Evil Aliens is a British sci-fi horror comedy film about aliens (no shit, right?) that come to a small Welsh island to implant alien fetuses into humans to breed their species. They also came to kill cows and humans, have sex with humans, use their body parts for their space ship and basically wreak havoc wherever they go. A small paranormal television crew has come to investigate and get wrapped up in the alien mayhem.
So this film is gory. I mean really gory. We're talking close to Dead Alive status here. Chainsaws, arrows, shotguns, cricket bats, boom mics, farm equipment, you name it, they used it and did some serious damage. The problem is the film was done on a shoestring budget and instead of trying to creatively hide that fact like most indie horror, they really shove it in your face. The film is shot on digital video which normally doesn't bother me but it's glaringly obvious here. Most of it looks like they didn't even shoot in 24p so it really looks like video. Most of the gore as well is very cheaply done. Sure there's dismemberments and decapitations, blood, guts, vomit, semen (yeah, semen, gross huh?), this one runs the gamut. But it all looks pretty damn fake. The shots and editing are pretty hacky as well, especially in the first act. There is also some pretty damn terrible CGI of flying orbs Ala Phantasm and of course alien space ships. The sets are also pretty cheesy and while we're at it, the dialogue and script is pretty crappy too.
So, why did i give this a 7/10? Well because even though the film is extremely rough, it is also pretty fun to watch. The pace is very quick which works perfectly here. This isn't supposed to be realistic and scary, its supposed to be hyper-gory, crude, gross, and fun and they accomplish just that.
They obviously had a very high budget script without the funding to match. So, rather then cut out things to bring the cost down, they just cheapened the whole production to allow for everything. This was a gutsy move, and I know there's plenty of people that would disagree, but I think it worked. Sure the film is total cheese but hey, it doesn't take itself seriously and neither should you. The film oozes energy, as well as every other bodily fluid under the sun. It's about as crass as it gets as well. There's several sex scenes, one including an alien, and i think they were supposed to be funny, but they really come off as just plain disgusting. I shudder to think about it. There's plenty to offend here but hey, that's the point! The director wasn't trying to make a sensible low budget film. He wanted to gross you out, and indeed he succeeds here, in spades. When watching the film you can't help but groan in disgust, "AWWWWW!!," a lot, I know I did, just ask my equally grossed out and embarrassed wife.
So, don't expect anything high quality here, or high brow for that matter. It's a film that would appeal to a narrow audience, mostly the immature male beer drinking horror nerd type, but that's most horror fans right? Fans of Undead, Dead Alive, Evil Dead 2 etc check this one out.
Gore - A LOT!!!
Nudity - Plenty
Overall - 7/10
So this film is gory. I mean really gory. We're talking close to Dead Alive status here. Chainsaws, arrows, shotguns, cricket bats, boom mics, farm equipment, you name it, they used it and did some serious damage. The problem is the film was done on a shoestring budget and instead of trying to creatively hide that fact like most indie horror, they really shove it in your face. The film is shot on digital video which normally doesn't bother me but it's glaringly obvious here. Most of it looks like they didn't even shoot in 24p so it really looks like video. Most of the gore as well is very cheaply done. Sure there's dismemberments and decapitations, blood, guts, vomit, semen (yeah, semen, gross huh?), this one runs the gamut. But it all looks pretty damn fake. The shots and editing are pretty hacky as well, especially in the first act. There is also some pretty damn terrible CGI of flying orbs Ala Phantasm and of course alien space ships. The sets are also pretty cheesy and while we're at it, the dialogue and script is pretty crappy too.
So, why did i give this a 7/10? Well because even though the film is extremely rough, it is also pretty fun to watch. The pace is very quick which works perfectly here. This isn't supposed to be realistic and scary, its supposed to be hyper-gory, crude, gross, and fun and they accomplish just that.
They obviously had a very high budget script without the funding to match. So, rather then cut out things to bring the cost down, they just cheapened the whole production to allow for everything. This was a gutsy move, and I know there's plenty of people that would disagree, but I think it worked. Sure the film is total cheese but hey, it doesn't take itself seriously and neither should you. The film oozes energy, as well as every other bodily fluid under the sun. It's about as crass as it gets as well. There's several sex scenes, one including an alien, and i think they were supposed to be funny, but they really come off as just plain disgusting. I shudder to think about it. There's plenty to offend here but hey, that's the point! The director wasn't trying to make a sensible low budget film. He wanted to gross you out, and indeed he succeeds here, in spades. When watching the film you can't help but groan in disgust, "AWWWWW!!," a lot, I know I did, just ask my equally grossed out and embarrassed wife.
So, don't expect anything high quality here, or high brow for that matter. It's a film that would appeal to a narrow audience, mostly the immature male beer drinking horror nerd type, but that's most horror fans right? Fans of Undead, Dead Alive, Evil Dead 2 etc check this one out.
Gore - A LOT!!!
Nudity - Plenty
Overall - 7/10
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