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Evil Spawn

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2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Bobbi Bresee is a washed up actress who can't land roles anymore coz of her age(though I can't quite see why coz she's hot). Things start looking up for her though when she's given an experimental drug by some shady woman. The drug promises youth, and of course Bobbi Bresee can't resist. What exactly this drug is, what the shady woman's motivations are, and why this drug was given to Bresee in the first place are never fully explained. We know this drug is bad news, and the film's intro, which features footage of a spaceship, hints that this serum was made from alien organisms.
Well, the drug makes her younger(though I didn't see a difference) and more confident, but the down side is that it makes her violent. It also turns her into a kind of giant humanoid insect that looks like something you'd see at a GWAR concert.
It's typical Fred Olen Ray, which is to say it's entertaining, and CHEAP. Since this was released on Ray's Retomedia label, I'm sure he made every effort to make sure the quality was the best, but the film looks grainy, fuzzy and plain bad. The extras are nice though. A documentary on the film, outtakes, commentary and Fred Olen Ray's Nite Owl Theater(a regular feature on many Retromedia DVDs), which as always is silly but fun.
Evil Spawn isn't one of Ray's better films, but it does deliver the goods for those looking for low budget trash.

I have always liked this film and saw it many years ago on cassette, but seeing the widescreen version is even better. This is a cheesy film starring sexy Bobbi Bresee as an actress who takes an aging drug and turns into an insect monster. Goofy as hell but VERY VERY enjoyable. Has some interesting things on the disc such as trailers, behind the scenes shots and another episode of Nite Owl Theater with Fred Olen Ray and Miss Kim. A highly recommended DVD that does not disappoint.

This is a great flick. The lovely Bobbi Bresee (who, admittedly, I've never seen anywhere else) is having fits about getting old and not getting good acting jobs. A scientist (who is evidently a severe fan of Ms Bresee) gives the actress an anti-aging serum, made from alien microbes, which turn our heroine into a huge insect. The acting is occasionally atrocious (from the louder is better school), but the monster is cool, and the ladies are luscious! John Carradine even shows up for a few seconds. The Nite Owl Theater episode is fun, too.

I happen to be a fan of Fred Olen Ray's movies, but you must fight all urges to buy this one, folks. First of all, the picture quality wasn't that great. I've seen worse, but it is poor quality and very grainy (which suprises me given the good quality of other Retro Media titles). Next, the acting is atrocious. I can usually deal with bad actors and actresses (as I said earlier, I'm a fan of Fred Olen Ray's movies) if the plot is decent enough or if the story is at least entertaining enough. But this is absolutely the worst movie I have ever seen! There are no, I repeat, no redeeming qualities in this movie. So, why did I give it two stars you ask? The extra materials, that's why. There are some pretty neat things on the rest of the DVD (such as Nite Owl Theater bloopers, outtakes of the movie, and, of course, a new episode of Nite Owl Theater). But believe me, it is not worth the price of the DVD. STAY AWAY!!!!

I'd like to be able to write a review of this, but the widescreen DVD version didn't work in my home player or in my PC. After trying two copies with the same result, I gave up on it and picked up something else. There appears to be a problem with the widescreen release, buyer beware. This was very disappointing, as I'm a big fan of Nite Owl Theater and was looking forward to seeing this one. Maybe next time . . .

The movie begins with a space ship coming back from a journey into outer space.On this journey they have obtained spores from another planet.John Carradine uses these spores to make ayouth serum.Carradine dies.His assistant takes the serum to an aging movie star who injects it hoping to start landing leading roles again.So far this movie is lightweight.The movie star turns into a giant buglike creature.The most exciting segment takes place when the secretary goes skinny dipping in the pool and is killed by the buglike creature.The plot is bad,the acting is bad,the whole movie is bad.Buy this if you can find it on sale.

My God, what a [junky] movie! I'm a lover of "B" rated horror movies and usually the campier the better, but if there's such a thing as a "E" of "F" rated movie this is it. The plot is obviously a ripoff of "The Wasp Woman", the special effects are practically non-exsistant, the monster is stupid looking, (I did like the teeth) and I've see better acting in porno movies. The only redeeming feature of this turkey is the physical appearance of the woman actors, the're for the most part pretty darn good looking. I could keep going, tearing this thing to shreds, but let me suffice to say I haven't seen a movie this bad since "Attack of the Mushroom People"