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Better Late Then Never

A Brilliant Conflict

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

The script was a total joke. They grabbed catch phrases from other movies and strung them together so it sounded like they knew what they were doing. It didn't work.Footage was a combination of stock sci-fi clips, irrelevant bits shot on local streets, and the compulsory running around in an abandoned factory full of pipes. How many different movies have I seen that damn space ship in now? A dozen? It also "featured" the transports from Damnation Alley.The cast were cardboard, and the acting wooden. At times the plot forgot where it was going, and put on little porn shows. While I do love a good B movie, this one didn't make the cut.

A group of survivors travelling across the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Earth in the far future seek shelter in an abandoned military installation. Led by McQueen, a heroic drifter, the survivors discover that the installation was the setting for an experiment where a human was infused with alien, snake & cockroach DNA, causing uncontrollable mutation. The creature then emerges from the shadows to attack the survivors.Ever since he served as DOP on the low-budget zombie flick SHOCK WAVES, Fred Olen Ray has carved out his own unique niche. All he does is make low-budget sci-fi, action & horror films.While Olen Ray's films cannot compete with their bigger-budgeted rivals, his films do feature an odd-ball sense of humour. "Hybrid" is as typical as Olen Ray's work gets. The film is an extremely cheap rip-off of ALIEN, so cheap that it steals scenes from other Olen Ray films (such as DROID GUNNER & STAR HUNTER), using them for the film's start to depict some kind of apocalypse (which admittedly doesn't work very well) as well as use props from bigger-budgeted films, such as the Landmaster vehicle from the likes of DAMNATION ALLEY & APEX.While it is a cheap rip-off, "Hybrid" does prove to be quite entertaining. The characters are surprisingly well drawn & acted. The actors know they are starring in a low-budget film & act accordingly. The visual effects are very cheap, with the monster being a rather poor man-in-suit creation that is so bad I ended up laughing – but that's the film's purpose. The creature even has a scene where it has its way with one of the female survivors, causing even more unintentional (or is it intentional?) laughter. Not to mention the fact that Olen Ray throws in a completely superfluous soft-core porn shower scene where the two women rub each other with soap.

The name "Hybrid" is certainly apt, since this film is indeed a mix of all that has come before, with not a single original thought in its head. But it deserves mention for actually being spoofed dead on in another film I watched, "Dr. Horror's House of Idiots". Yes, that's the title. Checking the original again, even the same names were used. No surprise here, as "Hybrid" star Brinke Stevens wrote the spoof :) She must have had fun getting even!Best thing in film is seeing what appears to be extra stock footage from "Damnation Alley" Dig that crazy truck!Even though "House of Idiots" is funny on purpose and "Hybrid" by accident, both films should be in a double-bill.

For a sci-fi b-movie, this is actually pretty decent. It stars a number of well-known b-movie actors, and the script isn't quite as bad as you might expect. Some funny lines and good performances by most of the leads also help the film. However, it still isn't a very good film. After all, in between the silly dialogue and needless skin scenes, there is an ordinary plot and several dull moments. In other words, unless you're a b-movie buff, don't waste your time.