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

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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