BAD CHANNELS
A film review by Ken Johnson
Copyright 1992 Ken Johnson
86 min., R, Horror/Comedy/Science Fiction, 1992 Director: Ted Nicolaou Cast: Paul Hipp, Martha Quinn, Aaron Lustig, Ian Patrick Williams, Michael Huddleston, Victor Rogers, Charlie Spradling, Melissa Behr, Ania Sava, Sonny Carl Davis, Tim Thomerson
Controversial rock dee-jay Paul Hipp takes over an all polka radio station when it changes to a world wide rock station. That night an alien takes over the station and takes Hipp hostage. The alien starts stealing beautiful, but ditsy, earth girls with the radio waves and Hipp has to find a way to stop it.
BAD CHANNELS is one of the newest films by Full Moon Entertainment. Although the plot is preposterous I found the film to be great fun to watch and recommend it to any fans of B- movies and any fans of Full Moon Entertainment (one of my favorite film companies). On a scale of zero to five, I give BAD CHANNELS a four. BAD CHANNELS is rated R for explicit language and adult situations.
The cast does a great job. They all look like they are enjoying themselves. There are two cameos in the film. Charlie Spradling (an actress in several Full Moon films, as well as being their spokes person) is a waitress and Tim Thomerson as Dollman (a character from the Full Moon film DOLLMAN), who shows up at the end of the end credits, so stick through them.
The special effects are great, and the creature effects are cute. One of the neatest of the creatures is the cute little robot with the brain in its head. The one part of the special effects that I didn't like very much were the spaceship effects. All that was composed of was colored lights going in circles in the air. The story successfully combines science fiction and horror with a bit of humor thrown in. The script is well written and seems to be above the level of most B-movies. The sets are great. I especially like how the inside of the radio station looks after the alien takes it over.
Most of the music for the film is by Blue Oyster Cult and it is great. When a person gets grabbed there is almost a music video that goes on and that I found to be very enjoyable. One of my favorite bands is the one in costume from the hospital.
-------- Ken Johnson blj@mithrandir.cs.unh.edu
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