Laserblast (1978)

Directed by

Michael Rae

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

PG

Rating

3.4 of 10 from 113 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lonely teenager finds an alien laser weapon and uses it to get revenge on people who mistreat him. The movie is a low-budget sci-fi film from the 1970s known for its stop-motion alien creatures.

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What happens

Laserblast is a 1978 American independent science fiction film directed by Michael Rae and produced by Charles Band, widely known for producing B movies. Starring Kim Milford, Cheryl Smith, Gianni Russo, Keenan Wynn, Roddy McDowall, and Eddie Deezen (marking his screen debut), the plot follows an unhappy teenage loner who discovers an alien laser cannon and goes on a murderous rampage, seeking revenge against those who he feels have wronged him. The reptilian alien creatures in the film were works of stop motion animation by animator David W. Allen, beginning a decades-long collaboration between Allen and Band. The featured alien spacecraft model was designed and built by Greg Jein in two weeks, and the musical score was written in five days by Joel Goldsmith and Richard Band, the first film score for both composers. Laserblast has received overwhelmingly negative reviews and consistently ranks among the Bottom 100 list of films on the Internet Movie Database. Many critical reviews, however, cited Allen's stop motion animation as one of its only redeeming qualities. A sequel was planned for 1988, but was ultimately abandoned due to financial difficulties. Laserblast was featured in the seventh season finale of the comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 in its Comedy Central Run, before moving to SciFi Channel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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