Explorer from Another World

Oh, my, my, my. This is one fine indie film. I don't know where to begin heaping praise on this outstanding effort. Maybe the best thing I can say to start is: I wish they had made many more films like this in the last six dismal years of cinema mediocrity.

This is a story about... an "Explorer From Another World!" -orld -orld -orld. I added the echoes because just typing the title doesn't do this film justice. Okay, so this is what happens...

A bad alien lands on Earth in small-town Americana circa 1955. Sure, it was a simpler time, but it was also a heavily armed shoot-first-and-ask-questions-never time. Between the beginning and the end, several innocent townsfolk lose various parts of their bodies while a handful of plucky teenagers and Professor Farnsworth save the world! -orld -orld -orld. (Again, me with the echoes.)

So, if you want some 1950 sci-fi camp, roll up your Levi's, don your bobby socks, and - oh golly-gee - just watch this fantastic movie!

It was a fun movie! Not great by any means but who doesn't want a campy, wacky, cheesy comedic horror flick on a Friday night? Grab your beer(s) load up the popcorn and take this wild crazy ride into 1960's sci-fi fantasy. Albeit the acting was a little raw and the wigs were out there. Looking forward to a sequel!!

First off, a massive, glitter-dusted shout-out to the nineteen brave souls who clearly poured their hearts, sacrificed their sanity (and maybe a few questionable substances) to present this 45 minutes bloody schlock.

Think wacky sitcom characters crash-landing on a B-movie set with over-the-top acting from the get-go that's grin-inducing for bad movie aficionados. It certainly was for me, and I ate it UP, cheering!

The effects are gloriously janky, and the plot points? Forget about 'em! We're talking peak "so bad it's good" territory, with moments like a tipsy local losing his bowling hand and a drunk hillbilly encountering the monster.

Basically, whether you'll dig this ultra-cheesy sci-fi/horror/comedy depends on how much glorious nonsense your eyeballs can handle. And trust me, my face was stuck in a goofy grin the whole darn time. If this sounds like your jam, then grab your cheapest snacks and your silliest pals, and prepare for a laugh riot! Also, check out Love God (1997), Red Scream Nosferatu (2009), Scalps (1983), Lord of the Dead (2000), Inbred (2011), and the legendary, slightly unhinged filmographies of Jason Impey, Norbert Moutier, Roger A. Fratter, Olaf Ittenbach, and Brendan Steere. Go forth and embrace the glorious trash!

At 41 minutes run time, just about right. It was the little touches that really set this apart. It was a Woody Edwards film (Ed Wood, anyone?) The flying saucers were saucers. Sputnik was circling the globe. There was stilted dialogue, and the professor was a perfect stereotype. Atrocious wig, always puffing on his pipe as he thought or considered action. And of course they had the town drunk in the cell after he reported what he saw. And a two person sheriff's office. The deaths were accompanied by copious amounts of spurting blood. This could have been lifted right out of the 1960's B-movie can. This movie knew what it wanted to be and nailed it.

Saw the thumbnail on Amazon Prime and that was enough to hit watch.

Sat for the next 40 odd minutes enthralled, with a big grin and letting loose several chuckles :-)

WOW, what a great movie.

Dialogue was brilliant, especially the stuff said by the director/drunk in the cells. Everyone played their part exactly as they would have been played in years gone by. I loved the setting, reminded me of Mars Attacks. Got a huge kick out of the effects.

To say I'm impressed is an understatement. What the film makers achieved with their budget is amazing, puts me in mind of Peter Jackson's Bad Taste.