Heavy Metal (1981)

 

A glowing green orb - which embodies ultimate evil - terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

From memory: This adult animated sci-fi anthology film promised to be a minor sensation and does offer some good animation and an interesting soundtrack (which is generally not Heavy Metal), but its gracious and blatantly sexist presentation of sex and violence and the primitive narratives appeal to a rather juvenile (male) audience and frighten mature viewers.

Halliwell*: "The experiment is interesting rather than successful."

Maltin***: "...uneven, but great fun on a mindless, adolescent level. Sexy sci-fi stories and vignettes in a variety of graphic styles, many set to rock music." 

Virus (1999)

 

 

When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.

 

Trashy (and gory) sci-fi monster movie with a good cast which is actually quite entertaining.

 

On renewed viewing: I must admit this movie movie i s a little guilty pleasure of mine.

 

Halliwell (no star): "Frenetic, simple-minded science fiction that follows an obvious course with few surprises along the way."

 

Maltin BOMB: "Drearily routine,with borrowed ideas and stereotyped characters, though Curtis and Pacula try."