The Deadly Spawn

Originally released in 1983, The Deadly Spawn has been recently resurrected and put on Blu-Ray for its "millenium edition". I unfortunately missed this one the first time around, so I thought it had to be good if it was getting re-released after all of these years. Basically, it's your classic 80s horror/sci-fi flick in which aliens come to earth, via a meteorite, and start devouring humans. The first to go are a couple of campers and then the toll starts to rise from there. The aliens take up shop in the basement of a house of an unsuspecting couple and start doing their dirty work. All hope is lost until a kid happens upon them and figures out how to outsmart the aliens before they take over the world.

This is one of those movies that surprises you when it shows up in some sort of elite package. It is a cult classic B movie from the 80s that not many people have heard of and there is a reason for that; this movie is mediocre at best. The story is okay, but it drags like a mutha. You get to the point where you're scratching your head wondering why someone hasn't been offed in a while. The acting is not the best and the monsters look cheesy, but what really hurt this flick was the development of the story. The writer was so involved developing the characters that he the must have lost sight of the real purpose of the movie - aliens killing humans. Not horrible, but it did get hard to watch due to boredom. I will say that I was impressed by some of the special effects. Not bad for a B flick back in the day. The thing is once this one gets going, it does turn out to be a pretty cool flick. Lots of gore.

Bottom Line: A cult classic gets the royal treatment. A B rated flick that takes too long to develop, but once it gets going, the gore is plentiful.

- Ragman thought about hitting the fast forward button more than a few times during the viewing of this one...