Two young lovers learn that a small group of child-like space aliens are marooned on Earth and are being held prisoner at a top secret military facility. The couple then decide to liberate the extraterrestrial castaways and help them make a rendezvous with a rescue ship sent from the alien home planet.
Practical Effects
Alien puppets that are creepy-cute, not cute-creepy
Score
Tangerine Dream-y synths doing heavy lifting
Acting
Cherie Currie brings actual rock star presence
Director
Mike Gray
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mike Gray wrote The China Syndrome; this was his directorial debut, proving even Oscar-nominated writers aren't immune to '80s sci-fi fever dreams.
Cherie Currie was cast straight from The Runaways' breakup, giving Iris that authentic 'I don't trust anyone over 30' energy that sells the whole third act.
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