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Undescribable Perfection

The movie is wildly uneven but lively and timely - in its own surreal way

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Charles Band has made a lot of good movies in his time, but a lot of his movies are bad too. However, if you watch his movies older than 1999, their usually good. This is one of his movies before 1999, and I have to say, it had a brilliant hook at the start of the movie. However, after that it did introduce us that the movie was set in the future, however it kinda dragged a little on about the gangsters and other surroundings in the future. Myself, I think they could be able to shorten that bit five minutes shorter, but then again, slow movies do seem to express how the character's personalities well, and I'm usually quite forgiving. After some 30 minutes of dragging on, they finally get back to the story. Yay, finally. And ever since that, the movie actually started to become really good. So, it is recommended you go see this movie, even if it is a little slow in parts. I rate it 7.4/10.

A very cheesy early 80's horror movie, and in 3D no less. I've never seen the 3D version of the film but I honestly don't think it would make watching this any better. The main problem with the movie is that it is quite boring. Demi Moore does a good job here, but she is one of the only actors that is halfway decent. Of course nobody watches these kinds of movies to see good acting anyway, so what about the title creatures? They aren't that good either unfortunately. Stan Winston did the effects for this movie and apart from one or two scenes (especially the saloon owner's demise) it doesn't look like he tried very hard on this one, although the lack of funding probably didn't help either. Overall, I would not suggest this movie to anyone unless they really love cheesy Roger Corman flicks. Really, really cheesy Roger Corman flicks.

I have this unhealthy fondness for Charles Band's early movies, from the 80's into the early 90's mainly because I feel he grew up in love with horror/sci-fi genre classics and wanted to make movies. Granted his film PARASITE won't be held up as a groundbreaking accomplishment during his hit-or-miss career(..most would argue more miss than hit, but, heck, at least he got to make movies, and a few good ones at that), but it does represent the kinds of movies he would continue to make..genre flicks that are influenced from popular movies of the time. You'll hear comparisons to ALIEN, I guess due to a stomach bursting sequence and how the parasitic creature attaches itself to victims. And, the parasite favors the infant chestbursting xenomorph from the ALIEN franchise due to it's sharp teeth and large mouth, but that's where the similarities end. Band wisely sets his film in a post-apocalyptic desert on the outskirts of a fallen Los Angeles due to the disastrous effects of atomic fallout. It saves on budget to inform us through dialogue(..and the radiation scar on the side of the face of a diner owner, played by All Fann)what has happened...how the government desires to attain parasites for corrupt purposes.Robert Glaudini, portrays a very stoic scientist, researching parasitical lifeforms, responsible for their growth, who maintains a stuck look of loss on his face throughout the film. As Paul Dean, Glaudini relates to us that the future is a really dark place. Well, Band goes further than Dean in showing the audience that his future is an unfit place to live. Demi Moore, in one of her first roles, doesn't really impress as Dean's only ally, Patricia, a young woman growing lemons & often fending off a hood named Ricus(Luca Bercovici)and his band of rejects who love to pillage, raising ruckus because there's nothing better to do in the wasteland they live. Through the character of Ricus, we come to understand that the government has drafted the youth in bigger cities for slave labor and those who escaped such an awful existence fend for themselves in areas like Joshua, the setting of PARASITE. The villain provided for the film is Wolf, the "Merchant", pursuing the whereabouts of Dean because the government demands for the parasite. It's established just the violent lengths Wolf will go to find Dean, blasting innocents with lasers who stand in his way or smacking around Patricia to get information. Driving one of those Lamborghini cars with doors that open themselves and sporting a suit, Wolf seems to clash quite a bit with the surroundings of Joshua. Oh, the paper money doesn't have value in the future, precious metals(..specifically silver)are what go for popular currency.Stan Winston and those he worked with create some okay-to-decent practical effects(..the parasite in a smaller form resembles a slimy leach)such as one scene where the creature bursts from the face of a recently acquired victim. In the film, the parasitical creature moves from one human victim to the next, draining the nutrients it needs, feeding from them until they are dead. Demi Moore is often the subject of conversation regarding early performances, but PARASITE also features a young Tom Villard as well, in a very atypical role as Zeke, a member of Ricus' brood. Very minor effort from Band and company, as both a creature feature and post-apoc thriller.

Residents in a tumbleweed town are the targets for an escaped parasite. While I could honestly say that "Parasite" is one of the worst films I have ever seen, that statement wouldn't entirely be true as "Parasite" isn't actually a 'film'--it's a junk heap disguised as one. Uncomfortable in the extreme to watch, and I don't simply mean the disgusting gross-out stuff, I'm referring to the sleazy way director Charles Band stages the action and degrades his cast. Good actors like Demi Moore and Cherie Currie are treated like chattel. I did love the futuristic car which makes an appearance mid-movie--it probably cost more to rent that thing than the flick did to produce! Dreadful grade-Z garbage left me feeling grimy. NO STARS from ****