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The most horrific thing about it is the acting. Oh GOD the acting

posted 15 years ago by Babywetsallnight
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This movie should win an award for bad acting. The acting in the movie is worse than Kill Bill. It's " shoot yourself in the face " bad. I saw it when I was a kid and didn't know the name of it until just now when I watched it, and wow, didn't remember the acting being THAT bad

Aside from that, it's pretty unique for an 80's cult sci fi horror comedy movie. Imagine Little Shop of Horrors, Gremlins, Purple People Eater, and Garbage Pail Kids all rolled into one. Definitely 80's American cult, and it reaks of the era. Surprised it was never an NES game.

And the theme song is astonishingly kick ass

[–] FX_Lord 15 years ago

Chad Allen was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor Starring in a Feature Film - Comedy or Drama. LOL, who judges these things?

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 15 years ago

Sangmo Frond was a co-producer w/o credit. Too bad. We love his farts.

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[–] metalion_sos 15 years ago

I think the acting was suppose to be that way; campy, exagerated, over-the-top.

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[–] beecee101 15 years ago

The acting was intential camp as said above.

Chad Allen had steady work in TV during those years which are totally different than how he portrayed "Sherman" in TerrorVision.

He and the other actors were obviously acting the parts as scripted and directed, that's what makes the movie pretty cool...sort of like a bad horror comic coming to life I think is what they were going for.

[–] filmbuff1974 15 years ago

Yeah, it's typical eighties exploitation fare. I remember seeing the trailer for this film in a movie theater. It's hard to believe that a film like this was actually released in a theater. Of course today, it would go directly to DVD.

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[–] KidVidGames 13 years ago

Direct-to-DVD is becoming a little too costly nowadays. They have to FIND stores to stock them in. Soon they all would opt for Direct-to-Netflix Streaming. No costs to make DVDs, or find stores to place stock into.

Which this movie just did a few months ago.

[–] filmbuff1974 13 years ago

My response:

It seems to be the trend nowadays. I guess that will also mean that the few DVDs that do come out will not have all those extra features. I'm not sure I like this , but the masses dictate what the trends will be.

BTW, a side benefit of this trend is that VHS and DVDs will become more collectible and personal collections will become more valuable as the format becomes more rare.

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Direct-to-DVD is becoming a little too costly nowadays. They have to FIND stores to stock them in. Soon they all would opt for Direct-to-Netflix Streaming. No costs to make DVDs, or find stores to place stock into.

Which this movie just did a few months ago.

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[–] WarpedRecord 14 years ago

I've seen a lot of bad acting in films, but not in this one. This is a campy, over-the-top farce, and the performances are appropriate to the tone of the film.

Everyone also looks like they're having fun and not embarrassed by it. What's not to love?

[–] beecee101 13 years ago

Have said and totally agree. Not for everyone, but everyone with taste!

[–] Tyrione 11 years ago

This was camp at its finest in B Horror Comedies back in the mid-80s. Had this on VHS to just escape and laugh my ass off at the cornball nature of the movie. It was never to be taken seriously.

[–] specter19 11 years ago

it was ment to be bad.. the movie itself was a parody of the cheesy B movies that were born for weekend, latenight viewing of the past..

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[–] Woodyanders 9 years ago

The purposefully histrionic acting was one of the single most enjoyable aspects of this film.

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