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Not Like Us

Not Like Us (1995) Movie Poster
  •  USA  •    •  87m  •    •  Directed by: Dave Payne.  •  Starring: Joanna Pacula, Peter Onorati, Rainer Grant, Morgan Englund, Billy Burnette, Annabelle Gurwitch, Paul Bartel, Clint Howard, The Greaseman, Andrew Burt, Alexandra Picatto, Eb Lottimer, Rick Dean.  •  Music by: Tyler Bates.
       Bored Anita wants to escape small-town life but finds herself stuck in the middle of nowhere until her scientist husband finishes his research in a local swamp. Thus, Anita is understandably thrilled when brother and sister John and Janet Jones move to town and make life interesting; although John is a bit of a nutter, his sister is fun and lively, and she and Anita become fast friends. Unfortunately, things get weird and bodies start piling up, and Anita begins to suspect that maybe her new pal isn't who she claims to be.

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An alien and (sexy) sis conduct surgical experiments on hinterland hayseeds. (Question: Why decimate Yokelville when one could operate in, say, LA, where no one would miss a few dozen bums and crackwhores?) A major annoyance: the video box promises horror and suspense, but the product is utterly unserious. While its shortcomings are many, it does have small virtues, as it attempts to mirror 50's creature features, and has that seat-of-the-pants feel of early New World output. Tyler Bates' score cleverly echoes those bombastic Ronald Stein and Albert Glasser soundtracks of the fifties, and the alien surgical tools lovingly replicate Paul Blaisdell"s otherworldly props in INVASION OF THE SAUCERMEN and NOT OF THIS EARTH, which this film's plot resembles. FX, make-up, and acting are passable, and Rainer Grant is terrific fun as the space vixen.

Review by Zontar-2 from the Internet Movie Database.