‘They created a monster over lunch. Now it’s back for dinner…’
Deep Space – stylized as DeepSpace – is a 1988 American science fiction horror film co-produced and directed by Fred Olen Ray (Super Shark; Dire Wolf; Glass Trap; The Unliving/Tomb of the Werewolf; Evil Toons; Haunting Fear; Alienator; Cyclone; Deep Space; Star Slammer; The Tomb; Biohazard; Scalps) from a screenplay co-written with T.L. Lankford.
The Trans World Entertainment production stars Charles Napier (Skeeter; Body Bags; Alien from the Deep; Wacko), Ann Turkel (Humanoids from the Deep 1980), Bo Svenson (Beyond the Door III; Curse II: The Bite; Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker; Snowbeast), Ron Glass, Julie Newmar (Batman), James Booth (Revenge, 1971), Norman Burton, Jesse Dabson, Elisabeth Brooks, Anthony Eisley, Peter Palmer, Fox Harris, Michael Forest, William Fair, Dawn Wildsmith, Suzy Stokey, Rachel Howard and Carl D. Parker.
Steve Neill (Puppetmaster; The Stuff) provided the special effects makeup.
Plot:
A US satellite transporting a secretly engineered creature crashes to Earth near Los Angeles.
Police officers Ian McLemore (Charles Napier) and Carla Sandbourn (Ann Turkel) are assigned to pursue the escaped mutant beast.
Along the way, they clash with their superior, Captain Robertson (Bo Svenson) and the scientists behind the project.
Psychic Lady Elaine Wentworth (Julie Newmar) also lends them a hand before McLemore uses a chainsaw to battle with the beast in a fight to the finish…
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Trailer [1080p HD]:
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Filming locations:
Filmed in Los Angeles in 1987.
Budget:
$1,750,000 (estimated)
Technical details:
1 hour 30 minutes
Audio: Stereo
Aspect ratio: 1.85: 1
