Inseminoid (1981)
January 23, 1981Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Robin Clarke
Mark
Jennifer Ashley
Holly
Stephanie Beacham
Kate
Steven Grives
Gary
Barrie Houghton
Karl
Rosalind Lloyd
Gail
Victoria Tennant
Barbra
Trevor Thomas
Mitch
Heather Wright
Sharon
David Baxt
Ricky
Dominic Jephcott
Dean
John Segal
Jeff
Norman J. Warren
Director
Nick Maley
Writer
Robert Pugh
Roy
Judy Geeson
Sandy
Gloria Maley
Writer
Richard Gordon
Producer
Richard Gordon
Producer
David Speechley
Producer
Kevin O'Shea
Corin
John Scott
Composer
John Metcalfe
Cinematographer
Peter Boyle
Editor
Rose Tobias Shaw
CastingDirector
Hayden Pearce
ProductionDesigner
Ross Carver
Hairdresser
Paul Botham
Boom Operator
John Simmons
Focus Puller
Derry Haws
Assistant Makeup Artist
Mike Metcalfe
Clapper Loader
Chris Reed
Assistant Sound Editor
Dick Pope
Camera Operator
Lorraine Goodman
Production Assistant
Ian Watson
Assistant Art Director
Sheila Thomas
Key Makeup Artist
Alison Thorne
Continuity
Chris Blunden
Assistant Editor
Adrian Rawle
Second Assistant Director
Alan Board
Construction Manager
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Details.
Release DateJanuary 23, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Budget$2,000,000
Filming LocationsLondon, United Kingdom · Malta
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Inseminoid (titled Horror Planet in the United States) is a 1981 science fiction horror film directed by Norman J. Warren and starring Judy Geeson, Robin Clarke and Stephanie Beacham, along with Victoria Tennant in one of her early film roles. The plot concerns a team of archaeologists and scientists who are excavating the ruins of an ancient civilisation on a distant planet. One of the women in the team (Geeson) is impregnated by an alien creature and taken over by a mysterious intelligence, driving her to murder her colleagues one by one and feed on them.
A co-production of British producer Richard Gordon and Hong Kong’s Shaw Brothers Studio, Inseminoid was written by Nick and Gloria Maley, a married couple who had been part of the special effects team on Warren's earlier film Satan's Slave. Filmed between May and June 1980 on a budget of £1 million, half of which was supplied by the Shaw Brothers, it was shot mostly on location at Chislehurst Caves in Kent as well as on the island of Gozo in Malta, combined with a week's filming at Lee International Studios in London. Composer John Scott completed the film's electronic musical score over recording sessions that lasted many hours.
Despite a good box office response in the UK and abroad, Inseminoid failed to impress most commentators, who criticised the effects and production design. The overall quality of the acting was also poorly received, although Geeson's performance was praised. Criticism was also directed at the premise involving an alien insemination, which some commentators viewed as a weak imitation of Alien (1979). Both Warren and 20th Century Fox, distributor of Alien, rejected claims that Inseminoid was influenced by this film.