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TerrorVision 1986 ★★★˝
This bit of eighties cornball fun had everything I was looking for. It was a fifties movie made with eighties money. With an amazing theme song. Which reminds me: between this one and Attack of the killer tomatoes, I have recently seen two movies with their own theme song. Some parallel.
The best example of this thesis would be the alien/monster. The plastic cheapness of the fifties mixed with eighties gore. But the concept of an alien coming in through the satellite dish is a good example as well.
And between this one, Troll 2, The Garbage Pail Kids and other masterpieces... Is it me or was there an unwritten rule that this type of eighties romp always had to contain some sort of shenanigans involving either goo or snot or other forms of slime? The characters being (borderline) wear a helmet dumb on the other hand just fits the cartoonish nature of the plot.
While the cast did not look memorable (apart from the foster father in Child's Play 2). The grandfather is a conspiracy nut, the child is on pills and has “attacks” as his parents call it. His sister is a mall chick dating a dunderhead rocker with looks to rival with the rocker-bounty hunter from Critters. The dad says he looks silly and I'll let his swinger costume speak for itself.
A perfect fit for people looking for campy, cartoonish fun.
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