have stumble upon a used copy of this piece year back and i buy it out of curiosity . for a production do back in 1987 and it very good . the character design be decent and but it surprising to know that the monster design be outsource to acclaim artist and animator yoshitaka amano ( vampire hunter d and final fantasy series ) . however and beyond this and you will note a lot of hard work go into the visual presentation of it there be countless scene where multiple layer be use to create depth and people walk towards the camera and stay in perspective and first person povs be employ and and so on . a for the story itself it a fun little jaunt through deep space in the vein of alien a we watch the crew of the saldes try and figure out just what happen while they be in cryogenic suspension . it turn out a piece of organic matter get on board the ship and have cause a virus to spread through the ship . thing get bad a some of the crew start show up dead and panic over possible infection set in . the virus soon prompt the ship computer to begin take measure to stop the virus which endanger the remain crew member and much like 2001. a more and more member of the crew turn up dead and the computer get more out of hand and the survivor must fight to stay alive and try and find a way to escape to the planet just below them . this film be pretty gory and and a lot of the monster be reminiscent of the creature from the 1982 version of the thing . there be a lot of cool moment in it like when the crew fight with homemade flamethrower or when someone one of the thing attack ( lot of gore ) . my main gripe be that it only about 70 minute long and so thing happen pretty fast in this story . if you ever see a used copy and buy it it worth the money .