1. Outrageous "alien attack" pic has big assed extraterrestrials disguised as humans coming to Earth to stock up on human flesh for their intergalactic fast food chain. A group of alien hunters make the scene and try to blast the baddies back into the cosmos. Flick may not be for all tastes, the over the top gore is non-stop and there are a couple of gross-out scenes that are sure to turn your stomach. Director Jackson appears as both a bumbling alien hunter and as one of the evil, alien horde. Check it out.
2. Ninety-seven minute nightmare has Julie Christie artificially impregnated by a "living, thinking" computer, created by her brilliant but distant scientist husband Fritz Weaver. Proteus, the computer (coldly voiced by Robert Vaughn), controls all the door and window locks in the house and keeps Christie prisoner during her pregnancy with "his" child. Flick proposes a number of scary, disturbing ideas, especially when viewed now, in our computer crazed culture where the Internet actually does hold people "prisoner" in their homes for hours on end. Thought provoking and chilling. Based on an early novel by Dean Koontz.
3. Classic Roger Corman production has a rescue team coming to a planet where their worst fears become a horrific reality. Gore, bloody death and rambunctious destruction follow. Standout scenes include a giant maggot attack, a tunnel full of leech creatures and Erin Moran getting her head squashed. Great cast includes Ray Walston, Edward Albert, Robert Englund, Sid Haig, Taffy O'Connell and Zalman King. AKA MINDWARP: AN INFINITY OF TERROR and PLANET OF HORRORS.
4. Super-fun, hyper-imaginative sci-fi/comedy concerning intergalactic, blood thirsty alien bozos who come to Earth in their circus tent spaceship and collect humans for sustenance. The victims are preserved in cotton candy cocoons. An up-dating of sorts of THE BLOB, teeners try to convince the adults and authority figures that their town is under siege, but no one will listen. Fast paced and funny, this one is highly recommended.
5. Although it did little but bomb at the box office, this is a spectacular science fiction thriller that pays homage to Hammer's QUATERMASS series of films. In the tail end of Halley's Comet a spacecraft is found. Inside, astronauts led by Steve Railsback find three seemingly human-like creatures and hundreds of dried-out husks of what look like bat creatures. The humanoids are brought to Earth where they awaken and come to life as a trio of space vampires who survive on the "(insert title here)" of human beings. All hell breaks loose as nutzoid Railsback tries to stop them. The best scenes show London as a devastated, war torn, zombie filled battle field. An incredible effects filled extravaganza not to be missed.
6. Homage to darn near every horror and science fiction movie ever made! Intergalactic brain leeches invade a college campus (Corman University!) and soon a nerd, his sorority princess and a burned out cop are battling space zombies from Arous. Moving at a breakneck speed, speeding ever quickly to the exploding frat-boy finale, Dekker fills his film with terrific characters and so many film references and in-jokes you may have to watch it a couple times just to catch them all. All the characters are named after other film directors. The best scenes include cop Tom Atkins' weird, beach-set nightmare/fantasy, Jason Lively and Jill Whitlow beating 'n burning a bus load of frat creeps and a zombified ax murderer who chops his way out of his grave while a TV behind the action shows Tor Johnson crawling from his grave in PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. Atkins has all the best lines, like when he tells the sorority sisters their boyfriends are coming. "The good news is your dates are here. The bad news is they're dead!" Kudos to Dekker and company for such a wild, wonderful ride.
7. Hardcore, grim premise concerns rival outposts on a distant moon battling a horde of buzz saw toothed killer robots that burrow under the ground, decimate their victims instantaneously, reproduce, grow intelligent and soon figure a way to take on human form. Non stop battle scenes and paranoia make this one of the best sci-fi flicks of the '90s. Incredible sets and production values are better than most major studio productions. Another wonderful screenplay by Dan O'Bannon. Based on the short story "Second Variety" by Philip K. Dick. With Peter Weller and Jennifer Rubin.
8. An alien being escapes from a government lab, eats a bunch of junk food, turns into a leggy supermodel and then scours LA for a potential mate. A team of "mercenaries" is brought in to hunt and destroy the horny femme fatale. Great alien designs and effects and lots of gooey, gross stuff throughout. From Frank Mancuso, Jr., the guy who brought us seven of the original eight FRIDAY THE 13TH films. A sequel followed.
9. Aliens disguised as humans have invaded our world through subliminal suggestion and it's up to wrestling legend Roddy Piper to chew bubble gum and kick ass. Terrific flick is filled with wild, quirky characters, spastic gun-play, plenty of tough guy bonding and a biting, sarcastic sense of humor. It turns out that poor people are cattle to the wealthy, fat cat aliens and The Rowdy One takes it upon himself to give the world a wake up call. This is adrenaline pumping fun that just might make you wonder about the guy next to you who gets the promotion you so rightly deserve. (Carpenter appears in a cameo in a bar scene near the end of the picture. He's watching an alien film critic complaining about all the senseless violence in films and names George Romero and John Carpenter as two of the main offenders!) Based on the short story "Eight O'Clock In The Morning" by Ray Faraday Nelson. With David Keith, Meg Foster and the great George "Buck" Flower.
10. Although unclear as to why it took four writers to flesh out this simple "alien hunter" tale which predated PREDATOR by seven years, it's still one cool sci-fi/horror drive-in flick with plenty of grossness and gore. Teeners out for a day at the lake are attacked by an alien that uses flying, fanged discs to down its prey. Two survive and team up with Jack Palance and Martin Landau to blast the alien predator.
2. Ninety-seven minute nightmare has Julie Christie artificially impregnated by a "living, thinking" computer, created by her brilliant but distant scientist husband Fritz Weaver. Proteus, the computer (coldly voiced by Robert Vaughn), controls all the door and window locks in the house and keeps Christie prisoner during her pregnancy with "his" child. Flick proposes a number of scary, disturbing ideas, especially when viewed now, in our computer crazed culture where the Internet actually does hold people "prisoner" in their homes for hours on end. Thought provoking and chilling. Based on an early novel by Dean Koontz.
3. Classic Roger Corman production has a rescue team coming to a planet where their worst fears become a horrific reality. Gore, bloody death and rambunctious destruction follow. Standout scenes include a giant maggot attack, a tunnel full of leech creatures and Erin Moran getting her head squashed. Great cast includes Ray Walston, Edward Albert, Robert Englund, Sid Haig, Taffy O'Connell and Zalman King. AKA MINDWARP: AN INFINITY OF TERROR and PLANET OF HORRORS.
4. Super-fun, hyper-imaginative sci-fi/comedy concerning intergalactic, blood thirsty alien bozos who come to Earth in their circus tent spaceship and collect humans for sustenance. The victims are preserved in cotton candy cocoons. An up-dating of sorts of THE BLOB, teeners try to convince the adults and authority figures that their town is under siege, but no one will listen. Fast paced and funny, this one is highly recommended.
5. Although it did little but bomb at the box office, this is a spectacular science fiction thriller that pays homage to Hammer's QUATERMASS series of films. In the tail end of Halley's Comet a spacecraft is found. Inside, astronauts led by Steve Railsback find three seemingly human-like creatures and hundreds of dried-out husks of what look like bat creatures. The humanoids are brought to Earth where they awaken and come to life as a trio of space vampires who survive on the "(insert title here)" of human beings. All hell breaks loose as nutzoid Railsback tries to stop them. The best scenes show London as a devastated, war torn, zombie filled battle field. An incredible effects filled extravaganza not to be missed.
6. Homage to darn near every horror and science fiction movie ever made! Intergalactic brain leeches invade a college campus (Corman University!) and soon a nerd, his sorority princess and a burned out cop are battling space zombies from Arous. Moving at a breakneck speed, speeding ever quickly to the exploding frat-boy finale, Dekker fills his film with terrific characters and so many film references and in-jokes you may have to watch it a couple times just to catch them all. All the characters are named after other film directors. The best scenes include cop Tom Atkins' weird, beach-set nightmare/fantasy, Jason Lively and Jill Whitlow beating 'n burning a bus load of frat creeps and a zombified ax murderer who chops his way out of his grave while a TV behind the action shows Tor Johnson crawling from his grave in PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. Atkins has all the best lines, like when he tells the sorority sisters their boyfriends are coming. "The good news is your dates are here. The bad news is they're dead!" Kudos to Dekker and company for such a wild, wonderful ride.
7. Hardcore, grim premise concerns rival outposts on a distant moon battling a horde of buzz saw toothed killer robots that burrow under the ground, decimate their victims instantaneously, reproduce, grow intelligent and soon figure a way to take on human form. Non stop battle scenes and paranoia make this one of the best sci-fi flicks of the '90s. Incredible sets and production values are better than most major studio productions. Another wonderful screenplay by Dan O'Bannon. Based on the short story "Second Variety" by Philip K. Dick. With Peter Weller and Jennifer Rubin.
8. An alien being escapes from a government lab, eats a bunch of junk food, turns into a leggy supermodel and then scours LA for a potential mate. A team of "mercenaries" is brought in to hunt and destroy the horny femme fatale. Great alien designs and effects and lots of gooey, gross stuff throughout. From Frank Mancuso, Jr., the guy who brought us seven of the original eight FRIDAY THE 13TH films. A sequel followed.
9. Aliens disguised as humans have invaded our world through subliminal suggestion and it's up to wrestling legend Roddy Piper to chew bubble gum and kick ass. Terrific flick is filled with wild, quirky characters, spastic gun-play, plenty of tough guy bonding and a biting, sarcastic sense of humor. It turns out that poor people are cattle to the wealthy, fat cat aliens and The Rowdy One takes it upon himself to give the world a wake up call. This is adrenaline pumping fun that just might make you wonder about the guy next to you who gets the promotion you so rightly deserve. (Carpenter appears in a cameo in a bar scene near the end of the picture. He's watching an alien film critic complaining about all the senseless violence in films and names George Romero and John Carpenter as two of the main offenders!) Based on the short story "Eight O'Clock In The Morning" by Ray Faraday Nelson. With David Keith, Meg Foster and the great George "Buck" Flower.
10. Although unclear as to why it took four writers to flesh out this simple "alien hunter" tale which predated PREDATOR by seven years, it's still one cool sci-fi/horror drive-in flick with plenty of grossness and gore. Teeners out for a day at the lake are attacked by an alien that uses flying, fanged discs to down its prey. Two survive and team up with Jack Palance and Martin Landau to blast the alien predator.
Wellfleet Drive-In Theater © Chris Seufert
Answers
1. Bad Taste 2. Demon Seed 3. Galaxy of Terror
4. Killer Klowns From Outer Space 5. Lifeforce
6. Night of the Creeps 7. Screamers 8. Species
9. They Live 10. Without Warning
4. Killer Klowns From Outer Space 5. Lifeforce
6. Night of the Creeps 7. Screamers 8. Species
9. They Live 10. Without Warning
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Think you've "Scene It" all in your "Pursuit" of Movie Trivia?
Have you ever tried to guess the title of a film from a review? If the answer to that question is what we think it is, it's probably because it never crossed your mind, right?
Any review will work, but if you really want to have some fun, try it with a few that don't take themselves too seriously.
To help you out, we've compiled them in alphabetical order according to the title. So, if the answer to question 4 is The Hidden, the answer to question 5 isn't going to be The Blob. Comprende?
Any review will work, but if you really want to have some fun, try it with a few that don't take themselves too seriously.
To help you out, we've compiled them in alphabetical order according to the title. So, if the answer to question 4 is The Hidden, the answer to question 5 isn't going to be The Blob. Comprende?
Enough with the formalities. Let's get on with the show.
It's Saturday night at the Galaxy Vue Drive-in movie theater.
The slasher movie double feature is playing on the big screen. Unknown to the moviegoers and theater staff, a madman with an insatiable bloodlust prowls the passion pits for victims.
Who will be the next?
The slasher movie double feature is playing on the big screen. Unknown to the moviegoers and theater staff, a madman with an insatiable bloodlust prowls the passion pits for victims.
Who will be the next?
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