[RATINGS:
Claire: Netflix: 3/5 stars. IMDB: 7/10.
Carolyn: Netflix: 3.2/5 stars. IMDB: 7/10.
The native public rating for this movie is: Netflix: 3.2/5 stars, IMDB: 6.5/10.
CAROLYN’S THOUGHTS: I was hoping this would be funnier since it had Nathon Fillon and Elizabeth Banks and Michael Rooker [and James Gunn], but it was disappointing on the comedic side.
CLAIRE’S THOUGHTS: This was a fun but formulaic romp about aliens taking over human bodies, with Elizabeth Banks & Michael Rooker from The Walking Dead. We were a bit disappointed that it was billed as a comedy-horror, but was really just a standard horror movie a very small amount of comedy. I think they threw “comedy” into the description just to make people take it less seriously, which is an offensive manipulation, because I don’t consider horror movies to be documentaries anyway. They generally aren’t *supposed* to be taken seriously, or they wouldn’t be horror movies; They’d be the 6-O’Clock-News super-serious dramatic thrillers. But anyway…. The was pretty generic & derivative — but it was still more entertaining than your average horror movie.
PEOPLE:
Written & directed by James Gunn (director of Guardians Of The Galaxy, Super, 1st ep of Troma‘s Edge TV, Dawn Of The Dead, Movie 43, writer of Guardians Of The Galaxy, Super, Movie 43).
Starring:
Don Thompson (Watchmen, 2 eps of Smallville) as Wally.
Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Dracula 2000, Super, Green Lantern, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, Saving Private Ryan, 5 eps of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, 4 eps of Robot Chicken, 2 eps of Gravity Falls, 2 eps of American Dad) as Bill Pardy.
Gregg Henry (Super, 4 eps of 24, 1 ep of Firefly) as Jack MacReady, the mayor.
Xantha Radley (The Wicker Man) as Uptight Mom.
Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games movies, Miri In Zack And Miri Make A Porno, Fred Claus, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Betty Brant in the Spider-Man movies, Wet Hot American Summer, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp, The Details, Movie 43, Pitch Perfect movies) as Starla Grant.
Tania Saulnier (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, The Wicker Man, 1 ep of Smallville) as Kylie Strutemyer, the teenage girl.
Dustin Milligan (Final Destination 3, 1 ep of Silicon Valley) as Drawing Boy.
Michael Rooker (Merle in The Walking Dead, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Super, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Mallrats, The 6th Day) as Grant Grant.
Haig Sutherland (1 ep of Smallville) as Trevor.
Jennifer Copping (4 eps of The L Word) as Margaret.
Kathryn Kirkpatrick (Brother’s Keeper, Stan Helsing, 2 eps of The L Word) as Karaoke Woman.
Lorena Gale as Janene.
Bart Anderson as Butcher.
Jenna Fischer (Pam from The Office, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, The Brothers Solomon, Blades Of Glory, The Giant Mechanical Man, Are You Here?, Melvin Goes To Dinner, 2 eps of Six Feet Under, 2 eps of Undeclared) as Shelby, the secretary.
Rob Zombie as Dr. Karl.
Lloyd Kaufman as Sad Drunk!!!!! (more…)
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