of the movies that was shown at the base theater for $.25. Even at that price you were wasting your money. Watching Alan Hale Jr. make a fool out of himself was especially sad. Gilligan's Island was a farce but it was Shakespeare compared with this movie. The plot had something to do with giant spiders coming from/through a black hole/inter-dimensional rift. The small spiders were Ok but I swear the larger ones look like the main portion of their bodies were shaped just like Volkswagen Beetles.

When I was a kid I saw an old B/W movie with Marshall Thompson entitled "First Man In Space" I believe. This movie concerned an astronaut who went into space and got coated with something that caused him to need to suck blood from living people. This was a cheesy plot but far superior to this movie. I've watched "The Incredible Melting Man" three times including the original theatrical release in 1977. I'm still am trying to figure out what it was all about. This movie went the way of the protagonist in the end, ending up in a big pile of unrecognizable crap.

This movie appears to be an imitation of a movie made a few years ago titled "Moontrap". In that movie, an alien mechanical intelligence lurks on the moon collecting the garbage left by the Apollo moon landings and assembling it into a spaceship so that it can get to earth. At one point this intelligence uses human body parts in its contructions. "Virus" uses this same premise but dresses it up with a bigger special effects budget. What you end up with is a movie that is not as good. I actually prefer "Moontrap" over "Virus". I'm glad I chose to attend the matinee showing where I only had to spend $4.00 to get in instead of $8.50. I definitely will not purchase or rent this video.