Explorer from Another World
Director ~ Woody Edwards
Writers ~ Woody Edwards & Stu Fastback
2024, USA
Stars ~ Woody Edwards, Stu Fastback, Dan Freel
Cheekily packaged with a poster that, at a glance, resembles ‘Invaders from Mars’ (1953), the pleasure is in ‘Explorer from another World’s recreation of a beloved sci-fi era with modern gore excess. The made-on-a-farm captures and red-and-green predominance captures both the feel of low-budget B-movie outer space invasions and the palette of classics like ‘Forbidden Planet’ and ‘This Island Earth’. It’s definitely playing to the so-bad-it’s-good agenda, but straight enough to be affectionate rather than satirical.
The end credits behind-the-scenes glimpses reveal what a small production this is (nineteen people, I read), and its winning points are not going too zany, standing by a brief runtime, being an obvious labour-of-love and excellent alien design. A delightful homage.
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