Meet the Applegates (1991)
- Directed by
- Michael Lehmann
- Genre
- comedy horror
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 44 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A family of shapeshifting aliens from Brazil moves to Ohio with a plan to destroy humanity. But they start to get distracted by human habits and temptations.
satiricaldarkly comedicquirkyoffbeatunevensocially criticalzanybiting
What happens
Meet the Applegates (released in the Philippines and the United States as The Applegates) is a 1990 American science fiction horror black comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann. It was filmed during 1988-89, but not released in the United States until 1991 due to the financial difficulties surrounding New World Pictures, its production company. It takes a dark, satirical look at the end of the world, nuclear holocausts, alienism and terrorism. It was filmed in Oshkosh, Appleton and Neenah, Wisconsin. It has gained a cult following. The film focuses on a family of mutant shapeshifters from Brazil who have taken human form and settled in Ohio, set to cause nuclear holocaust and human extinction, but their experience of life is beset by very human vices and flaws. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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