I was inspired to see 'Forbidden World' after watching a YouTube video about it on the 'Good, Bad, Flicks' channel, and I would recommend the video it's an interesting story, the movie I would recommend with an asterixis. This is a Roger Corman produced 'Alien' rip-off, the first film directed by Allan Holzman, who did things like trailer cutting and second unit stuff before this. It's competently done, and an odd labor of love.
There are actually two versions of this film on the BlueRay, the theatrical cut and the directors cut. The directors cut has more comedy, it's not so much laugh out loud funny as winking at the audience funny, or so I thought. Apparently this plays different to an audience, an early showing brought lots of laughter, which was intentional, but Corman didn't like it, he didn't think it was going to be that kind of movie, so he ordered it recut.
I think of the two versions I may have liked the theatrical cut marginally more, for one thing that cut looks a lot better, it's been digitally remastered and the directors cut clearly hasn't. Also you can understand what the robot is saying much clearer in the theatrical cut, even though the voice casting is kind of odd.
This struck me as a serviceable, but not exceptional film, definitely a B movie. Corman got what he wanted out of it, another 'Alien' rip-off with female nudity. The movie made four times what it costs to make, so sehr gut. The audio commentary, which is on the directors cut, makes you apricate the project more, Holzman put everything he could into this little picture, and the pride he shows in it even now is endering, as his stutter, he directed this film with a stutter, perhaps only Roger Corman would have given this man his antra into directing, and I'm glade he did.**
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