I think that sometimes I just have a
hard time relating to British horror. Every now and then one comes
along that really just blows me away like Shaun of the Dead and now
EVIL ALIENS can be added to that very same list.
The tale is tried and true, aliens
crash land near a backwards town and turn everything on its ear. The
film opens with a couple screwing their brains out in some kind of
Easter Island like shrine. While they are making the two back
monster a monster from outer space comes along and takes them on
board. The woman is impregnated and the dude is given the old alien
standby, the anal probe only kicked up a few notches.
Full of colorful characters and all
kinds of in jokes the film skips along at a pretty good clip
and the humor and gore flies at you from every direction.
The basic thrust of the story revolves
around a crew from a tabloid TV show that has gone to the area at the
prompting of the lady who was impregnated at the beginning of the
film so that she can tell her story and bring to the world the fact
that aliens are among us and they are pissed. The crew of course
thinks this all to be more wacko bullshit but are quickly convinced
otherwise and find themselves the only thing standing between the
aliens and world domination.
Director Jake West does a fantastic job
of dishing out the splatter and the action is frantic and well paced.
It is not a film that you can easily look away from. West is a
talented film maker and he knows how to hold your attention.
My only problem with this one is the
fact that the story is just so lame that it is had to stay involved
and you find yourself just killing time till the next gore drenched
death scene. It makes for a very tiring experience and regreatbbly
it also makes for a film that you probably won't want to watch more
than once.
We do get a quick glimpse of what Jake
West is capable of and the future looks bright for this stylish film
maker. Check EVIL ALIENS out especially if you're a fan of over the top
horror done in the tradition of BRAIN DEAD and EVIL DEAD just now
done quite so well.
The DVD is available in an unrated cut
that looks and sounds fantastic.
Here is a synopsis from the official
site for the film that wraps up what it is all about:
If you thought you'd seen it all, brace
yourself for this jaw-dropping slice of sci-fi horror lunacy that has
audiences rolling and gagging in the aisles! Gruesome mutilations,
inappropriate body probes and pointy weapons ranging from sports gear
to chainsaws populate this gore-drenched, splatstick classic of giddy
alien mayhem, the successor to Aliens, Phantasm, Bad Taste and
The Evil Dead. Looking for a hot new story, struggling Weird
Worlde TV reporter Michelle Fox totes her crew to Wales where
residents of a small farming town are reporting alien abductions and
impregnations. Unfortunately, their dramatic recreation of the
suspicious event turns downright nasty when the real interstellar
visitors arrive, and they're hungry for more than a close-up! A
no-holds-barred fight for survival ensues, with farmers and TV crew
alike falling prey to the ruthless, relentless, unstoppable Evil
Aliens!
And there is a pretty good slate of
special features as well, check em out:
Extended, Deleted, Unused &
Unfinished Scenes
A Guided Tour of Life Creations
Trailer
Bloopers and Outtakes
EVIL ALIENS is a fun, bloody romp that
gives us some great in sight into the talent of a young director that
I think we'll all be talking about for some time to come.
Go get it now!!!