Galaxy of Terror is an American feature film of the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. It was directed by B.D. Clark with a script written by Clark and Marc Siegler. It was produced by Siegler and Roger Corman for New World Pictures and released through United Artists in the United States in October 23, 1981
The tagline to this film is "Your countdown to Hell is about to begin".
Galaxy of Terror was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 20th, 2010 by Shout! Factory. The DVD includes a video documentary entitled Tales from the Lumberyard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror.
This is the third genre film for actor Robert Englund. He previously appeared in Dead & Buried, released the same year as Galaxy of Terror. Englund will eventually become known as a horror film icon, specifically for his portrayal of wisecracking dream demon Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
First professional genre work for James Cameron. Cameron worked as a second unit director on this film. He eventually becomes a well-known film director famous for helming films such as Aliens, The Terminator, The Abyss, Titanic and Avatar.
