The premise is an interesting one. The idea that a series of creatures of predatory nature exists in the sand on another planet ( Mars) much like sharks on Earth.
The acting is sincere and the monsters are surprisingly eerie and dangerous killing four crew members of two ships. The crew goes by the rank of like the air force. Adam West plays Major Merit. Rudy Solari plays a Captain not of the whole ship but a rank lower than that of Meritt's. When the two are trying to get back to the ship and this away from the creatures you do feel some drama.
Look. The now defunct Twilight Zone magazine covered the original Outer Limits series back in the 1980s in the form of episode. Even that magazine review of this ep claimed it was badly done. For one thing it looks really idiotic the way the captain left the ship minus his walkie talkie device and the major has to go in search of him.
Also, why can you see Earth so clearly from Mars?
This ep also had an all male cast. Not good. What, a pretty female as a secretary back in the general's office back on Earth would not have helped?
The acting is sincere and the monsters are surprisingly eerie and dangerous killing four crew members of two ships. The crew goes by the rank of like the air force. Adam West plays Major Merit. Rudy Solari plays a Captain not of the whole ship but a rank lower than that of Meritt's. When the two are trying to get back to the ship and this away from the creatures you do feel some drama.
Look. The now defunct Twilight Zone magazine covered the original Outer Limits series back in the 1980s in the form of episode. Even that magazine review of this ep claimed it was badly done. For one thing it looks really idiotic the way the captain left the ship minus his walkie talkie device and the major has to go in search of him.
Also, why can you see Earth so clearly from Mars?
This ep also had an all male cast. Not good. What, a pretty female as a secretary back in the general's office back on Earth would not have helped?