The Dark Planet(1989)
Unearthly terror stalks the creatures of The Dark Planet. An anthology, including tentacled horror from the Tower of Blood, a primitive challenges a beast to avenge a murdered mate and a space jockey confronts a master computer. Mostly wordless sci-fi anthology directed by fantasy and comic book artist Richard Corben (Heavy Metal).
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Unearthly terror stalks the creatures of The Dark Planet. An anthology, including tentacled horror from the Tower of Blood, a primitive challenges a beast to avenge a murdered mate and a space jockey confronts a master computer. Mostly wordless sci-fi anthology directed by fantasy and comic book artist Richard Corben (Heavy Metal).
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1989-01-01
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