Foreverisacastironmess

(2013-05-19 18:25:07)

"WHAT IS?!!-what is this movie?"

Like a lotta y'all' I first saw this movie back in 199whatever when itwas rented from a video shop called Rent-A-Tape! This movie is veryfunny and everyone who says so is absolutely right: This movie shouldnot be taken seriously AT ALL. From that little ding sound of theopening sequence and the first scenes of a crappy toy alien planet,it's clear you're going to see something very silly! I love thespontaneous humour. Like in a scene just after the "parents" get it.There's a poster on the bunker wall of the Statue Of Liberty with thelegend: "If you still believe in me, save me." Just thrown in there!This movie has got that comic book vibe going on like Creepshow.There's lots of vivid hues of red green pink and blue. Almost beautifulin a twisted kind of way. That's exactly what this movie is, a comicbook come to life. I love all the film's music. All those quirky littlenoises and weird sounds all add to the film's fun and bizarre tone.Richard Band talks a bit about the music on the special edition of theHouse on Sorority Row. In this movie the monster wins. Sometimes thatcan be a bummer, but in this instance it's fine, since hardly any ofthe humans are very likable anyhow. They're also incredibly annoyingand stupid. I didn't find the actors to be particularly over the top,with the possible exception of Gerrit Graham. He's really annoying!"Pleasure Dome!" Shut up! And until he dies(a rare mercy killing by T HB)he had the dumbest expression on his face. I'm actually a fan ofGerrit, just not here. So cartoony, it's painful to watch, is what itis! Grossest bit in the movie, Grampa's death. How can you beat a guybeing turned into space glop, head first, then sucked right back upagain! That's disgusting! I love it! Gimme more!!! A great scene iswhen the gay Greek guy gets it. It's eerily beautiful, with a jacuzzifull of glowing mist, and you can just see the pretty lady's headsticking out. It's fun, because at this point we know what the monstercan do and what's gonna happen! That ain't no lady, dude! Poor Pluthar!Throughout the movie the green guy is on the telly, warning the worldof the danger, but people just think it's a B movie. I find it veryfunny when he says that to avoid disaster, mankind has to disable alltelevisions for the next 100 years... We're doomed either way! Itreally makes me laugh when Medusa calls him an ugly b*****d just afterwhacking him with her purse! Do not smack the Hungry Beast. It lookslike a gaping-mawed, googly-eyed giant turd-Slug, with personality of apsycho dog! It's ability to mimic was really cool and gave it just thatextra bit of oomph that made it more than than your average monster.You couldn't really say it's a Thing rip-off, because it can onlymanage the heads! And the way it could speak with them with theiroriginal personalities was so horrible! This thing won't just eat you,it'll eat your soul too... There's this awesome scene that is "totallysicko" where the monster, in a bed, imitates 5 people at once,including Grampa! Outrageous! The first glimpse of it is kinda creepy,when all you see is it's big ugly eye on the TV. I like the little glowand whoosh of air when it emerges out of a telly. Such a cool littleeffect, probably done with a torch and a fan or something. What's wrongwith the whole alliance with the monster part of the movie? It's a nicebreak between the carnage. The monster actually manages to be cute. Myfavourite bit with said monster is when it's watching an old alieninvasion movie, heartily singing a merry tune to itself anduproariously laughing! Sometimes when you see a lot of it, it does looka little stiff and you can tell it's a big puppet. Other than that,I've got no problems with how it looks. It makes the movie, can't denyit. At the end the world is doomed. By entering the TV dimensionthrough a television studio, the monster will be able to appearanywhere in the world. A veritable smГѓВ¶rgГѓВҐsbord of couch potatoes! TVwill eat you, I think is the message they were going for here! "Idanced by the light of the TV screen, all night long! I watched theMedusa's eyes turn green, but my own reflection I've never seen!" Thesewords are from the movie's title song. They are silly, nonsensical anddownright stupid. But you know what? They work, and they rock big time!They're a lot like the movie itself. The monster's goofy but awesome,there's at least one quirky character to suit anyone's taste, andSuzi's eighties wardrobe is so cool! I love this movie, it's like popart or something.

Kim

(2013-05-19 12:48:12)

Once upon a time

There was a suburban family who had a T.V.So begins a saga unlike any other. Well, ok, it's a low budget indie film, but what they did with that low budget came out surprisingly cool.The characters are a typical nuclear family of the time. Mom and Dad, two kids and Grandpa. Did I mention what the times were? Rock and Roll 80’s, baby. Mom and Dad like to meet other fun and interesting couples for cocktails, then bring them home to the Pleasure Dome. Their feisty teenage daughter reminiscent of a young Cindy Lauper and her Joey Ramone look alike boy friend spend their time trying to avoid Mom and Dad and their â€�guests’. The young son is a mini G.I. Joe who spends way too much time listening to Grandpa’s conspiracy theories in the bunker/basement the old mans calls home. Ok, on to the plot. Dad buys a satellite dish and sets it up in the backyard. This was the 80’s so the dish is huge. A sub-par knowledge of electricity teamed with “new” satellite TV technology and too many “Heinies” can yield amazing results, and you might be surprised at what kind of stations you can pick up. Russian work out shows, Indian talk shows, a garbage refuse beam from another planet used to dispose of mutant creatures that have grown beyond their control. Add to this mix a bad movie T.V. show host, Medusa, whose scary yet...titillating on screen persona is the only hope for G.I. Joe boy and his family and you have scares and comedy in a rare combination that works, and works well. The special effects are low budget cool and the characters are vivacious and believable. If you want to see a trippy flick that doesn’t drag, check out Terror Vision. I’ve been waiting for it to come out on DVD for years, but get the VHS or whatever you have to do to see this movie.

(2013-05-18 01:22:01)

Best 80's flick of it's kind

1 word, FANTASTIC!! This is such an overlooked cult classic and deserves to be issued on DVD. Why is this highly sought after movie not on DVD? I've seen this flick well over 50 times & have turned many a friend on 2 it, same results every time, THEY LOVED IT! The soundtrack is very good as well, I obtain the CD & 12" vinyl versions of this cult classic & even own 6 ORIGINAL VHS copies of this movie. So go ahead & feed the hungry beast that dwells inside of you, watch Terror Vision & I swear Medusa will tuck you in all comfy & cozy, so what are you waiting for, come on, come on, come on, come on. Schroeder (Publisher/Owner) of Cult Movies Magazine & Orbital Traxx Records (DJ WACK "O")

Bezzer35

(2013-05-17 04:28:35)

Release this on DVD...NOW!

This is a 'B' movie classic!Here in Britain during the 1980's, Empire pictures, Vestron andEntertainment in Video were the undisputed kings of straight-to-videomasterpieces, including such brilliant rubbish as 'Robot Jox', 'RawheadRex'and...TERRORVISION!Character breakdown: an alien called a 'hungry beast' that materializesthrough people's televisions and is 'into metal', another alien calledPluthod who's here to save earth from the 'hungry beast' that just happensto be a friendly pet on his planet, a bi-sexual Greek swinger calledSpyrosand his beautiful but incredibly dizzy wife, a military obsessed mentallyunstable Grandpa and way too young for guns hyper-active mentally unstableGrandson, a Cindy Lauper-a-like teenager, her Heavy metal freak boyfriend'O.D.', her swinging satellite T.V. and exercise obsessed parents and analcoholic Elvira-type T.V. host.I won't tell you the 'plot', but I defy you to put all these charactersandelements together under one roof (yes, all the action takes place in onehouse!) and create a movie!I had the pleasure of owning this wonderful piece of garbage on video afewyears ago and I'm begging whoever owns the rights to it now for a DVDrelease!

Coventry

(2013-05-16 01:48:00)

Insufferable 80's guff

Oh I'm sorry, was this supposed to be funny?!? "Terrorvision" isanother hugely irritating and completely retarded 80's horror "comedy",produced by Albert & Charles Band under their notorious Empire Studioslabel. I know that many horror fans list this pile of junk high amongtheir guilty pleasures, and I can accept that, because it would meanthat everybody also realizes that the film basically is B.A.D! We'reintroduced to an all-American family of which the father clumsilyinstalls a satellite dish in the backyard. Mum and dad Putterman areswingers, grandpa is obsessed by warfare and eating lizard tails, theteenage punk-daughter is in love with an imbecile who uses the word"dude" twice in every sentence and the most normal family member – theson – has to take pills in order not to hallucinate all day. Okay then!Onwards with an intergalactic pet from the planet Pluton that getsteleported through the satellite, eating its way through thePutterman-family and replacing the TV-dinners with exact replicas."Terrorvision" could have been mildly amusing but the cast members actway too hectic and the script doesn't contain any real gags, just sillycreature effects and grotesque situations. The absolute rock bottommoment of the film is an overlong and painfully lame sequence in whichthe kids educate the monster about earthly values. Good luck trying tosit through that!

(2013-05-15 13:27:04)

Why is this not a DVD?

This is a cult classic! I can't imagine that with all the boomers who saw this so long ago this is out there. Come on and release this on on DVD, Avid (or whomever holds the rights.)

(2013-05-14 05:58:34)

very good

It's a very very good movie.

(2013-05-13 07:35:21)

Great movie for nasty swingers!!!

I saw this movie as a kid and loved it!! I watched it again recently and loved it even more. I just realized that the character O.D. is played by Napolean Dynamite's Uncle Ricco - HA! Hopefully this great piece of cheese will make it onto DVD soon.

(2013-05-03 04:28:54)

Is Stanley a "manly man"?

This review is from: TerrorvisionI still can't believe this movie is not out yet on DVD in the US market! If there are US DVD's of "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" and "Surf Nazi's Must Die" out than it is truly unjustified to this movie which is superior to the forementioned. Although this is a typical 1 to 2 star B-rated movie, I always have a 5 star time watching it. The true strength of this movie is the very colorful characters. The Playboy husband, sex crazed wife (who looks like Peggy Bundy), war-monger grandfather, Cindy Lauper want-to-be daughter, clueless heavy metal boyfriend, the swinger couple with the gay Greek, the Elvira want-to-be movie hostess and finally our brave hero, the always misunderstood little boy! Oh yes, there is a goofy monster in the center of it all, but his antics is often overlooked by the rest of the humourous cast that never fails to make me laugh. This is a true, cult classic that must not be overlooked. Please, someone make a US DVD release! Actor notes; O.D. the stoned heavey metal dude played by Jon Gries later became Uncle Rico in popular comedy film "Napolean Dynamite". The little boy Sherman played by Chad Allen later became the sheriff in the TV series "Dr Quinn Medicine Woman".

moviecollector

(2013-05-02 18:47:33)

such a chessy movie!

I recently bought this from Ebay. I remember seeing parts of this when Iwasa kid, so I ended up buying this. I knew I couldnt take this movie 2seriously. Geez, this movie is good old cheesy fun.Its about a gooey alien monster that gets transported into the Putterman'ssatelitte dish. All the main people in the movie are weird in their ownway.The effects for monster & Pluther were pretty good.If u r looking for a chessy B-movie about a gooey monster, a weaponry takenkid & grandpa & parents that like to 'swing', then this is the movie for u.

Mariella Morton

(2013-05-01 02:31:15)

So great!!!

I watched this movie and I loved it. Obviously a b-movie, and if itwasn't it would probably suck. What I find hilarious- The Grandpa. Whata hoot. The boy reminds me of my brother, totally into military stuff,wearing all the cameo and such. The swinger parents completely disgustme, but they provide a lot of comic relief. The Cyndi Lauper wannabedaughter, Suzy, is hard to recognize as actress Diane Franklin, who Iabsolutely love in Better Off Dead. Her boyfriend O.D. IS very Bill andTed-like. Ironically, she plays Ted's medieval princess in the firstmovie, hahaha. ALSO!!! Actor Jon Gries, who plays O.D, is UNCLE RICOfrom Napoleon Dynamite. FREAKING AWESOME.

lost-in-limbo

(2013-04-30 09:16:10)

"Man, this is the dumbest movie I ever saw!"

Charles Band and Albert Band's Empire pictures have made some funproductions and "Terrorvision" happens to be one of those inclusions.Wacky sci-fi horror comedy with a terrifically animated cast featuringMary Woronov, Gerrit Graham, Diana Franklin and John Gries with vividlychintzy special effects by John Carl Buechler. The cartoon-like premiseis quite original and mock-serious in its approach, which sees thePuttermans a suburban family getting a new satellite TV which draws ina hungry outer space monster (which looks great). This monster thengoes about eating the family, by transporting its self from one TV toanother. Everything is done in a comical manner and purposely so, fromthe flamboyant performances to the colourfully cheap sets and then thecreatively grotesque make-up effects. It's downright goofy and surreal,but still far from light-hearted with it streaming with numerousoddball sexual innuendo (especially since Woronov and Graham areplaying swingers) and an Elvira like character known as Medusa.Director Ted Nicolaou does a capable job. Diana Franklin is cute andChad Allen is likable as the young boy who goes up against the beast.While short-lived, it's a constantly amusing tongue-in-cheek outingthat's fairly unpredictable, while at the same time haphazard. Despitethe fair share of hate, I found it hard not to like this camped-outmedium."What you looking at you creep".

Wayne Malin

(2013-04-25 23:22:35)

An Empire movie produced by Charles Band. Yup--it's THAT bad!

Dreadful "horror comedy". Stupid plot involving some creature thatattacks a family from their TV set. It seems the creature was supposedto be destroyed but accidentally went flying through space and ended upon Earth...or something like that. To be honest I was so bored I couldhave cared less. The comedy in this is abysmal. The whole cast plays iton the edge of hysteria (I'm guessing they saw the rushes and realizedwhat they were stuck in). The horror content is nonexistent. The"special" effects are among the worst I ever saw. The monster is SOpathetic I really was astounded. About 40 minutes in I was bored andthoroughly annoyed with this. I kept watching because I realized Iwould NEVER be watching this again. The only good parts of this was theacting of Mary Woronov and Gerrit Graham (both exploitation pros whoknew exactly how to play this) and seeing Chad Allen as a kid. Nolaughs, no horror, no NOTHING. Skip it.

(2013-04-25 13:23:48)

"TV! Mankind's Greatest Invention!"

You won't beleive the endless madness on screen that spoofs 80's styles, horror flicks, middle-aged clueless "swingers," metal, horror movie hosts, etc. In fact, the only people who have a clue about what is happening are the kids, and nobody listens to anything they have to say, anyway!How I wish this was on DVD. 'Till then, I hope you all have some "real... wet... nightmares!"Excuse me, but I gotta go hit some parties.

(2013-04-24 01:07:36)

"We use live rats you know..."

I saw Terrorvision when I was a child, it is so much fun. Medusa is amazing! Punked out New Waver Diane Franklin star of the 80's is great, I love The Noodles as well dear. Chad Allen is super as Sherman Putterman. And of course I must mention Mary Woronov, so wonderful. The opening credits and song are perfect. I just am waiting until The DVD is released! Now, go have your hair ratted.

one4now4

(2013-04-23 11:54:54)

Good ole fun

This is a movie I've kind of been wanting to see. I am ready to add this tomy list of personal favorites after watching it for the first time, so Iknow they did some stuff right. While it's still fresh in my mind, there aresome things I definitely want to say. First off, I am extremely surprisedthat this doesn't seem to have a cult following to it. "TerrorVision" is agreat film that should have definitely achieved cult status. From the start(after some credits set to music by Siouxsie and the Banshees imitators!),this has a definite John Waters look and feel. When the fast-paced storymoves into grotesque monster territory, it gets even better. And, regardlessof how goofy it is, I dig the commentaries the filmmakers are sprinkling allthroughout this movie, the main one of all being the most obvious:television giving birth to monsters. This is definitely one of those wildmovies that gets weirder and more bizarre as it moves along. As for peoplequoting favorite lines from Bert Remsen's "Gramps" character, I love it whenhe refers to MTV as a secret conspiracy to rot the brain. "TerrorVision"wasn't as gory as I've heard, relying more on gooey FX than gory ones, butthere are no complaints here. I love this, it was a real upper of a flagranthorror satire. I am so glad I saw this, and I would give it no less than adefinite 9 on a scale of one to ten. In fact, I'm tempted to give it a full10.

William C. Uchtman

(2013-04-22 13:29:44)

Maybe If The Daughter Got The Chest.....

SOME SPOILERS MIGHT BE INCLUDED: I saw this movie when I was still inhigh school and I loved it, but now I have to wonder what I was thinking.While I'm still fascinated by it as a curiosity, the movie really is kind ofa train wreck as movies go with a claustrophobic set and a family sodysfunctional that the Bundys on "Married with Children" look normal. Theparents are swingers, their daughter is a Lauper clone to the extreme,grandpa is illogically battle-fatigued and the son who seems normal isprobably going to have issues when he gets older. This so-called familyplays host to an alien accidentally beamed to their house "Star Trek" stylethat travels through the circuits of the house with the televisions as thedoorways. Diane Franklin of "Amityville 2" admittedly looks cute as thedaughter, but she's venomous toward everyone except her braindead boyfriendplayed by Johnathan Gries who looks like Don Knotts gone punk. Futureteenage heartthrob and Ricky Schroeder wanna-be Chad Allen is the brothertrying to warn everyone of the monster. When no one believes him, he callsin big breasted Jennifer Richards who plays a take-off of Elvira. The moviehost as a partner is stolen from "Fright Night." With these many eccentricsrunning loose, the plot is quickly forgotten but limps along to ananti-climactic ending nevertheless. Still, the movie is a bit of a cult hit,and what insults hurled at it quickly bounce off. Even with the tagged onending, it is a worthy candidate for the files of MST3K.

StacheHunter

(2013-04-21 22:53:46)

Totally gnarly, dude!

At long last, a DVD/Blu-ray of "TerrorVision" has arrived. First,thumbs up to whoever mastered the original print of thischeesy/terrific forgotten flick. The film looks pretty darn wonderfulin all it's intended saturated color. The poor reviews for this greatslice of 80s awesomeness are misguided. Once, there was no CG imageryavailable. TV used all the available technology to throw up (and I domean "throw up") a tale of bad parenting, hideous "faux" interiors (sointrinsic to 80s decorating), insane survivalist grandparents, the lostart of midnight TV "horror hosts", heavy metal, pizza, and a completelynihilistic ending in which everyone is assimilated into alien atrocity.Spirited performances by a cult movie worshiper's dream: Gerrit Graham(the wannabe Phantom of the Paradise), Mary Woronov (wife of dingbatdirector Paul Bartel) Alexandro Rey (throwing his "Flying Nun" personainto at murky pool of sex, Burt Remson as a conspiracy theorist pepaw,and the wonderful "Jonathon" Jon Gries as O.D., as a heavy metal dudewhose "metal" persona gives this exercise in total 80s cheese aresonate vibe....especially when he's assimilated by thenomnomnomnomnnom "Hungry Monster".Many 80s vibes are presented...and destroyed. Let's call Medusa and seewhat she has to say about this, shall we?

(2013-04-18 16:30:01)

TerrorVision

I remember seeing this On Basic Tv Was it? Channel 33 WBFS in Miami Or WDZL Channel 39? one of them, I didn't remember much except the Part where they are all in bed, I see again by happenstance and Thought wow How Corny and funny, It's not a Big Deal but it certainly is not the worst.

(2013-04-18 06:08:32)

Cool 80's Movie

Jennifer Richards was Sexy as Madusa she looks like she could be Elvira's Mom. ;) I just saw this film in Hi-Def the other night on MGM-HD. and it looks better than it did back in the 1980s. I hope this shows up on Blu-Ray as a low price (under 10bucks) Hi-def title.