surprisingly effective little sci fi horror flick produce by charles band full moon picture . experiment fund by the military have a staggering side effect when the head scientist and dr. van fleet ( james hong ) discovers that an alternate universe exists when a subject be induce into a vast and deep sleep . something sinister lie on the other side and use the subject a a portal into our world . everyone within the underground facility be in danger a the be which have find it way into our dimension be hostile towards those it or they consider a threat . captain hickock ( david beecroft ) be investigate the mysterious death of a test subject in the underground facility and we can see that the scientist involve with the ed ( extreme dream sleep ) be hide something . sense this and hickock wish to see the printout result on the corpse and to settle doubt that his death wasn not a result of the sleep experiment . unconvinced of the result and and unpersuaded that van fleet claim of a genetic cerebral hemorrhage a the cause be correct and he wish to see if another current subject would suffer the exact fate if the sleep level be the same . in do this procedure and the current subject be induce into sleep too long and the be from the other universe be able to use him a a gateway into our plain . this put everyone in peril for the be have the amazing power to shift it molecular structure and can imitate anything lift from the thought of human . it travel throughout the facility and must be catch and kill or else . once it attack van fleet who have lock himself in the sleep lab with the be and we realize that it be not exactly friendly . really neat b movie cast include louise fletcher a a rather odd scientist ( dr. erhardt ) who find the be spellbinding and and seem to have be cut off from society a bit too long and and miguel a. núñez jr. a computer specialist or electronics genius wiley . if you have see miguel a. núñez jr. in other film and you can just about expect his fate . david beecroft be your typical hero and an outsider unaccustomed to the way thing be in an underground facility isolate from the world he belong . through hickock and beecroft be a no nonsense and take charge kind of character who be realistic and practical when face with a really difficult situation and which he certainly inherit when search for the truth regard the death of a civilian . frederick flynn be the tobacco chewing and easily rattle handyman and tommy shiver and who could use a shave and bath and and some manner . he also really bad at his job and and we see how poorly manage and bad for wear the facility be a hickock inspect the place . pipe often spit steam and water leak be apparent and and rat be visible in the kitchen area . affect by earthquake and hamper by such a small staff and the facility sure could use a make over . the be itself be a series of monster and not particularly a scary now due to the advancement in special effect ( . or as effective a say bottin work in the thing or stan winston work in pumpkinhead ) and but effectively grotesque when they pop up on character . the monkey creature be quite a ghastly creation . i have read about shadowzone comparison to alien and but the only similarity i notice be the plot regard character roam the hall and room of the facility a the be be somewhere in the vicinity . some attempt to put food together for the long haul with hickock and wiley attempt to repair the damage transformer after the mishap regard the be entry into our universe . shawn weatherly be scientist dr. kidwell and who be so attached to her pet monkey ( . a suppose lab animal no longer need when van fleet begin to test human subject ) she will risk her life to find it when it go miss . the twist regard her find a monkey be a doozy . not a gory or violent a it could have be and probably due to lack of budget ( . for a band production and the film look great and particularly the underground facility and it devastate state due to natural and unnatural factor ) and but director j cardone be able to build the dread quite nicely due to the fact that the be could be anywhere and mimic certain thing ( . this be perhaps what many believe be rip from the thing and i guess and because an animal be use by the be to trick character ) . maureen flaherty and robbie rives be the nude test subject show frequently in all their glory . lu leonard have a funny role a the rather grumpy cook deal with a rat problem shiver would not correct due to his procrastination . hong be entertain in an all too short role a a nervously cautious scientist worry that hickock might make a discovery that halt the funding of his experiment . the film do feature some questionable decision by character who seem to leap before think thing thru .