TerrorVision (1986)

Stan (Gerrit Graham) installs a state-of-art satellite TV system for his dysfunctional family. However, he accidentally picks up a signal from another planet and his television system becomes the gateway between the two planets. A ravenous alien creature comes to his apartment and only their son Sherman (Chad Allen) sees the monster, but his parents do not believe in the boy. "TerrorVision" is a cult-trash from the 80´s and a highly entertaining sci-fi. The characters and the situations are hilarious but maybe the funniest scene is Medusa meeting the last hope to save Earth, Pluthar. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "A Visão do Terror" ("The Terror Vision")

"TerrorVision" is an odd sci-fi/horror/comedy that seems to wear its "Poltergeist" influence on its sleeve. Either that or the filmmakers didn't care enough to hide the debt they owe to that movie.The plot is about an otherworldly monster that comes - where else? - through the TV. Its arrival is even noticed by a cute little blond kid, a boy this time (Heather O'Rourke, R.I.P.).The movie also doubles as a kind-of satire about middle class attitudes of the time as "Poltergeist" did, though that is barely noticeable. I liked the patriarch complaining about the punk/metal slacker his daughter brings home to meet the family, saying he looks ridiculous while putting metal chains around his neck to draw attention to his ample chest hair (they're preparing for a "'swingers' party", you see).I admit I will watch anything with Diane Franklin in it. She's barely recognizable this time around, so heavily punked up you wonder why her parents are so shocked at the sight of her boyfriend - his own parents would probably be more shocked to see her.I mentioned the movie was "odd" at the beginning of this review. I said that for a couple of reasons: one, despite the movie apparently being set in boring, staid 1980s suburbia, the house the characters live in looks like something out of "A Clockwork Orange". There are all kinds of weird art deco touches to the furnishing, like doors that belong on a submarine airlock. There's even semi-pornographic art work on the walls.The other weird thing about this movie is that all the blood in it is green. Not just the monster blood (paging R.L. Stine) - I mean the human blood. I couldn't work out why humans in this movie have green blood. Was that simply to avoid a stronger rating? Overall, it's an enjoyable movie for horror/b-movie fans which unsurprisingly died on a theatrical release. It's not "a truly wretched movie" (Janet Maslin) - if you're a fan of these types of movies, you know there are much worse out there. It's well enough made, well enough acted, funny at times, and has some cool gore effects.

This is a weird one about an alien that comes through the TV and absorbs people. It's trying to be a comedy with some gore and some of it works really well, like the Gramps character, but other parts fall flat, like the valley girl daughter. Not gory enough to be horror and not funny enough to be comedy, it falls in the middle and never really reaches the top. Worth watching but it's no classic.

Holy Sh*t. This might be the most perfect film ever made.It's definitely the best worst film you'll ever see.The sanitation department on the planet Pluton has accidentally sent a rogue beam of waste towards the planet Earth. And it just so happens to hit the Putterman family's new satellite dish...unleashing an insatiable monstrous beast into their television transmissions.To counter this mistake, the alien sanitation worker has been sending a warning to the satellites of Earth, telling them of his error, and what they must do in order to protect themselves- disconnect all their television and satellite systems for 200 years. Though, everybody just thinks it's part of some sort of bizarre sci-fi movie.Only the doomsday prepper grandpa- who sells lizard tail jerky (the truly replenishable food supply)- and his grandpa's boy grandson, Sherman, are paranoid enough to take the ominous warning seriously...and they are fully equipped for the job.While his parents are out swinging (and I don't mean dancing...), and his sister is out with her punk rocker boyfriend...the monster beams itself out of their TV, and into their home...eating grandpa and the TV repair guy. Leaving Sherman to fend for himself.He does call for help...but everyone just thinks he's crazy...a liar...or off his meds...The monster continues to move in and out of the house...as the mom and dad bring their new "Greek" swinger friends back to their swinger's paradise. However, they are all eaten by the monster- who is then able to crudely mimic their form.His sister and her boyfriend return a short while later...and actually manage to make friends with the monster...even starting to train him.Apparently, seeing OD's (her sister's boyfriend) studs calms the monster, because it reminds it of someone who cared for it when it was young.They also use TV to keep it entertained and somewhat submissive.It eventually gets to the point where they are planning to cash in on their "ownership" of the monster, by putting it on television. But, long before that has a chance to happen, it goes to commercials...and the monster loses it's cool. Eating OD in the process.Now, they know it is way too unstable to keep around as a pet, or for show. So, alls that is left is to destroy it...if they can...I said it before, but I'll say it again...this is cheese perfected.Every character in this film is awesome. From the as*hole TV repair guy; to the promiscuous mom and her sex driven husband; the blonde bimbo and her bisexual partner- who is more into Sherman's dad, than mom; OD and Sherman's badass sister, with her sexy 80's hair-do; the doomsday prepper grandpa; Medusa...but especially, little Sherman, whose grown up in a very sexually explicit environment...around a lot of guns.The acting and dialogue in this are pure cheese...but in the best possible way. So many great one-liners, like: "Holy Tomato!", "This is the dumbest movie I ever saw."...and my personal favourite, "this dude's into metal!!!".The monster is also pretty sweet. Has lot's of extendable appendages, with which to attack people.And the way it kills and consumes it's victims is really quite imaginative. It extends a claw which it uses to inject something into it's victims, causing them to dissolve into a green go, that is then licked up by the monster.And to top it all off...the ending is amazing. They seed an idea throughout the film, then use it to trick you into thinking their is going to be a cliché twist.But there's not...just pure twisted cheesy fun!!! 10 out of 10.