It Came From Somewhere Else

Director - Howard Hassler

Starring - William Vanarsdale, Don Aldrich, Robert Buckley

Release Date - 1988

Genre - Sci-Fi/Comedy

Tagline - "Too intense for children and small dogs!"

 Rating (out of 5):

     There is something to looking at the dvd bargain bin in video stores and finding a cheap flick that you had never heard of.  It also makes it even more sweeter when you check out the cover art and read the back of the case and the movie is unlike anything you have ever heard of.  To make the movie even more mysterious is when you go home and try to youtube a trailer for that same flick you just purchased for $1.99 and can't find one.  When all this happens to the same movie it almost makes you itch with anticipation to see it.

     The movie follows the town of Grand Bosh, a small town near the Canadian border, as they deal with an alien invasion.  To be honest trying to explain the damn plot to this movie is like trying to explain the smell associated to the color purple.  I know what I just said does not make sense but neither does the plot to this movie.  The aliens invaded the town and planted plants that resemble hands sticking out of the ground.  Also, the aliens know kung fu.  Did I mention that people also spontaneously combust?  If I didn't then I have now.  People that come in contact with Mr. Buckner, a man looking for his lost daughter, seem to catch fire except for the sheriff and his deputy.  The sheriff, his deputy, and the accident prone Mr. Buckner somehow fight the alien menace back into space.

     To be honest I have no idea what the hell it was I watched when I put this one in my PS3 but it was not entertaining at all.  I did laugh at some of the scenes where Mr. Buckner would get shot, stabbed, or cut with shocked with jumper cables.  The man is so stupid he literally doesn't feel pain.  Also, the sheriff is a funny character.  He's lazy and relies on other people to do his police work.  The movie is primarily black and white unless there is nudity or blood in the scene then the films goes to color.  The movie tries very hard to hit the campy 1950's sci-fi feel but just can't pull it off.  Maybe because those campy 1950's films were actually trying to make a serious film for that time instead of trying to intentionally make a shitty film from another era.  I don't recommend the movie as a whole but I do recommend fast forwarding to the scenes with Mr. Buckner.