That was an excellent one.

Really Surprised!

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Twelve astronauts who volunteer to pioneer a colony on a newly discovered planet are awoke from fifteen years of cybersleep after their spaceship crashes on a mysterious planet. Moreover, there's a ferocious and carnivorous simian humanoid beast on board their vessel with them. Writer/director Mike Conway relates the engrossing and entertaining story at a brisk pace, milks plenty of nerve-rattling tension from the claustrophobic opening act, delivers a decent smattering of gore, and stages the thrilling action in the lively and exciting last third with flair and skill. The game no-name cast give acceptable performances, with especially nice work from Tim Daley as the stoic Captain Carl Halsey, Jason Hall as the sarcastic Leonard Parks, Shae Wilson as the feisty Dena Warren, and Conway as the optimistic Wayne Bower. In addition, the plot keeps you guessing throughout about what's really going on, the alien creatures look pretty cool, and the CGI effects are surprisingly passable. Both the fairly polished cinematography and the rousing synthesizer score are up to speed. Plus it's done with a genuine go-for-it enthusiasm and sincerity that's impossible to either resist or dislike. Considering the modest budget, this one's really an impressive piece of genre filmmaking that combines horror and science fiction elements into a solid and enjoyable whole.

because his works actually made the effort to be movies. This, not so much.Most of the movie is the characters waiting around in cryobeds while the monster comes in and eats them. I think that's the whole plot or something...Maybe the writers wanted to do more with it, but the found they could only afford the one set after paying all the actors for the day and renting the gorilla suit...I'm just not seeing what the point to any of it was.Kind of like trying to write out ten lines to fill out a IMDb review when there really isn't ten lines worth of plot to write about.

Terrarium is an excellent sci-fi flick done in the tradition of Aliens. The sense of claustrophobia looms as the director puts you in a ziploc bag, waiting and wondering if, and when, the monster/alien will come back to eat you.The movie is chalk full of scary scenes that had my wife jumping and covering her eyes. The filmmakers choice to revel small glimpses of the monster works brilliantly and is very reminiscent of horror from yesteryear.The '70s synthesized soundtrack compliments the movie perfectly. It really gave a sense of the classic Corman sci-fi.If you like Sci-Fi, you will definitely appreciate Terrarium.

An surprisingly good effort given budget and limited locations (all of this is detailed in the special features). Director Mike Conway makes clever use of what little he had to work with by creating psychological suspense in the first act. (showing as little of the creature as possible was definitely a good move here). The rest of the film takes on more of a low budget feel after the initial threat is dispelled, but is redeemed by the somewhat campy acting and unintentionally funny delivery of the characters (especially the captain). All in all, a good concept fairly well executed. See it with someone who can appreciate a low budget production and prepare to be entertained...