Overview
Experiments in biological warfare have destroyed all but a few remnants of the human race. Alone in a lab, eight students work feverishly to create a vaccine before they are forced outside in search for food. It is then that the surviving scientists discover creatures mutated by the plague. Now they prepare to do battle against their worst fear: The Terror Within.
MovieMagicScore Overview
Auto-generatedThe Terror Within (1989), directed by Thierry Notz, is a post-apocalyptic horror science-fiction film. After biological warfare devastates humanity, a small band of scientists sheltering in a lab races to develop a vaccine, only to be confronted by mutated creatures spawned by the plague when they venture out for supplies. Confined and tense, it leans on claustrophobic survival, monster menace, and the dread of an outside world gone hostile. Themes of extinction, contagion, and desperate endurance shape its grim tone. Aimed at fans of low-budget creature features and bunker-bound sci-fi horror. It holds a MagicMovieScore of 4.4.
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Top Cast
George Kennedy
Hal
Andrew Stevens
David
Starr Andreeff
Sue
Terri Treas
Linda
John Lafayette
Andre
Tommy Hinkley
Neil
Yvonne Saa
Karen
Joseph Hardin
Michael
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Movie Info
Release Date
January 20, 1989
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
NC-17
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Director