It is 1998 and World War III has happened
and a nuclear holocaust has occured.
5 US army deserters try to avoid the acid
rain which is falling throughout the land
and take shelter in a science lab.
What they don't know is a monster is
lurking in there which was orgininally a
person but due to poisonous chemicals she
was attacked by a giant beetle like
creature that was once a person at the
lab.
This creature feasts on people or it
sprays poisonous venom on them and later
on they die of a gruesome death.
These 5 deserters are also attacked by
giant rats that also have poisonous venom
causing people to change into something
creepy.
All are trapped in the lab and must find
some way to destroy these creatures if
they can before the acid rain lets up.
This was an Alien type
clone that doesn't meet up to it's
expectation.
However the film is alot of fun but not
meant to be taken seriously. There was
only an outdoor scene during the
beginning of the film and the rest was in
a lab showing only this throughout the
film. The hallway where the main cast is
running most of the time, the eating
room, the bedroom, the shower, computer
room and the vent leading to the
creatures lair. That's it folks as
there's nothing special about that. Plus
their weapons you could tell were toys to
save money and the monster you could tell
looked rubber and an obvious costume. At
least it played for a short time on the
big screen nationwide.
It is almost a take on old cheesy monster
type movies.
I liked the fact that the effects were
corny as this film was a party flick but
it's pretty bland stuff nevertheless.
A sequel was planned but it never fell
through.
The acting is
passable at times but other times a
little off.
Lead actor Jake Hawkins stands
tall with his role as the head soldier
but can he act??? Well so and so but he
isn't anything too spectacular still does
okay though and does his best as you can
tell since he only had a handful of other
films having bit parts and supporting
roles.
Linnea Quigley was already on
her way to the low budget horror hall of
fame while doing this film as she is
quite passable in her role and shows a
fairly good and tough attitude to her
part.
Ken Abraham was another one
playing a tough soldier as he seems to
try too hard with his part but is alot
better than in his other roles he plays
in trashy T&A low budget film often
being typecast playing an idiot except
for this part.
Kim McKamy acted in a few other
trashy horror films and then moved on to
pornography which is a sad choice as it's
usually the other way around. She was
very good in her role however and stands
out the most.
Michael Aranda who played Jesse
was so melodramatic on the other hand.
There is some
nudity as Linnea Quigley's takes
off her top fully breasted before taking
a shower and then her and Ken Abraham
are naked clashing together from top to
bottom in the shower.
Quigley is again bare breasted while
sleeping in a bed.
But unlike most of DeCoteau's
films, this one didn't mainly focus on
the nudity.
There is quite a
bit gory scenes like when two guys die of
a gruesome death cause the creature
sprayed it's poisonous venom on them
during a different scene for the both of
them.
A giant rat bites a chunk off of Kate's
neck.
Also a cut off head is found but it looks
very fake.
The directing is a
little cheesy but it's better than most
of his other films if you've seen Sorority
Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
or Nightmare Sisters but
that's not saying alot.
This was one of DeCoteau's most
successful films as most of his flicks
went direct-to-video due to bad budgets
and storylines.
The beginning of the film looks very
slacking with supporting actress Joi
Wilson doing something in the
science lab and hears a sound yet doesn't
sound concerned when she asks if anyone
is there. However there is a good shot on
the creature ready to attack after she
opens the door.
All 5 of the main cast members looked
good when they are travelling around some
abandoned places and a nice camera shot
from a distance lowering down to them
especially around some railroad tracks
for shelter before the acid rain hits
which leaves the film off to a good
start.
There's a good and red light effect on Linnea
Quigley and Ken Abraham
when they look around in the place they
hid out.
Michael Aranda doesn't react at all
too well with his scream after spotting a
decapitated head as it's hard to tell
what is bad the direction or his acting.
There's nice cheesy shots during
different takes on the cast running in
the certain hallway or crawling through
an airvent with cobwebs. There is also a
nice dark setting of the creatures lair
too.
The cast do well by associating with one
another during the dinnertable
We see a nice flirtatious moment between
Quigley and Abraham before
taking a shower as well as an interesting
and artsy look at them showering together
with water pouring on them.
Aranda was stale when he reads out
info from a computer which looked boring
and not at all convincing but later on
there's shot on the creature grabbing
Aranda with it's fangs.
There's a good and memorable brief
dialogue between Richard L.
Hawkins and Kim McKamy when
breakfast is cooking up which looked very
natural.
Hawkins looked good coming into a room
about to awaken Aranda as he is
behind some sheets not saying a word
which makes you wonder if something bad
is going to happen.
looked not too bad by seeming troubled
when him and the rest eat breakfast and
does not too acting like he has a seizure
when he is poisoned to death.
A cheesy shot on Abraham when a
giant rat attacks his hand but he doesn't
react too well at all.
All four remaining cast members performed
by Hawkins, Quigley, Abraham
and McKamy all do well with
their speeches to one another about
discussing this creature and what to do.
A good camera shot on Hawkins at
the computer and suddenly the monster
appears which almost makes you jump and a
good shot on Abraham being
thrown back by this beast.
Both Quigley and McKamy
act off well with one another having a
discussion about the guys and their fear
of rats as they seem to show a nice knack
with one another.
A good camera shot aiming towards Quigley
with a rat attacking her and going up the
back of her shirt.
There's also a creepy moment with McKamy
about to look under a bed to see if the
giant rat is there which is not a good
idea and suddenly it lunges out to attack
which will make you jump for sure.
McKamy reacts well to being in pain
after being bitten.
Both Hawkins and Quigley
have perfect upsetting reactions after
seeing a death of their friend being
poisoned. Quigley does fairly
well crying too during this.
Quigley and McKamy perform
perfect energy battling one another with
their fighting sequence putting all they
got into it. A good shot looking up on Quigley
after she crashes a file cabinet down
showing a good and clenching expressions.
A nice shot on Hawkins firing
his laser gun on the creature as it looks
cheesy fun.
We have a cheesy battle between
Hawkins and the creature with him
being lifted up and thrown to the ground
which could've been directed alot better
than what it was.
A nice and creepy shot of the baby
creature crawling out of the big one
crawling it's way and a good shot on it
crawling up next to Hawkins.
We also spot a perfect shot on the baby
creature bobbing up behind some mist
about to attack too.
Guy Moon did the
cheesy music for the film and is quite
impressive with some of his creepy
synthesizer sounds in some areas which is
most notable in the beginning of the film
but some of it sounds a little outdated.
He also did music for TV shows and movies
of the week.
Bianca:
Rats!!!! I can smell them!!!!
Bianca
(Spots a shower): My
god I hope it works!
Butch (Runs over) Hey Stop!
It could be contaminated.
Bianca: Give me a break
Bianca (After turning on a shower
and feeling the water): If this is
poison give me more! (Both her and Butch
feel the water) No use wasting it.
(Turns off the shower) Well, let's
get us some chow and that's all I'LL
need.
Jake
(After kicking a decapitated head)
Well easy now, it can't hurt you.
Jake
(To Kate): Whaddya say???
Kate: We'll see what happens
Jake: You got some bug in your
butt about this place?!
Kate: That's right
Jesse: So do I
Jake: You two wanna go back out
and fry in the rain???
(Butch
stands guard with his head turned away
from Bianca) Bianca:
Whatre you doing?
Butch: Standing guard
Bianca: No you're not
Butch: 90 percent of household
accidents happen in the bath. I'm
standing guard
Bianca: No you're not
Butch: (Turns around) I'm not?!
Bianca: No (Takes off her top)
You're gonna come and soap my backside
(walks up towards him) What's the matter.
Can't you handle it?
Butch: I can handle anything
Bianca: Well then look alive
soldier
(Butch stomps his foot)
Jake:
MMMMM something smells good in here
Bianca:
It's the food. It's the food that killed
him
Jake: No we all ate the food
Jake:
I don't think it wants to kill
Jake:
Don't touch it
Kate: I wanna check it's protein
Jake: Fuck it's protein, it's
probably got too damn much anyways
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