| Twilight People |
| The Twilight People was a movie I wanted to see in the worst way when
I was 13 years old. Sadly enough the flick was usually teamed up with an "R" rated film so I never got to see it when it was at the theatres. Thanks to vhs and dvd I am now able to view it anytime I wish and that is either a blessing or a curse. After a recent viewing the first question that popped into my mind was:"Were they high when they made this?" Actually this film is bad and so deadly serious that you have to wallow guiltily in its ineptitude. Matt Farrell played by John Ashley is hijacked on the high seas by Steinman, a smarmy killer and taken to the remote island of Dr.Gordon. Farrell is the perfect mental and physical speciman the mad doctor wants to use as a prototype for a new race. (Shades of a Mexican wrestler movie!).The mad medico is combining humans with animals (a la Island Of Lost Souls) and has created a fungus critter, a bat boy, an antelope boy, a dog woman, a monkey boy, a panther woman and some weird girl with some sort of tube device in her skull that looked like a beer bong to ol' Skip. Anyway both the doctor's daughter and Steinman have deep feelings for our stoic hero. Both shamelessly flirt with Matt though Steinman would really get his rocks off killing him.So we have some sexual tension to go along with the Phillipine heat. Jungle lust anybody? After spying on the doctor performing a cranial experiment on another unlucky guest old Matt decides it is time to haul arse into the jungle. With the daughter's help Matt and the band of animal people race across the jungle island pursued by the killers. Will they survive? Hey let's hope not! Some high points of this movie: 1)Pam Grier plays the panther woman. This is your only chance to see Pam Grier roll on the ground, purr and LICK HERSELF CLEAN AFTER A MEAL!!. Hey that alone was worth the rental price! 2)Antelope boys can shoot rifles. Of course it was priceless as you could tell the actor was thinking to himself:"I'm wearing antlers and carrying a rifle. My career is f____d.I hope the check clears". 3)Bat boy tries to fly with his obviously plastic wings and goes face down into the forest like a cartoon. 4)Dog woman (hey they had barking dubbed in) did not sniff anybody's butt which is unusual for a dog. Also if my dog was that ugly he would wear a paper bag over his head. 5)John Ashley seems to have only one expression and that is as if he has to scratch his scrotum but can't do it in public. He only looks slightly annoyed even though he has been kidnapped and trussed up like a turkey 6) In the end the bat boy (obviously a cartoon) flies into the sunset, happy to be getting the hell out of this movie. I heartily endorse seeking out a copy of this dvd and just basking in the sheer cheesiness of it all. |
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