FilmSci-Fi Horror Monster & Creature Survival

Terra Formars2016

Name: Terra Formars
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror, Monster & Creature, Survival, Body Horror
Released: 2016-04-29
Rating: 5

“We're the ones who will survive.”

Directed by Takashi Miike

5.0

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 4.7TMDB 6.1

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Year

2016

Runtime

109 min

The premise

With the space program attempting to travel to Mars, 21st century scientists were tasked with warming up the planet so that humans could survive on its surface. They came up with an efficient and cost effective plan of sending cockroaches and mold to the surface so that the mold would absorb the sunlight and the insect corpses would serve as a food source for the mold. It is now the year 2577 and the first manned ship to Mars has landed on the planet and the six crew members are ready for their mission. But what they find are giant mutated humanoid cockroaches with incredible physical strength. The crew members are easily wiped out, but not before sending a transmission back to Earth. Now, humanity will send elite warriors to exterminate the mutated bugs and claim back Mars.

Horror Vault's take

Five centuries after scientists seeded Mars with cockroaches to prepare it for human colonization, an elite squad of warriors arrives on the red planet to find that evolution has produced something far more terrifying than anyone anticipated. Based on the popular Japanese manga, director Takashi Miike delivers a live-action adaptation packed with grotesque creature design and relentless close-quarters combat. The soldiers carry a dark secret of their own that shapes how they must fight, adding a layer of body-horror unease beneath the non-stop action. Mars has never felt so hostile — or so crawling.

Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Body Horror, Creature Violence, Jump Scares