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Thursday, January 31, 2019

Laserblast (1978)

An American science fiction directed by Michael Rae, starring Roddy McDowall and Keenan Wynn.
A young man finds an alien rifle in the desert and starts blowing stuff away, but turns into a monster in the process. There are a pair of aliens and a government agent looking for the weapon.
I thought this was funny. Dude blows up the bullies, the cops, a Star Wars sign and (most importantly) that goddamned pinball machine! The production quality was low, video gritty and special effects were cheesy. What else would one expect from a Charles Band production? In some films, characters point a gun and I really want them to blow something or someone to kingdom come, but they don't. Not here. This guy just lets it fly at whatever gets in his way. The stop motion aliens were pretty cool and I wish they had more screen time. There is not really much else to say. It was fun to watch, so if you want cheap thrills, this is it. I rate this good.

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