DVD Review - Alien Trespass

DVD Release of ALIEN TRESPASS

Little known US/Canadian feature is worth the rental of even purchase of the DVD.  ALIEN TRESPASS is a low budget, but almost perfect recreation of all the horror B-flicks of the 50’s. 

The DVD comes with a few additional features like its theatrical trailer, behind the scenes footage, interviews with the director and McCormack and a film introduction.  But most importantly, the feature itself is worth a look. 

The DVD is available right now, released on January the 12th.

Review:-

ALIEN TRESPASS (USA/Canada 2008) ***1/2
Directed by R.W. Goodwin

If you enjoyed the cheesy horror movies of the 50’s (THE BLOB, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE), ALIEN TRESPASS has all the fine points of the genre made right and assembled in an entertaining 90 minutes of horror and comedy.

A flying saucer lands in California’s Mojave Desert. Local astronomer Ted Lewis (Eric McCormack), who is preparing a special dinner for his beautiful, adoring wife Lana (Jody Thompson) to celebrate their wedding anniversary set out to investigate and is bodily inhabited by a space marshal.  The marshal’s task is to prevent the escaped Ghota from killing the town folk and conquering earth.  The only witness is Tammy (Jenni Baird), a waitress at small local diner who helps the marshal. 

The Ghota is an ugly blob of a monster with a tentacle ending in a leaf.  But the audience knows when the Ghota will appear from the cheesy screeching soundtrack that always seems to accompany its whereabouts.  The script adds in a couple of goofy cops and mouthy teens.

The film’s best segment has the alien creature of Ghota attack a cinema full of dating teenagers.  Ironically they are watching THE BLOB while the slimy blob-like Ghota begins its attack.  As the action continues, the audience is never sure what they are watching is part of THE BLOB or ALIEN TRESPASS.

ALIEN TRESPASS is mostly a homage to the genre but it parodies it at the end as observed in the waitress’ speech at the film’s end of how the universe can be made a better place to live in.  Corny, hilarious and outright entertaining, ALIEN TRESPASS hits its goal spot on.  A must for all fans of the horror B-flick genre!