Future-Kill

Future-Kill (released in the UK as Night of the Alien) is a 1985 comedy science fiction-horror film about a group of fraternity boys who are hunted by mutants in a futuristic city. The film was directed by Ronald W. Moore,[1] and stars Edwin Neal, Marilyn Burns and Gabriel Folse. The poster for the film was designed by the renowned artist H. R. Giger.

Future-Kill
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRonald W. Moore
Produced byJohn H. Best
Written byRonald W. Moore
Edwin Neal
Gregg Unterberger
John H. Best
StarringEdwin Neal
Marilyn Burns
Gabriel Folse
Music byRobert Renfrow
CinematographyJon H. Lewis
Edited byLeon Seith
Charles Simmons
Distributed byInternational Film Marketing
Release date
  • May 1985 (1985-05)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

A group of protesters who call themselves "mutants" have taken over the inner city streets of a large city. They dress weirdly to try to show the effects of toxic poisoning. One of the mutants, Splatter, has really been affected. A group of fraternity boys decide to go into the mutant territory and kidnap one of the mutants as a prank. They are inadvertently framed for the murder of the mutant leader and are hunted through the abandoned buildings and dark streets by the crazed Splatter and his gang.

Cast
  • Edwin Neal as Splatter
  • Marilyn Burns as Dorothy Grim
  • Gabriel Folse as Paul
  • Wade Reese as Steve
  • Barton Faulks as Tom
  • Rob Rowley as Jay
  • Craig Kanne as Clint
  • Jeffrey Scott as George
  • Alice Villarreal as Julie
  • Doug Davis as Eddie Pain
  • Bruce Falke as Really Cool Frat

Reception

Critical reception for the film has been mixed to negative. Allmovie gave the film a mixed review stating, "Filled with all sorts of anti-nuclear mumbo jumbo bred straight out of the Cold War Reagan era, Future Kill is slightly interesting for its relative place in history, but better viewed as '80s trash cinema whose long life on home video spawned more memories of its box art than anything else."[2] Felix Vasquez Jr. from Cinema Crazed gave the film a negative review calling the film, "immensely dated and standard science fiction punk flick from the era of leather jackets and Mohawks".[3] TV Guide awarded the film 2 out of 4 stars stating that it "serve[d] no purpose but to sate juvenile blood lust and to take people's money".[4]

Home media

The film was released on DVD by Subversive Cinema on October 31, 2006, in widescreen formatting and included a "Making of" featurette, full length commentary by the director Ronald Moore and the producer/star Edwin Neal, cast and crew biographies and a reproduction of Giger's original artwork.[5]

References
  1. "Future-Kill". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-03-05.
  2. Wheeler, Jeremy. "Future Kill review". Allmovie. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  3. Vasquez, Felix. "Future-Kill (1985) (DVD)". Cinema Crazed. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  4. "Future Kill Review". TV Guide. TV Guide. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  5. "Future Kill (1985) - Releases". Allmovie. Retrieved 7 January 2015.


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