The fine folks at Image Entertainment sent me over some DVDs the other day and amongst the pack was a delightful gem of a movie ALIEN TRESPASS.
Filmed as an homage to the fabulous scifi films of the fifties - a "lost film" - AT manages to walk the fine line between parody and homage and deliver some credible performances, great production value and an engaging little story that mixes in Thing from Another World, It Conquered the World, The Blob, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Brain from Planet Arous and moments of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
The DVD extras are passable - though I would have liked to have heard a commentary from the director beyond the short profile piece.
Alien Trespass invades our planet’s digital world August 11 on Blu-ray and DVD. Image Entertainment is releasing the Rangeland Production which stars Eric McCormack (Will and Grace, Trust Me), Jenni Baird, Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years) and Robert J. Patrick (The Unit, The Sopranos); Jody Thompson co-stars (and boy is she hawt!).
Quite frankly the only real problem I had with the whole package was the substandard DVD package design. The key art gives you no clue to the fun that's in store for you when you watch the movie. It should look more like this. They do have original artwork here, but didn't have the confidence to use it for the DVD release.
Pity.
