Wednesday, January 24, 2024

'Shadowzone' - J.S Cardone.

This somewhat neglected Full Moon Sci-shocker has a fabulous cast, a doomily claustrophobic location, and a surrealistically sinister monster, think Creepozoids on DMT! Something genuinely nightmarish has been murderously unleashed deep within a dangerously dilapidated, subterranean, government facility! It shouldn't come as any great surprise that the capricious human experimentation instigated by twitchy brainiacs, James Hong & Louise Fletcher might require a plentiful supply of body bags! 

Nasa Himbo Capt. Hickock (David Beecroft) dramatically discovers that the test subject's prolonged, artificially induced dream states has unexpectedly manifested a rampaging, eerily mutable pan dimensional entity! The formulaic text is additionally hampered by a conspicuously modest budget, but what remains is some boisterously fun B-Monster mayhem! Shadowzone's brighter points include, Mark Shostrom's gooey FX, Hong & Fletcher's able thesping, with Lu Leonard stealing the show as the irascible, Rat-hating chef Mrs. Cutter! We've seen this schlocky Sci-stalking shizz many times before, but, frankly, Hollywood has never held much stock in originality, if it ain't broke remake it until it is etc.

 






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