We’ve met an updated Gort in The Day the Earth Stood Still, the whisper people from Knowing and B.O.B. the Blob in Monsters vs. Aliens, but now it’s time to do the alien invasion thing 50s style. On August 11th Image Entertainment will release the ultimate throwback to old school sci-fi films, Alien Trespass, on DVD and Blu-ray.
Ted Lewis (Erick McCormack) is busy preparing a special anniversary dinner for his wife when he’s distracted by something resembling a shooting star. But what Lewis witnessed was no shooting star; it was an alien spaceship crash landing on Earth. The alien aboard the ship, Urp, emerges distraught because Ghota, the evil creature he was holding aboard the vessel, has escaped and is looking to satisfy his enormous appetite using the local townspeople. Urp must take over Lewis’ body and team up with a local waitress named Tammy (Jenni Baird) so he can stop Ghota before he consumes enough humans to multiply.
Alien Trespass may not be a masterpiece, but it’s fun and more importantly, it’s different. We’ve been bombarded with the same CGI-driven alien takeover movies for year; it’s about time someone’s had some fun with the genre and brought back the fun-for-the-whole-family feeling of the 1950s sci-fi classics.
The disc continues to pay homage to the scary yet humorous with its notable list of bonus material. There’s “Watch the Skies” Alien Trespass Featurette, “Meet the Person” with Edwin R. Burroughs, an interview with R.W. Goodwin, an interview with Eric McCormack, theatrical trailers, deleted scenes, a breaking news report and a live news update. The mock news reports talk about the finding of a print of a 1957 Alien Trespass film, which starred McCormack’s grandfather, M. Eric McCormack, but never made it to theaters.
If you’re looking for a change of pace, pick up Alien Trespass on DVD for $27.98 or on Blu-ray for $35.98.
