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April 17, 2008The Beast in Space is a cheesy Italian oddity from 1980 rescued by Severin Films and landing at video stores April 29. It's built around the stunt casting of Sirpa Lane, a Finnish ingénue who gained notoriety five years before in Walerian Borowczyk's La bête (The Beast), in which she carried on ferociously with a half-man, half-animal. Roger Vadim, who knew his ingénues, called her "the next Bridget Bardot." Guess not. She headlined this strained semi-sequel, again the object of affection of a libidinous monster. This time the half-thing is the physical manifestation of Zocor, a supercomputer that rules the planet Lorigon, not the cholesterol-lowering drug. The Beast in Space was the last of a number of Star Wars knock-offs by director Alfonso Brescia (anglicized as Al Bradley). They feature no-budget effects, heroines swathed in skintight jumpsuits and heroes with pressed hair and assertive sideburns. Beast adds several sex scenes filmed in a Howard Johnson orange haze. The DVD extra is an interview with Venantino Venantini, who plays a roguish black marketer. He contributes little except the tidbit that he once starred on All My Children.  Comments (0) Leave comment
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