A video store clerk stumbles onto an alien plot to take over earth by brainwashing people with a bad '50s science fiction movie. He and his friends race to stop the aliens before the tapes can be distributed world-wide.
Practical Effects
Gloriously cheesy alien costumes and analog tech.
Writing
Self-aware B-movie that knows exactly what it is.
Acting
Kevin Dillon's permanently confused everyman energy.
Director
Jeff Lieberman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jeff Lieberman also made Squirm and Blue Sunshine, cementing his 'weird horror' reputation.
This predicted our streaming-era anxieties about media manipulation—just swap VHS for TikTok algorithms.
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