A dysfunctional family
moves to a military base for the summer
so one of them named Steve Malone (Terry
Kinney) who is an EPA inspector can
inspect some toxic products.
His daughter named Marti (Gabrielle
Anwar) encounters a soldier at the gas
station washroom and advises her to not
sleep, because they get you when you
sleep. She just thinks that he's a
nutcase and carries on to what she is
doing at the base.
She runs into a wild teenager named Jean
Platt (Christine Elise) , the daughter
of the general in charge of the base, and
the helicopter pilot Tim Young (Billy
Wirth). Both to whom she became very fond
of but her father disapproves of them
after she comes home late as well as
catching her drinking underage which
makes things sticky for the two of them.
The two of them encounter the locals
there acting very strangely especially
the youngest son named Andy (Reilly
Murphy) after his strange incident in
pre-school thinking that everyone there
is bad.
Andy encounters his mother dying and a
clone of her appears in front of him but
no one believes him when he tells his
family that his Mom is dead.
But suddenly, both Steve and Marti are in
for a deadly surprise once they fall
asleep to what Mommy has planned for both
of them.
At first I
wondered if this film was a sequel to Invasion
of the Body Snatchers as the
story is totally different but sadly just
another remake.
It is rather boring and pointless but a
few good performances here and there but
nothing to brag about either.
It is a good look at a dysfunctional
family however, it makes you think you'd
prefer it that way after what is
happening to everyone.
The acting is
fairly descent for this boring remake as
we have a nice performance by lead
actress Gabrielle Anwar playing
a typical teenager going through a
rebellious phase with her parents making
her character realistic.
Christine Elise plays well as a wild
teenager in the film bringing alot of
spunk to her role.
Child actor Reilly Murphy seemed
to bring his part across very well as a
scared and confused child.
Supporting actor Forest Whitaker brough
his intesnity across marvellously as he
always does a great job in shows.
Meg Tilly proved to be a worthy
chracter as well playing the clone of the
stepmother having a cold and
expressionless sounding voice to her
part.
There's a vagina and brief
breast shot on supporting actress Meg
Tilly walking into her bedroom
We have a breast shot on Gabrielle
Anwar lying on a mattress as a body
double.
A man is melted while blood
pours out of him.
Abel Ferrara is
fairly descent with his work for this
remake showing good adventureous moments
involved.
We spot a fairly suspenseful scene with
supporting actor Keith Smith attacking
lead actress Gabrielle Anwar in
a gas station washroom only to warn her
about the dangers but it looked fairly
amusing.
There is a real strange moment with bit
part actress Tonea Stewart as a
pre school teacher instructing the
children to hold up their artwork and a
good shot on the pictures too which is of
course the same artwork.
A good shot on child actor Reilly
Murphy running away and has a good
brief dialogue with Billy Wirth
about him running away from bad people.
Perfect shots on the bit part cast
picking up some pods in a swampy looking
marsh.
We have a realistic dysfunctional
dialogue between Anwar and Terry
Kinney having an argument about her
being late and drinking.
There's a great reaction on Murphy screaming
after he sees what happens to his Mom and
a good shot on Meg Tilly acting
expressionless walking slowly down a
hallway almost evil like.
There's a nice dialogue with Anwar talking
to Murphy about their Mom and
his fears that she's dead and Anwar was
great acting like a big sister convincing
him that it isn't true.
A nice shot on Murphy pouting
when Tilly tells him to go to
bed and then acts cold telling him to do
as she says.
A nice camera shot on Tilly's
hands massaging Kinney's back as
well as a good shot on Anwar
sleeping in a bathtub listening to music.
Suddenly some vines come out on both Kinney
and Anwar which is at a
good and terrifying pace.
The action looked good with Anwar
freaking out after seeing her clone in
the bathtub and all three of them
performed by Anwar herself, Kinney
and Murphy are trying to run
away from the madness in the house.
Tilly was good at acting soothing
with wide eyed expressions towards Kinney
telling him to give in and that
there is no escape.
A nice shot on Tilly with wide
jawed expressions pointing out.
Nice shots on the extras running in the
street.
Forest Whitaker knew how to act
intense by pointing a gun at Kinney
when they have a dialogue with one
another.
There's a great shot on Billy Wirth
grabbing Anwar and pointing a
gun towards Kinney as it was really
intense wondering if Kinney's
character was a clone or not but he
almost convinces himself that he's not
which was well directed too. Anwar
really knew how to belt it out screaming
to shoot him.
Good shots on Murphy acting
menacing in a helicopter towards Wirth
and Anwar.
The music by Joe
Delia is classically satisfactory
but nothing too special except for on the
closing credits.
Marti Malone: They
get you when you sleep.
Carol Malone: Where
you gonna go, where you gonna run, where
you gonna hide? Nowhere... 'cause there's
no one like you left.
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