![]() There's spaceship fight scenes lifted from Battle Beyond the Stars, another Corman masterpiece. He's Executive Producer here and Dead Space is a remake of his 1982 effort Forbidden World (which was clearly inspired by Alien). What we have here is in fact a remake of an Alien ripoff, which reuses footage from a Star Wars ripoff. Heck, Alien and Aliens have been ripped off (badly) so many times, it's a safe bet to think Fred Gallo went that way here, right? To the uninformed Dead Space plays like a straight forward ripoff of Alien. ![]() Not his skill at deftly sorting plastic and glass ahead of trash day, his ability to take his earlier projects and reuse footage/scripts/ideas time and time again. The King of B Movies is, was and always will be the man when it comes to cutting corners and getting results on low budgets.ĭead Space is a prime example of Corman's recycling abilities. ![]() If you've been following my blog for a while, you probably know that I'm an unashamed fan of Roger Corman (as shown by my Cormania movie marathon), as any true b-movie fan should be. ![]()
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