There’s Nothing Out There

It’s summertime, and the screamin’ is easy, so it’s time to pack up your sleeping bag for STAY OUT OF THE WOODS month at Mondo Mondays, featuring a forest-full of aliens, maniacs, and angry animals that are just dying to invite you into their treehouse of terror!

“A horror film of comic proportions.” College student Mike is always getting in the way of fun. His obsession with horror movies and their rules dictates that no matter where he goes, he can’t help but expect to find a monster lurking around every corner. But this time, his paranoia just might be justified … After being invited to a remote cabin on the lake for Spring Break, along with some friends, Mike immediately begins to sense that something isn’t right, but none of his friends believe him, as they’re too busy drinking beer, smoking weed, and having sex. Unfortunately, they’re wrong – DEAD wrong – as a slimy alien frog monster has indeed landed in the nearby woods, ready to rumble for a weekend of tentacle-tinged terror! Can Mike convince his friends that there really IS something out there, and can he use his nerdy movie knowledge to save his pals before they all have their brains sucked out? Made by then 19-year-old filmmaker Rolfe Kanefsky, There’s Nothing Out There is a fun gag and gore-filled cabin-in-the-woods horror/comedy that lovingly riffs on some of the genre’s most over-used tropes. (Dir.by Rolfe Kanefsky, 1991, USA, 91 mins., Unrated)