Terrarium (2003)

Nice effects though.

Best movie ever!

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Twelve astronauts who volunteer to pioneer a colony on a newly discovered planet are awoke from fifteen years of cybersleep after their spaceship crashes on a mysterious planet. Moreover, there's a ferocious and carnivorous simian humanoid beast on board their vessel with them. Writer/director Mike Conway relates the engrossing and entertaining story at a brisk pace, milks plenty of nerve-rattling tension from the claustrophobic opening act, delivers a decent smattering of gore, and stages the thrilling action in the lively and exciting last third with flair and skill. The game no-name cast give acceptable performances, with especially nice work from Tim Daley as the stoic Captain Carl Halsey, Jason Hall as the sarcastic Leonard Parks, Shae Wilson as the feisty Dena Warren, and Conway as the optimistic Wayne Bower. In addition, the plot keeps you guessing throughout about what's really going on, the alien creatures look pretty cool, and the CGI effects are surprisingly passable. Both the fairly polished cinematography and the rousing synthesizer score are up to speed. Plus it's done with a genuine go-for-it enthusiasm and sincerity that's impossible to either resist or dislike. Considering the modest budget, this one's really an impressive piece of genre filmmaking that combines horror and science fiction elements into a solid and enjoyable whole.

because his works actually made the effort to be movies. This, not so much.Most of the movie is the characters waiting around in cryobeds while the monster comes in and eats them. I think that's the whole plot or something...Maybe the writers wanted to do more with it, but the found they could only afford the one set after paying all the actors for the day and renting the gorilla suit...I'm just not seeing what the point to any of it was.Kind of like trying to write out ten lines to fill out a IMDb review when there really isn't ten lines worth of plot to write about.

terrariumthemovie.com Starring: Timothy S. Daley Written and Directed by : Mike Conway Okay this film freaked me out. I have claustrophobia and a fear of the dark... The monster was done well,The creepy keepers were well thought out. I saw the extras ,And like everyone else who ever desired owning the Batmobile or Oscar Meyer Weiner wagon ...I wanted that ship and TO FIND OUT it was destroyed makes this fan-boy cry ! The set was something, really something and done to its best angles, Can't imagine what place those actors went to bring the fear that is so apparent. Mike Conway has lots more movies up his sleeve and we cant wait.

I felt this was worse then Plan 9 from Outer Space. Cheesy costumes, poor script, low budget Special effects and just poor acting. I felt like I was watching one of those old drive in B movies but worse. If you're looking for something to just kill a hour and a half or so this is it. You never really get a good look at the cheap gorilla suit alien eating the crew. The acting is so lame I could have done just as bad.The aliens that control the " Creature " look like monkey masks, the weapons the aliens use look a lot like cheap fireworks and cheap one at that.What is really bad is that I had problems just finding this movie on IMDb. I had to search by one of the actresses names to look it up, Unless you like campy movies, steer clear of this one.