The Deadly Spawn
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Movie Reviews of The Deadly Spawn
Movie Review: "What the @#$^ was that?!"
Summary: 4 Stars
Fans of low budget, gory science fiction B-movies need not look any further for the next diamond in the rough than The Deadly Spawn.
It's your typical case of a meteorite from outer space crashing down to earth bringing with it an deadly creature from another world. In this case it' a large, three headed beast with only a mouth full of endless rows of sharp teeth on its face. After the creature quickly disposes of two campers, it takes up residence in a local family's basement, rapidly filling the immediate vicinity with it's deadly spawn. As the vicious, eel-like creatures feast on the rest of the family, a young precocious kid with a passion for horror movies proves to be the only chance at defeating the creature.
The emphasis here is undisputedly on the special effects, and they are in fact excellent. Th Dealy Spawn is loaded with flesh eating, decapitations, awesome looking creatures, a deadly spawn outbreak at a women's luncheon...Great, gory, CGI-free stuff that any old school horror/sci-fi fan will eat up. The fantastic music score for The Deadly Spawn is also a large part of what makes it so great. It's creepy horror movie music that while it is effective almost comes off as comical as it is very stereotypical of a movie of this nature.
All in all The Deadly Spawn is great campy fun filled with corny dialogue and over the top gore, and one of the best of it's kind I've seen in a long time. So get yourself into that B-movie mindset, sit back and enjoy for what it is.
Movie Review: cheap (convincing) SFX, good acting and one hell of an ugly monster!
Summary: 4 Stars
Let me start by saying that this movie has been through one hell of a history, along with Last House on Dead End Street (even less budget, around 800-3000). Douglas Mckeown was smart enough to direct a movie with a few close friends and it became a HUGE hit after 23 years!. The characters live out their normal lives when the ultimate alien is living in their basement, unaware that they're being devoured one by one. Pete is the science geek, Ellen is the love interest (Hint: noone is safe!), Frankie is Pete's best friend, not very good on science, Kathy is a friend of theirs (famous line of the movie is said by her) and Charles, the horror fan. The main title music always gets my spine tingling, it's very chilling for a horror movie (Another Hint: Hollywood don't know how to make great composers). The reason why this movie is successful being a cult hit is because you can believe the situation they're in, they don't know anything about it until the last 25 minutes. It was only shot on 20,000 budget and the special effects are amazing (that's what all the money went to!) Heads dropping off, little Spawns swimming (they have their own personality, subtle hint), faces being ripped off and that's just the tip of the iceberg on the effects used. So, if you want some cheap entertainment thatwill give you the creeps, go for this title, you'll not be disappointed.
Rated R18+ for Aussies for Violence, Gore, Nudity and Coarse Language
Movie Review: Big Mouths Full Of Big Teeth!
Summary: 4 Stars
Charles is a young, monster obsessed boy. He's always getting flack from his older, hyper-logical brother, Peter, who thinks he's God's gift to science. Charles is far too imaginative for his brother's taste. Well, luckily for Charles, a meteor has crashed nearby, releasing a hideous creature that lives only to eat human flesh and to reproduce! Charles is unaware that the thing has already devoured his mum and dad, his uncle, and a poor, unwary electrician. Charles has no idea that the beast has set up shop in the basement, sending hundreds of tiny, tadpole-like offspring throughout the whole house! THE DEADLY SPAWN is a good, low-budget, ultra-gory slime fest for the true monster fanatic. I loved every blood-drenched minute! I'm not a gorehound, but I do enjoy decent tales of terror, bloody or not. Check it out, but watch out for the face-ripping scene! Yikes! ...Movie Review: Super Fun
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the perfect example of filmmakers who were somehow able to hurdle budgetary restraints and make a very entertaining and likeable film. All things considered, the monster effects are actually quite good, and rather than being merely laughable, the creature(s) feel like a definite threat, resulting in some relatively intense scenes. In addition to this, the film is infused with some great dark humor, especially during a vegetarian ladies' luncheon. I had the opportunity to see this film on the big screen last year, and it was obvious by the audience reaction (and the Q&A afterwards) that the film was well received and is effective after all these years. Now thanks to a this DVD release from Synapse Films, a larger audience will hopefully be able to see this film, looking better than ever. Check it out.Movie Review: Very strange
Summary: 4 Stars
I've just watched this movie and to be honest, I don't know what to make of it. It's very weird, even by the standards of things I usually watch. Still, I didn't fell like it was a waste of time and I was in a bad mood to begin with, so taking that into consideration, overall I think I should give it a positive score.
Anyway, the movie mostly takes place inside of a house. It has more preliminary victims than most horror movies before they introduce the main cast. The house is invaded by fish/tadpole-like aliens, and a larger alien that has three mouths and two very frail limbs, but somehow manages to break down doors.
Damn, I've been staring at the screen for a few minutes now, and I don't really know what else to say. I guess that's it.