Sam Panico Director Allan Holzman (Emmy winning director/editor of Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Holocaust) wanted a chance to direct, so he took to the sets of Galaxy, using equipment that still had a rental day left and filmed a seven-minute test footage sequence that not only convinced Corman to give him a chance, but became the opening of this film. According to the book that comes with the Shout Factory release of the film, Holzman shot 94 camera set-ups in one day to achieve the frenetic editing style of this sequence.In the Wikipedia setup for this film, they report that this film was panned by critics as a "cheap, exploitive imitation Alien with sex, nudity, uneven editing, cheap special effects and an audio track that some found unpleasant." This sounds like a beacon for me screaming, "SEE THIS FILM NOW." I wouldn't say the music is bad…it's just a strange bit of electronic music that often feels like it doesn't fit the film. And as for the choppy editing style, it's as is this whole film as a battle between two movies. One, an art film packed with intriguing shots, quick cuts and oddly placed humor. Another a sleazy monster movie featuring plenty of sex scenes, women showering together and a toothy Giger-esque little buddy killing scientists.Read more at bandsaboutmovies.com/2017/06/30/forbidden-world-1982/

MartinHafer Roger Corman produced this film and although his movies almost always made money*, they always were made with minuscule budgets. None of them are what anyone would consider high art, but a few are masterpieces of inexpensive cinema. This one, however, is pretty much like most of Corman's films--super-cheap, kind of cheesy and a bit dumb...but also almost entertaining enough to keep your interest. After all, if the story (a re-working of ALIEN) doesn't keep your interest, the film tossed in quite a bit of gratuitous nudity to keep your interest!When the film begins, there is a really crappy space battle that looked very, very dated for the early 80s. Following this, the captain of the ship arrives at a research station where some sort of accident has occurred...though the leader of the station continually downplays the seriousness of it. They've created some sort of super-organism and although folks seem amazingly complacent, it soon starts wiping out folks on the station. Can they stop it in time or are they all doomed to be entrées for this creature?ALIEN came out in 1979 and looks a billion times better than this film. Heck, several other sci-fi movies of the 70s look a lot better than this one. But it does sport two women who love to take their clothes off for no discernible reason other than to distract the audience from the overall crappiness of the movie. The overall effect is anything but artful and isn't particularly good...but folks wanting to see a lot of flesh should be satisfied. Otherwise, not a film most folks would want to watch and would do a lot better just watching ALIEN.By the way, 're-working' is also occasionally a nice way to say 'blatant ripoff'.*Corman's only money-losing film (out of over 400 credits) was reportedly "The Intruder" (starring William Shatner). Sadly, this was among the best films Corman ever made and yet it lost money and some god-awful ones made money. A great example of the phrase "life ain't fair".

jefuab I've seen it many times and every time I see it I'm surprised at how good it is. Countless cheap (and expensive) films have copied Alien, and this may well be the best.Although a sequel to Roger Corman's earlier Galaxy of Terror, which was more of a Star Trek rip-off than Alien, Forbidden World has nothing to do with Galaxy of Terror except they share sets and are clearly set in the same universe as one another.It is full of gore, clever special effects, good performances, fitting mood-setting music, sex and screaming. The monster is a proper low-budget creation and one that you see a lot of. It's a sort of cardboard version of Giger's Alien.If you're a fan of horror science fiction you MUST watch this. My money and time has not been wasted, it is constantly entertaining, and the finale is worth the exciting wait.

HumanoidOfFlesh Mike Colby(Jesse Vint)is an intergalactic mercenary who is sent by The Man to desert planet called Xarbia.A group of scientists working there created slimy alien named Subject 20.Of course the creature escapes and all hell breaks loose..."Forbidden World" by Allan Holzman is a guilty pleasure of mine.It's a chock full of gore,slime and sleazy nudity.The special effects are cheap and gooey,the script is very silly and there is plenty of naked female flesh provided by June Chadwick and Dawn Dunlap.The acting is generally decent and the climax is insanely yucky.A must-see,if you enjoyed "Galaxy of Terror","Humanoids from the Deep" or "Inseminoid".8 slimy aliens out of 10.