Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Bad Channels (1992) Another great hit from Charles Band



     Utterly bonkers movie.  Bad Channels is another great low budget movie that is so bad, its good. 
     A shock jock at the local radio station finding himself in danger (like the girl who cried fire to get attention then burnt to death) because aliens invade the radio studios and start collecting women (including busty waitress Cookie played by once-upon-a-time Full Moon favourite Charlie Spradling) in conical vases.
    Ted Nicolaou, a veteran of Full Moon films including some of their best really screws this up with lazy-haphazard and purposeless direction while the script by Charles Band and Jackson Barr.  Tim Thomerson's Dollman character is credited and I was confused how I had missed his cameo but stay tuned until the credits finish for a relatively amusing brief Dollman extra scene.
    The aliens are ridiculous, one a scale covered monster, another a small tin robot that looks like it was a reject from the acclaimed Smash Potato Mix adverts. Truly rubbish film but intriguing and amusingly painful in equal measures.  
    Any fan of the Full Moon videos will want to check this out.  You go Charles Band!

Rating...
6/10


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