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They've crossed the galaxy in search of our blood.
An anemic alien comes to Earth from a dying planet, in the remake of the Corman 50s classic.
Not of This Earth
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Túlvilági küldött, Пришелец с другой планеты
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05 Sep 1995
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"I beat you dickwad, you can't get me now........"
A few of the Roger Corman Presents are remakes of his more notable or notorious output, though few would consider the 1957 original to be at the forefront of his works. The selection of Not of This Earth is more likely due to our glowing eyed alien costing less than the special effects for crab monsters. Name recognition would be more owing to the film's first remake, the 1988 Jim Wynorski version, famed for being underaged pornstar Traci Lord's first mainstream cinematic appearance. Where the original easily eclipses these retreads was a script by the devilishly witty, Charles B. Griffith. The humour remains here, with the alien's dry attempts to blend…
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Why are there three versions of this cheesy story? Why did I watch all three?
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For the first 20 minutes or so, I really thought this was going to be my favorite of the 3 iterations of Not of This Earth. They were playing up the comedic fish-out-of-water aspects of Johnson's character while also humanizing him a bit, tinkering with the set-up, tweaking the characterizations, etc. I was very interested in seeing how this version was going to play out.
I have no idea if this is true, but it feels like at some point the higher-ups saw what the director/screenwriter/etc were doing and how they were making the story their own and the hypothetical higher-ups put an immediate stop to that. This was not going to be a fresh take on the story. They…
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The second remake of Roger Corman’s somewhat obscure Not of This Earth within an eight-year span. I have no idea what would prompt Corman to return to this story yet again, but we also got a Piranha remake this same year, so perhaps he was on a remake kick. In any case, Basil Exposition plays the alien this time. He’s as amusingly bad as the movie itself, while the rest of the cast ranges from serviceable to sub-par. I wish the same could be said of the visual effects, but what do you expect from a mid-90’s b-movie? At least they still include some random and goopy practical effects work because this may be just another hack at an okay story, but there’s still a craft behind this movie’s enigmatic shades.
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Less akin to classic Corman than it is a dime store knockoff of Cronenberg or an even cheaper version of Brian Yuzna’s aesthetic. Pulsating alien brains throb & light up in coital moans; sensual tentacles creep through the walls to suck on victims’ necks; the lead space-vamp writhes orgasmically while masturbating his own intestinal protrusions. It’s a gross-out horror cheapie in just the right way. It may mistakenly believe that the only reason the Corman original didn’t rely on over-the-top creature designs & nightmarish sexuality was budgetary, but at least its hideous monsters and even more hideous sex are more compelling than Wynorski’s eyeroll-worthy attempts at nudie-cutie titillation. Neither remake was necessary or revelatory, but this one delivers the genre goods.
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During his mid 90s gig with Showtime,executive producer Roger Corman remade a handful of his earlier film titles(including PIRANHA and HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP) with this second remake of his 1957 film being amongst them,as this version is told from the side of the alien Johnson(Michael York[LOGAN'S RUN,TRANSFORMERS:REVENGE OF THE FALLEN]) as he undertakes his mission to collect blood for his dying planet while staying at a large estate home with both his devoted servant(Richard Belzer[SCARFACE{1983},THE GROOVE TUBE]) and his newly hired nurse(Elizabeth Barondes[ADRENALINE:FEAR THE RUSH,BAD ASS 2:BADASSES]) as they both slowly grow suspicious of York andt he various people that pay him a visit but mysteriously disappear,with Barondes' cop boyfriend(Parker Stevenson[STROKER ACE,A SEPARATE PEACE]) and a local doctor(Mason Adams[THE…
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Felt a little long for how short it actually is but goddamn are there some awesome special effects!
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Let's try this again. Very first scene is a couple doing some heavy petting, with the guy saying "My nads are the size of beach-balls," so that wasn't promising. But as soon as Michael York showed up in the role of the alien, things improved. I appreciated this version's increased emphasis on the visitor learning rules, laws, and social expectations, and the addition of super-speed-reading. More emotional depth to him than in the original, and more conflict.
Jennifer Coolidge has a bit part as a nurse, John Carl Buechler has a cameo, Richard Belzer has a main role, and most everyone seems to be putting real effort into their acting. There's some nice moody lighting, too, and the alien communication…
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All kinds of wtf. Like half a dozen mid nineties sci fi movies I barely remember renting from the blockbuster across from the mall during that time. The screenplay may have been written by actual space vampires.