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Top of the Food Chain (1999)

Top of the Food Chain poster
Directed by
John Paizs
Genre
comedy horror, parody film, science fiction comedy
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A small Canadian town is attacked by alien humanoids who sell products as traveling salesmen. A scientist and locals try to stop the invaders who eat people. The movie parodies 1950s science fiction films.

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What happens

Top of the Food Chain is a 1999 Canadian comedy-horror film directed by John Paizs and starring Campbell Scott, Fiona Loewi, and Tom Everett Scott. A parody of alien invasion movies of the 1950s, it was released on video in the United States under the title Invasion! The film's villains are carnivorous humanoids who search for victims while posing as traveling salesmen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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