He literally crash-lands amidst a group of scientists that are trying to develop a virus to destroy another virus namely the lethal Delta-5 disease.
Marc Singer, who here looks like he might be Kevin Bacon's older brother, plays a lone space macho cowboy who arrives on the research facility planet Phaebon together with his pet-robot Tinpan after they picked up an S.O.S signal. Only Corman is shameless enough to make the exact same film twice and then still include footage from his other work, like "Battle Beyond the Stars". That movie was a shameless "Alien" rip-off, so basically "Dead Space" is the remake of a rip-off. It's a remake of "Forbidden World", which was released also by Corman not even ten years earlier. It is more than obvious that this thing got made in probably even less than a week, under the strict surveillance of Roger Corman. But hey, "Dead Space" is a very redundant movie in general. How can you possibly tell a proper Sci-Fi tale in such a short period? Well, see below this review for a couple of tips on how to make your film shorter, but usually it's not the best idea. It states 70 minutes! Okay here on the IMDb the running time is supposedly 80 minutes, but that probably includes trailers and/or full closing credits. The first thing about "Dead Space" I couldn't help noticing immediately was the running time displayed on the back of the VHS-cover.
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