Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Onlinewsma Absolutely Brilliant!

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

O2D This movie is stupid. The worst part is that it's just so boring. They couldn't even make blood spurt in the right direction. The house being the space ship was stolen from Rocky Horror Picture Show. FAIL.

Fella_shibby I first saw this in the late 80s on a VHS which i bought. This is a movie which shud be definitely seen with a bunch of friends. The first time itself I found it to b hilarious. The gore is so over-the-top that you can't help but find it hilarious. The film doesn't try to take itself serious in any way. Watch out the scene where Derek, who keeps his head from falling apart with a belt. The cheesy effects are sometimes nauseating and disgusting, but always hilarious and never even nearly shocking or disturbing. Also the famous disgusting vomit-eating scene. Made on a very limited budget, Jackson delivers a hilarious and memorably outlandish outing. It proves that there is no limits to low budget filmmaking when you're as good as Peter Jackson. The filming locations, such as the cliff side, are all of outstanding natural beauty. Some awesome cinematography. The action is very good compared to the budget n the era. The sheep scene man. Definitely not for the week stomach. Do check out Jackson's Braindead.

TheRedDeath30 I am simply astounded by the 9 and 10 star reviews for this movie. Surely, we all have our own opinions and tastes, but are we really putting this movie on a par with Halloween, Elm Street, Frankenstein? What scale are these people really using to judge movies?I first came to Peter Jackson's work through The Frighteners, which I actually saw in a theater. I am a big fan of that movie as well as Jackson's work in Dead Alive, both of which I'd consider to be among the Top 100 horror movies of all time. So, this opinion is not coming from someone who is simply not a fan of Jackson's earlier work, or from someone expecting LOTR.I, also, watch hundreds of low budget horror films, so do not disregard this opinion as that of someone who has been "tainted" by big budget Hollywood horror because, in general, I do not prefer the big budget films, but tend to lean more towards indie and underground horror.All that said because I know the lovers of this film are just going to discount my opinion, but so be it. I used to make movies with friends when I was a teenager and we'd show them to our friends for fun. This movie is not much better than any of those were and they were NOT GOOD. The only positive going for this movie is a good level of copious gore and fun splatter. There are certainly plenty of moments of candy- colored blood and guts galore, which does have a certain charm. They aren't enough to save this movie, though, which I barely made it through.I've been trying to come up with some verbose way to explain this movie, but in reality it boils down to STUPID. This movie is stupid. Plenty of reviews will talk to you of the humor, but it's just not there. It's not broad humor. It's not sophomoric humor. It's just dumb humor. The kind of gags that the people making this movie probably thought were hilarious, yet failed to bring even a slight chuckle out of me. If you feel that driving a car with Beatles cut-outs in the window is laugh out loud, then you may find humor. The rest of you will just roll your eyes.There is no plot, no acting, nothing that actually makes this movie worth its' reputation. Can I credit for imagination? Sure, but there are plenty of people on Kickstarter right now with plenty of imagination and that won't make their movies any more watchable than this one is.If you like Troma films, then this movie is probably right up your alley. For those of us looking for something a little more cinematic in our horror, don't be tempted by the underground rep of this movie. You will be sorely disappointed.

KineticSeoul Well, even Peter Jackson had to start from somewhere...This movie is pretty bad. It's actually a watchable movie, but I really can't comprehend the critics claiming how awesome this movie is. Yeah, I do give credit on how this flick was made in the 80's with a very low budget and resources. And how it took like 4 years to make and how Peter Jackson put effort in it's completion (including making the props). But let's get real, if this movie was made by some film student that didn't make a name for him/herself. I wonder if the critics would be all over this movie in a positive light. This movie is inspiring in a way, how someone that made this sort of movie can actually become one of the most successful directors out there. For a director that is a beginner this movie ain't so awful. However the structure and cinematography to even the choreography is just plain downright bad. Maybe this is suppose to be one of those movies that is so bad, it's good. Or it's getting some really positive reviews because it's directed by Peter Jackson and has that old retro cult vibe going for it. This movie is different from other alien invasion movies with random people trying to stop a alien invasion in that there is development for this flick nor a exposition. It just starts with couple of youngsters trying to stop cannibal aliens by killing them off. Overall this is a watchable flick with the mentality that it's Peter Jackson's first movie and it was made with very limited resources.6/10