Annoying fungi wreak havoc in outer space. Of course, the heroine on the cover of this pressbook seems to be enjoying the terror a little too much. Whoever did the poster art must have thought this was a musical. And remember, glamour is still important in outer space. Paul over at It Came From Hollywood had this to say: Mutiny in Outer Space has more AKAs than a law firm specializing in car wrecks! Space Station X, Space Station X-14, Invasion From the Moon, Invasion to the Moon, etc. A rose by any other name, as they say. This is a classic Woolner Brothers sci-fi romp set in the far distant year of 1990! Remember 1990? When we were mining the Moon for precious rocks and stuff? Nah, neither do I. However, thirty-five years further into the film’s future, in the far distant year of 2025, America is set to go back to the Moon, set up a base, and mine precious rocks and other stuff. Perhaps NASA should screen Mutiny in Outer Space for their astronauts so they can be on the lookout for Moon fungus located in lunar ice caves!
This pressbook was cheaply produced, but the movie is actually not all that bad. Aside from the pressbook typo “Can he survive this strange Moon macady?” (I’m thinking they mean malady), this movie’s got some action and suspense. The budget effects (and I mean your local store kind of effects) hold it back, but it did receive praise for the direction and camera work. What makes it stand out for a 1960’s space opera, today, is that a lot of women wound up in the cast, both onboard the space station and on the ground.