Verdict
Summary
A pretty simple premise that has been used many times (to varying effect in other movies) plays out fairly well here, and I recommend it more than others of its type. The direction by David DeCoteau (who was in his twenties when he made this) is brisk, and the synthesized score by Guy Moon is good. It ends abruptly, apparently when they ran out of money. But hey: It’s fun!
Full Moon upgrades all of their previous full-frame releases (VHS and then DVD) of this one, presenting the film in a pretty darn nice looking widescreen transfer. They’ve included a commentary by DeCoteau, a photo gallery, and bonus trailers.
Plot:
Creatures run amok in a post-apocalyptic world … posing a threat to a band of survivors.
Review:
For a 68 minute (72 with end credits) movie, this is a fast moving Mutant Apocalypse / Subterranean Survivor genre piece that kept me interested until a shoddy, give-up ending. Six years after the nuclear apocalypse, five roving soldiers (three men, two women) who’ve deserted their posts take shelter from an acid rainstorm in a large building. There they find food, water, and the requisite mutant creatures that attack them and kill them off one-by-one. One mutant creature appears to be a scientific experiment, and it doesn’t look too goofy, though it is clearly played by a person in a suit. The other mutant creatures are giant rats which scare the female characters. Two characters (one of whom is played by Linnea Quigley) take a shower and have sex.
A pretty simple premise that has been used many times (to varying effect in other movies) plays out fairly well here, and I recommend it more than others of its type. The direction by David DeCoteau (who was in his twenties when he made this) is brisk, and the synthesized score by Guy Moon is good. It ends abruptly, apparently when they ran out of money. But hey: It’s fun!
Full Moon upgrades all of their previous full-frame releases (VHS and then DVD) of this one, presenting the film in a pretty darn nice looking widescreen transfer. They’ve included a commentary by DeCoteau, a photo gallery, and bonus trailers.
