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Alien Escape
Galaxy Girls
USA 1997
produced by Scott Harris, Gail Harris for Falcon Films
directed by Scott Harris
starring Gail Harris, Bernie Van De Yacht, Heather Ford, Yvette McClendon, Leslie Kaye, Steve Grant, Martin Jay, Christopher Leman, Raelyn Saalman, Fred Olen Ray, Jim Wynorski, Monique Parent, Victor Lazlow, Bob Bragg, Jeffrey Eith, Bob Ivy, Tony Assenza
written by Tony Assenza, music by Terrance Dwyer, Gary Hartman, prosthetic makeup by John Carl Buechler, cinematography by Gary Graver
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Three pretty girls (Gail Harris, Heather Ford, Yvette McClendon) take
off to a cabin in the woods for some days without boy troubles - but
arriving there, they find the original owner (Monique Parent) has somehow
disappeared while her replacement Laticia (Leslie Kaye) is ... well,
mighty odd I suppose. Eventually, the girls figure they have to
investigate, find some underground lab (which later turns out to be a dug
in UFO), get totally freaked out, find themselves chased by aliens
(Laticia being one of them), try to make an escape, meet a handsome
camper, Matt (Bernie Van De Yacht) ... and suddenly, only one of them,
Cindy (Gail Harris), survives. She finds out that Matt is an alien as
well, but one of the nice sort (some sort of alien cop actually), and she
and Matt fall in love, have sex and the whole shebang - but eventually
they decide they have to hunt down and destroy the alien, which can only
be done by blowing up the underground UFO ... and so they do, before
deciding to marry in Vegas (really). Steve Grant and Martin Jay play two
ineffective alien hunters while low budget legends Fred Olen Ray and Jim
Wynorski almost steal the whole film, playing to intellectual roadworkers
playing dumb only for the passers-by. The first circa half hour
of this film is absolutely charming: A low budget alien invasion flick
that plays it absolutely tongue in cheek - especially when it comes to
finding excuses to get the girls topless. Then though, the film enters
more traditional slasher territory (with an alien attached of course) and
loses most of its steam due to its standardized plot, before getting the
wrong side of silly adding some sci-fi clichées to the mix. The result is
... well, a better movie than some of its ilk thanks to its hilarious
first 30 minutes, but as a whole nothing to get in the least excited
about.
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