Galaxy Of Terror set
Picture: C
Sound: C Extras: D Features: C
Not to be confused with the wacky Erin Moran Sci-Fi film
of the same name, this BCI Eclipse set of cheap Science Fiction works on old
analog tape dubbed Galaxy Of Terror offers titles you have never heard
of. This includes The Dinosaur
Chronicles, Preylien, The Weapon and Blood
Red Planet. The titles pretty
much tell you what you are going to get, but as bad as they are, they are still
more sincere than disasters like Doom and Red Planet, proving
even a little heart goes a long way.
That is the only reason to see this set, out of curiosity interest to
see how much better Science Fiction used to be to the extent that these
amateurs could produce somewhat more interesting works with little money than
the big budget disaster we are suffering through now. Even at their worst, I was not as insulted as I have been by
people who should know and produce better.
The various aspect ratios are somewhat colorful at their
best, while the letterboxed images are never anamorphic, as the picture quality
could never survive that treatment since all of this is older NTSC analog
tape. The sound is essentially mono,
with some of the works in simple stereo, but BCI has them here as Dolby Digital
5.1 and 2.0 mixes. The 5.1 boosts the
limits as well as the sound, but not in any extraordinary way and there are no
extras.
- Nicholas Sheffo
