Parasite
USA
1982. Director: Charles Band
Cast: Demi Moore, Luca Bercovici, Robert Galudini, Cherie Currie
Set in 1992 the world as we know it has been
nuked ("some atomic shit fell from the sky") and a scary scientist (and
Jeff Goldblum lookalike) has backed by the government developed a parasite,
one which he keeps in his stomach, the other which has been stolen by
a bunch of punks and then escaped into a little redneck town. With the
help of a local hot chick the scientist must now find and destroy his
wicked creation before an evil government-sent bounty hunter who also
arrives to town. Hillarious blood-spattered incidents follows. Infected
people are turning blue, stomaches are ripped open, faces are smashed.
This cult-classic offering from Charles Band is noteworthy only for its stupid 3-D gimmick (which looks ridiculous on tape) and for a couple of people involved behind and in front of the camera, most notably Demi Moore who became her own star (and worst enemy) shortly hereafter. Stan Winston designed and created the turd-like monster effects while star Luca Bercovici went and directed his own Ghoulies. The only good thing I can think of when it comes to this film is the music by Richard Band. Brother Band has a strange sense for classy-sounding scores, often cheap but effective imitations of already classic scores (remember his Psycho rip-off for Re-Animator), which here makes Parasite at least sound like a real movie. But it ain't really. It's stricktly for Demi Moore collectors only.
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