Rating: NR
Genre:
Science Fiction
Release Date: 03/30/2004
Sound: DTS-ESD/DD-EX/DD2/DD
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence
Distributor/Studio: Blue Underground
Following the surprising success of his cheapjack
Star Wars knockoff,
Star Crash, Italian director
Luigi Cozzi was given the helm of this cheapjack
Alien knockoff. An alien cyclops causes a man to cover the Earth with nasty eggs (sometimes made of silicone, sometimes close-ups of common olives). The eggs release gelatinous gunk which makes people explode, and it's all part of the alien's plan to take over the world.
Cozzi, a less-talented protégé of
Dario Argento, at least gets a good soundtrack by using his mentor's house band,
Goblin, but delivers a bad film nonetheless. The director admits that the ludicrous monster was made of badly painted papier-mache, requiring 96 separate cuts to look convincing in its big scene. It didn't work.
~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
;)
