Since I've been rather neglecting to update this page as much as I'd like I have decided to throw in the odd "Flashback" section which will highlight some old classic scares you might have missed. Today - the 1986 "classic" - TERRORVISION!
Set in the 80s at the dawn of satellite TV we have an alien monster that is simply too destructive and dangerous to be kept on his own planet, so what do the aliens being terrorised do? They transform the beast into pure energy and beam it out into space. It instantly bounces round the cosmos and ends up beaming straight down into the Putterman family's brand new satellite dish.
The Puttermans are made up of two swinging sex-obsessed parents, a heavy-metal-mad daughter and her boyfriend (called just "O.D" played respectivley by the awesome Jon Gries and Diane Franklin), along with an insane survivalist grandad and his faithful sidekick their youngest son, who spend most of the movie running about playing solidiers.
Once the alien beast has been beamed to earth it proceeds to be able to live inside the magic of TV and in time manifest itself outside of the TV box and of course then.... it kills everyone.
As soon as the beast has fed he is able to shape-shift parts of his body into those he has eaten in order to lure in more victims. Which is both awesome and gruesome, sort of a slapstick version of Society (not seen it? That'll be my next Flashback then)
What makes this flick so great is the gooey darkness and camp 80s comedy that come with it. The gore comes hand in hand with the laughs and makes for a messy, cheap special effect ridden slime-fest.
Since the action takes place mostly round the house there is some outside influences. There's Medusa, a large-breasted TV host (a poke at Elvira no doubt) who wants to get a look at the monster and an alien from the beasts's home planet that tries his best to stop the spread of the beast and to save mankind (and fails).
So bad that it's bad but great - you can probably find this flick on the internet in a second....enjoy!
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