Sandkings
- Episode aired Mar 26, 1995
- TV-PG
- 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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In his own garage, a discredited scientist creates intelligent, insect-like creatures that were yielded by soil samples from Mars.In his own garage, a discredited scientist creates intelligent, insect-like creatures that were yielded by soil samples from Mars.In his own garage, a discredited scientist creates intelligent, insect-like creatures that were yielded by soil samples from Mars.
Brandon Obray
- Todd Brantley
- (scenes deleted)
Kevin Conway
- The Control Voice
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Nathan Lomax
- Background Performer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThis episode is based on the 1979 novelette "Sandkings" by George R.R. Martin.
- GoofsAt about 01:09:00 into the movie Dr. Simon Kress is in the bathroom throwing up in the toilet and it cuts to him sitting on the floor of the bathroom next to the toilet, and then the toilet slightly moves. Furthermore you can see that it is not anchored to the floor and doesn't have a water supply line and shut off valve coming out of the wall.
- Quotes
The Control Voice: Some of man's greatest achievements have been motivated by a driving need for love and acceptance. What happens when that need for recognition becomes a desire to be revered and then worshipped like a god?
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Outer Limits: The Voice of Reason (1995)
Featured review
Acting and score both above average
Science-as-horror entertainment for the entire family. Adults can indulge the gleeful overacting while kids get to experience fright night as they take everything at face value. Casting is marvelous, with Helen Shaver as the mad scientist's blonde wife an especially inspired choice. Years before, she had played the protagonist's love interest in the voodoo-horror flick "The Believers" in which her classically beautiful WASP face was progressively disfigured by ugly boils that turned out to be ... spiders living under the skin! With this subtext under the viewers' belt, the horrifying encounters she has with the "sandkings" carry an added resonance and punch.
Of course the TV show's plot has been greatly altered from the sci-fi short story, no doubt partly due to budget limitations. I didn't mind. Lloyd Bridges is content to play out his part's stereotype to the hilt, but Beau Bridges gives an acting masterclass by additionally injecting some truly disturbing moments into his performance (the bathroom scene, as noted by other reviewers). For a TV drama, the music score is above average.
Recommended for a rainy evening while curled up in front of the fireplace.
Of course the TV show's plot has been greatly altered from the sci-fi short story, no doubt partly due to budget limitations. I didn't mind. Lloyd Bridges is content to play out his part's stereotype to the hilt, but Beau Bridges gives an acting masterclass by additionally injecting some truly disturbing moments into his performance (the bathroom scene, as noted by other reviewers). For a TV drama, the music score is above average.
Recommended for a rainy evening while curled up in front of the fireplace.
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- eseidel
- Jun 25, 2018
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