Forbidden World(1982)
1982 · Allan Holzman · 77 min
In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.
Horror · Science Fiction
5.3206 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How scary is Forbidden World?
Watching this feels like sitting through a cheap, sleazy creature feature that doesn't take itself too seriously despite the nasty violence on screen. The pacing is choppy, with stretches of low-budget lab drama and nudity padding things out before the monster shows up to tear through the cast in bursts of messy gore. It's the kind of movie made to shock and gross you out rather than get under your skin, more schlocky fun than genuinely upsetting. Fans of trashy 80s sci-fi horror and practical-effect monster gore will get more out of it than anyone looking for real dread.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Forbidden World rates psychological 1/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 45 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 30 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 25 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A scrappy, low-budget creature feature that starts with quick setup then keeps escalating into a gory, chaotic back half with little letup.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4.
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