Evil Aliens
hahaha - I'm still laughing from the SIFF press screening I saw earlier today. A very funny Comedy/Horror/Sci-fi film from Brit director Jake West called "Evil Aliens." If you follow my opinions on film, you'll know that I cover my eyes when I see gore, and usually don't like horror films which rely on gross-out tactics.
That said, "Evil Aliens" was gross-out gorey yuk stuff, and I covered my eyes a lot, and I loved it!! It worked for me, and most of the audience it would seem from all the laughter and light-hearted screams, because it was so silly and funny. The film seemed to have just the right balance of self-reflective teasing of the genre (like the nerd greeting the aliens with a Vulcan hand signal, or while they are trying to steal the alien's ship, the girl says "I have a bad feeling about this..." - the recurring line from Star Wars), mixed with some genuinely weird and unique characters. It was hilarious to me when I realized how much I was cheering for the freaky Welsh farmer with the one dead eye, who early in the film is set up as a possible villain. But when the evil aliens show up (and they are indeed evil, nasty aliens) the creepy farmer who refuses to speak English (or can't) suddenly seems like a pretty cool guy.
To be fair, the film is super-gross, with a few scenes I personally would rather have not seen. But for any horror genre fan, "Evil Aliens" is a must see. It's (appropriately) part of SIFF's midnight series called Midnight Adrenaline.
That said, "Evil Aliens" was gross-out gorey yuk stuff, and I covered my eyes a lot, and I loved it!! It worked for me, and most of the audience it would seem from all the laughter and light-hearted screams, because it was so silly and funny. The film seemed to have just the right balance of self-reflective teasing of the genre (like the nerd greeting the aliens with a Vulcan hand signal, or while they are trying to steal the alien's ship, the girl says "I have a bad feeling about this..." - the recurring line from Star Wars), mixed with some genuinely weird and unique characters. It was hilarious to me when I realized how much I was cheering for the freaky Welsh farmer with the one dead eye, who early in the film is set up as a possible villain. But when the evil aliens show up (and they are indeed evil, nasty aliens) the creepy farmer who refuses to speak English (or can't) suddenly seems like a pretty cool guy.
To be fair, the film is super-gross, with a few scenes I personally would rather have not seen. But for any horror genre fan, "Evil Aliens" is a must see. It's (appropriately) part of SIFF's midnight series called Midnight Adrenaline.
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