Line #16 Film/GalaxyOfTerror


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:[[CoversAlwaysLie Well . . . it's not a worm.]]]]
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4	A 1981 science fiction horror BMovie by Creator/RogerCorman and starring Creator/EdwardAlbert, Creator/RayWalston, Creator/SidHaig, and Creator/RobertEnglund.
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6	The crew of the starship ''Quest'' are sent on a rescue mission to the distant planet Morganthus where they discover a mysterious pyramid-shaped structure, that sets [[EverythingTryingToKillYou gruesome things out to kill them]], born from each of their fears.
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8	Creator/JamesCameron was the production designer and second unit director for this one, by the way.
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10	!! This film contains examples of:
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12	* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Quuhod]] is forced to cut off his own arm.
13	* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:And most do. Even the hero's girlfriend Alluma doesn't survive.]]
14	* TheBigGuy: Quuhod is the biggest of the crew.
15	* BigCreepyCrawlies: The first monster that appears is a giant ant.
16	* BossRush: [[spoiler:The Master summons killer illusions of the monsters and all of the dead crew members to fight Cabran at the climax.]]
17	* ClosedCircle: Once the ''Quest'' crash-lands in Morganthus, they are unable to communicate with anybody and SomeKindOfForceField that emanates from the pyramid makes it impossible for them to take off, forcing them to enter the place to see if they can shut it off.
18	* DeathWorld: Morganthus. The only thing that could be called "civilization" anywhere in its deserted surface is the gigantic pyramid full of killer aliens and MindRape.
19	* DisneyVillainDeath: An alien creature suddenly appears [[spoiler:to attack Baelon. After getting clawed by it, the alien tosses him off the platform to the depths of the pyramid]].
20	* TheDogWasTheMastermind: The Planet Master, who had sent the ''Quest'' to Morganthus, was actually [[spoiler:Kore the cook]].
21	* DumbBlonde: Averted, Daimeia is blonde and busty but she's a medic officer.
22	* DwindlingParty: The only crew members who ''don't'' die are [[spoiler:Cabran and Ranger]].
23	* EnemyRisingBehind: The maggot towards Daimeia.
24	* FanDisservice: The worm scene. Daimeia looks mighty fine, except... yeah... ''[[spoiler:rape by overgrown maggot]]''.
25	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Quuhod]] is killed with his crystal throwing star by [[spoiler:his own severed arm]].
26	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:People die based on what they fear the most.]]
27	* ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway: Earth is never mentioned.
28	* ManOnFire: [[spoiler:Captain Trantor is lit on fire after something unknown opens the doors in front of her. Ranger finds her cooked corpse.]]
29	* MessyMaggots: When the crew find [[spoiler:Quuhod's cut arm]], it's covered in maggots. Daimeia expresses her fear of them at the sight, [[spoiler:which sets her up for a giant maggot assaulting and killing her]].
30	* MirrorMatch: [[spoiler:Ranger ends up hallucinating a copy of himself that tries to kill him. After a few cuts, Ranger figures out that the only way to prevent his death is by not fighting at all, making the illusion dispel.]]
31	* MyLittlePanzer: [[spoiler:Turns out that the pyramid full of monsters literally out of the crew's worst nightmares is a piece of LostTechnology that AncientAstronauts used to teach ''their children'' lessons.]]
32	* NewMeat: [[spoiler:The youngest and newest of the group dies first.]]
33	* OutWithABang: [[spoiler:Daimeia gets raped to death by a huge monster maggot in the film's most infamous scene.]]
34	* PeekABooCorpse: When the crew first enters the abandoned ship, a corpse suddenly falls from the ceiling, hanging in the air upside-down.
35	* SoleSurvivor: Captain Trantor is the only survivor of the "Hesperus Massacre" where she managed to fly back to base alone.
36	* TheVoiceless: Quuhod. He has only one line: "I live… and I die… by the crystals."
37	* VomitIndiscretionShot: The newest crew member, Cos, throws up at the sight of the first dead body they discover.
38	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Carbon and Ranger reach the center of the pyramid [[spoiler:and find Kore, discovering he is the Master. Carbon goes to confront Kore, but Ranger is left behind and his fate is unknown.]]
39	* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: [[spoiler:For reasons known only to himself, the Planet Master chose the crew of the ''Quest'' to take the test to see who would become the new Master. Carbon accomplishes it, by surviving everything the pyramid threw at him and taking out the Master.]]
40	* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler:How Alluma dies, crushed by tentacles.]]

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