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Originally Posted by Maila Munster
While watching Galaxy of Terror (1981), my first thought was "ALIEN". The movie was produced by Roger Corman and it was also his second film on which James Cameron worked as a crewman. Cameron's film techniques were quite innovative at that time, I guess.
Surely, Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott, was an inspiration for Galaxy of Terror. It's quite noticeable. James Cameron later directed the sequel of Alien, Aliens (1986) which looks like Galaxy of Terror in some ways - as you said.
The movie is old-school and bizarre. I especially remember one scene - something 'maggot-like' raping a woman. It was gross, weird and somewhat surreal. I don't know why I have that particular scene in mind, perhaps because of all its oddity...
It's a graphic S-F flick. I also had the feeling as if I was watching a real version of a comic book. The whole movie definitely has something cartoon about it.
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That maggot worm thing is down right crazy. I now think it's way worse than the scene in Evil Dead. Both the original and remake. Because I'm reading on wiki even though there is a source notation, that the worm scene was supposed to be even more blatant.
Galaxy of Terror has a good premise about your fears being manifest on this planet or near that pyramid. I read that Alien was influenced by Heavy Metal or the French version as well. I bet a directors like Ridley Scott or George Lucas just wanted to make better versions of those stories. I think George Lucas said something like he wanted to make a better B movie. Some times it works and some times it doesn't.