Hottoceame The Age of Commercialism

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Claudio Carvalho Stan (Gerrit Graham) installs a state-of-art satellite TV system for his dysfunctional family. However, he accidentally picks up a signal from another planet and his television system becomes the gateway between the two planets. A ravenous alien creature comes to his apartment and only their son Sherman (Chad Allen) sees the monster, but his parents do not believe in the boy. "TerrorVision" is a cult-trash from the 80´s and a highly entertaining sci-fi. The characters and the situations are hilarious but maybe the funniest scene is Medusa meeting the last hope to save Earth, Pluthar. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "A Visão do Terror" ("The Terror Vision")

Platypuschow Terrorvision was one of those 80's cult classics that I never got round to watching until now, I went in expecting very little but came away quite amused.Telling the story of an extraterrestrial being beamed down to earth into a families satellite dish and running rampant with an unearthly hunger its a scifi comedy horror that actually entertains.With a host of familiar faces and a retro soundtrack this creature feature actually looks quite good considering its age. It reminded me of Critters (1986) and alike that the creators didn't take it all too seriously.Over the top, silly yet at the same time quite horrific this is a true 80's gem and a lot of fun.The Good: Great creature effects Likable cast All looks the part The Bad: Feels very dated in places Things I Learnt From This Movie: If you prank call the police they'll block your number Being "Greek" in the swinging world means you're gay

Scott LeBrun Enjoyment of this ultra-cheesy sci-fi / horror / comedy depends on one's tolerance for complete and total silliness, shamelessly hammy performances, and an aggressively tacky visual approach. This is indeed utter garbage, but it may prove to be irresistible to some B movie fanatics. After all, everything about it just screams the 1980s. The special effects are very, very crude but very, very amusing, and there's absolutely no shortage of slime as this daft story plays out. It gets off to a good start with a catchy title tune performed by The Fibonaccis, then proceeds to descend into cartoonish lunacy.A great big gross creature - looking like a cross between a bulldog and a toad - is disposed of by aliens on a distant planet and is beamed down to Earth by the satellite dish of goof ball swinger Stanley Putterman (Gerrit Graham, who takes the overacting honours). The movie mostly deals with the reactions of Stanley's family and assorted others as the creature goes about its business of gobbling up everything in sight.Certainly this has got a fine B movie cast going for it. The always welcome cult icon Mary Woronov plays Stanley's wife Raquel, Chad Allen and the delightful, foxy Diane Franklin are their kids Sherman and Suzy, Jon Gries is dorky metal head O.D., Bert Remsen is the nutty Grampa who swears by lizard tails, Alejandro Rey and Randi Brooks are swinging couple Spiro and Cherry, Sonny Carl Davis is the hapless Norton, Ian Patrick Williams pops by briefly as police officer Nutky, and the ubiquitous Frank Welker does the voice of the monster.In addition to the aforementioned song, there's a decent score by Richard Band, impressive production design and set decoration, and lots of effects; the creature itself is the work of John Carl Buechler and his crew at MMI.Objectively speaking, it's not exactly a "good" movie, but it is fun, and may serve as a real blast from the past for people who just ate up stuff like this when it was new.Six out of 10.

morrison-dylan-fan Taking a look at a poll being held on IMDb's Classic Film board for the best movies of 1986,I spotted a fellow IMDb'er mention a Horror title on their "would like to watch list" that along with sounding pretty wild,also has a very eye catching poster.Searching round everywhere online for 2-3 weeks,I was thrilled when I at last stumbled upon a version of the movie,which would allow me to tune into the "Terrorvision" TV channel.The plot:Annoyed over his new high-tech satellite failing to work,Stanley Putterman decides to do a bit of DIY work,instead of waiting for the engineer to arrive.Hammering all over the place,the satellite bursts back into life when a strange beam hits it from outer space.Happy over his handy work,Putterman decides to celebrate by taking his wife Suzy to a swingers party.Waving goodbye to their remaining family as they set off for their party,Cherry Putterman leaves the house for a date with her boyfriend O.D.,leaving Grandpa and young Sherman Putterman all on their own.Deciding to take a look at the proud work that Stanley has done,grandpa and Sherman soon discover that instead of receiving extra channels,the TV now contains an alien,who is getting ready to burst out.View on the film:Emphasising the positives and hiding the negatives in the movie's low budget,writer/director Ted Nicolaou builds a delightful live action cartoon Horror world,with Nicolaou closely working with Dario Argento's regular cinematography Romano Albani to spray the primary colours right across any barrier's.Along with the stylish colour design,Nicolaou also shows a real skill in placing some moments of unexpected charm within the movie,with the alien (perfectly voiced by Frank Welker) going from a cheap "special effect" blob,to actually having a real personality!.Perfectly matching his directing style (and backed by a catchy title track from the Alt Rock band The Fibonaccis),the screenplay by Nicolaou makes sure that the film bounces along its running time by making every single character as off-centre as possible,from the parents who act like going to a swingers party is just the end to a typical day,to a grandpa who fears that "the enemy" might return at any time.Along with the off- beat characters,Nicolaou also includes a number of brilliant,deranged Horror moments,from the alien impersonating family members,to the weird blob doing its first ever "moshing",which leads to this channel being one that you will want to record all of the programs off of.