Underplayed Gems

Things (1989)

Things poster
Directed by
Andrew Jordan
Genre
horror film, exploitation film, monster film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
18A
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two friends go to a relative's house. They find a doctor's monstrous experiments running wild in the basement.

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What happens

Things is a 1989 Canadian independent direct-to-video horror film, directed by Andrew Jordan and written by Jordan and Barry J. Gillis. The film was shot in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Ontario, with a cast consisting of co-writer Barry J. Gillis and pornographic film star Amber Lynn. The plot follows two friends who, while visiting a relative's house, encounter a horde of hostile creatures that are the results of experiments by a demented doctor. Things is considered the first Canadian shot-on-Super 8 horror film released for the VHS market, as well as one of the worst films of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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