Killings At Outpost Zeta...

Years ago, I happened to see a movie about rocks that killed people attempting to settle on an alien world, but, I couldn't remember the title. After a thorough search of the web, I came across an article describing exactly what I was looking for: The Killings At Outpost Zeta...

Outpost Zeta is a barren planet on the edge of the Milky Way, but it has strategic importance to the military establishment on Earth. Earth Base has sent several space ships to Zeta, but none have returned. So a top-flight team of six earth soldiers and scientists is dispatched to investigate the fate of the earlier expeditions.

What they find are the corpses of the earlier crews, corpses with their insides sucked out. The killers reveal themselves as volcanic-rock monsters who exhale oxygen, and the Earthlings discover that a whiff of fresh air can mean sudden and horrible death. Will the Earth soldiers outwit the space monsters and survive? Slowly the action builds to a pulse-racing climax which will leave you aching with suspense.

Although there is a VHS version available, there is as yet, no official DVD. Unfortunately, in the aftermath of the Ultimate Otaku Fall Cleanup, I gave up my VCR. But, as luck would have it, YouTube, came through for me yet again. I have fond, if a bit vague, memories of this movie, so, I had to add it to the archive. By the way, the cover art is from the VHS. The Killings At Outpost Zeta is by no means, a classic, but, if you can look past the bargain basement sets and atrocious acting, there is a small nugget of a decent story. So, while some might argue that The Killings At Outpost Zeta is a complete waste of time, in my humble opinion, it still manages to hold up surprisingly well after more than 30 years.