Friday, July 25, 2025

Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity – Full Moon Features (Blu-ray)

Theatrical Release Date: USA, 1987
Director: Ken Dixon
Writer: Ken Dixon
Cast: Elizabeth Kaitan, Cindy Beal, Don Scribner, Brinke Stevens, Carl Horner

Release Date: August 12th, 2025
Approximate Running Time: 74 Minutes 16 Seconds
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen / 1080 Progressive / MPEG-4 AVC
Rating: R
Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo English, Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: N/A
Region Coding: Region Free
Retail Price: $24.95

"Busting loose from an intergalactic prison, buxom inmates Daria and Tisa flee to an uncharted planet where they're taken in by the reclusive alien aristocrat Zed and his robot henchmen. There, they meet other stranded travelers who are being "kept" by their scar-faced host, under the guise of being guests. After wandering into Zed's gruesome trophy room and seeing the head-mounted fates that previous visitors have met, the ladies soon discover that they are to be used as game in a pulse-pounding race to the death!" - synopsis provided by the distributor

Video: 3.75/5

Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity comes on a 25 GB single layer Blu-ray.

Disc Size: 16.7 GB

Feature: 13.9 GB

No information is provided about the source; that said, it is one of Full Moon’s stronger transfers. Flesh tones look healthy, colors look correct, image clarity and black levels are strong, and there are no issues with compression.

Audio: 3.25/5 (Dolby Digital Stereo English), 3/5 (Dolby Digital 5.1 English)

This release comes with two audio options, a Dolby Digital stereo mix in English and a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix in English. Though both audio tracks are clean, free of any hiss or distortion, they sound boxy and lack depth; dialogue is not always clear.

Extras:

Extras for this release include Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity’s original trailer (1 minute 17 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles) and a tribute to Elizabeth Kaitan (6 minutes 22 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles).

Other extras include trailers for Subspecies 2, Subspecies 3, Castle Freak, Puppet Master 3, Vampire Journals, Dark Angel, Trancers 2, and Specters.

Summary:

After two women escape from a space prison, their ship crashes on a planet where they become prey to a hunter who lives there.

Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity is an unofficial adaptation of Richard Connell’s short story The Most Dangerous Game, aka The Hounds of Zaroff. Besides liberally borrowing from Richard Connell’s short story, Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity has many elements synonymous with women in prison films. That said, Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity also throws in sci-fi and sexploitation elements for good measure.

Set in the future, the narrative begins in a prison ship where two women prisoners wearing cavewoman-like attire overtake the guards, escape, and steal a ship that crashes on a planet. The inhabitant of this planet is a big game hunter who has two robot servants, and there are two other stranded travelers, a brother and a sister. His home is built like a fortress, and he warns his guests of the dangers of going outside.

Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity is not a film that you watch because of its performances, and that is ok. Though Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity never misses an opportunity to showcase its beautiful actresses, there is a campiness to the performances that perfectly suits the story that unfolds. The most notable cast members are Elizabeth Kaitan (Nightwish) and Brinke Stevens (Nightmare Sisters), two actresses that anyone familiar with 1980s and 1990s horror and exploitation cinema is sure to know. The most memorable performance is Don Scribner, who dives headfirst into his portrayal of the sadistic Zed the hunter.

Years after its release, Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity was targeted by U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, who used it as an example for why cable TV needed additional restrictions related to content. Looking back, Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity is tame when compared to other films from that era, and his attacks on the film feel overblown. Ultimately, Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity puts an intriguing twist on a familiar premise, and at 74 minutes in length, its narrative never overstays its welcome.

Full Moon Features gives Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity its best home media release to date, recommended.








Written by Michael Den Boer

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