Bad Movie Thursday

Viewing Date: Apr 25, 2024

Starring: Paul Hipp, Martha Quinn, Robert Factor, Blue Oyster Cult (?!)

Plot

An Alien (Cosmo) and his robot (Lump) land in a small town and promptly takes over the local radio station. The disk jockey, Dan O’ Dare, well known for his publicity stunts, becomes a hostage. The alien uses the radio station and Dan’s amused audience to target and subsequently shrink women for his collection, after the women picture themselves as starring in a music video. (via IMDB & wikipedia)

Rules

• 66 or 666
• Electrical anomolies
• Alien Robot antics
• Music videos (several done by Blue Oyster Cult, apparently)
• Fungus related activities

Quotes

• “This son of a bitch is crazier than a tree full of owls!”
• (viewer quote) “Corky’s the best thing about this movie!”
• (viewer quote) “We need to add ‘Touching Myself Again’ to the official Bad Movie Thursday Soundtrack.”

What We Learned

• New radio stations regularly cause electrical problems & power surges
• Disinfectant kills aliens
• Nobody cares about Bunny.

Final Take

Nothing special, but had a few fun parts and kept moving the nonsense along. Highlights were the music videos and enjoyably terrible music, which was nice considering this was a nod to MTV culture of that era.