TerrorVision

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“People of Earth, your planet is about to be destroyed … we’re terribly sorry for the inconvenience!”   The channel is turned to “terror” when a family’s new satellite television becomes the gateway to a slimy alien invasion in this mega-goofy ‘80s sci-fi/horror comedy with no commercial breaks!  Stanley Putterman (Gerrit Graham, Phantom of the Paradise) and his wife Raquel (Mary Woronov, Death Race 2000) are a happy couple who enjoy their typical suburban lifestyle of TV-watching and sexually swinging with the neighbors. When Stanley installs a brand-new, state-of-the-art satellite dish in the backyard, the family is ready to watch anything and everything they can get their remote control on. Through a cosmic accident, a wayward monster’s energy is beamed across the galaxies, into the satellite and onto the Putterman’s television. At first, the family doesn’t notice any changes, only better reception and a strange monster continually appearing on screen. But when the nasty, slime-drenched creature leaps off the screen and into the Puttermans’ living room, terror erupts, because this freaky channel-surfer needs to feed on humans to survive. The alien invasion has officially begun, and the Puttermans – including Cyndi Lauper-wannabe daughter, Suzy (Diane Franklin, Better Off Dead), and her comic book nerd brother, Sherman (Chad Allen, Highway to Hell) – are about to get their satellite service canceled … forever! A wild and crazy cavalcade of strangeness that combines over-the-top comedy, gross-out SFX, rubber monsters, new wave music and an Elvira-esque TV horror hostess named “Medusa,” TerrorVision is a lunatic voyage into the ‘80s with tongue planted so firmly in cheek, it’s gorily popping out the other side. (Dir. by Ted Nicolaou, 1986, USA, 85 mins., Rated R)