Gone Direct-to-DVD: April 2009
By Robert Sims, Special to Hollywood.com
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Friday, May 01, 2009
3. Alien Raiders/Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back
Who's in It? Alien Raiders: Carlos Bernard and Rockmond Dunbar; Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back: Jessie Ward, Richard Tillman, Graham Norris and Joey Mendicino
The Verdict: Who needs Jack Bauer when you have Tony Almeida? Raw Feed’s latest horror sci-fi shocker Alien Raiders unites 24’s Bernard and Prison Break’s Dunbar against a nasty parasitic E.T. trapped inside a small-town supermarket. Ignore the cheesy title: The surprisingly suspenseful Alien Raiders barely allows you to catch your breath as it rips off The Thing and The Mist with gleeful abandon and great imagination. Unfortunately, you don’t need to be a “spotter” — a human alien detector of sorts — to see the twist ending that opens the door for a sequel. But at least it means Don’t Look Back doesn’t solely rely on the torture-porn antics of Rest Stop to freak us out.
DVD Features: Alien Raiders: Hidden Terror: The Making of Alien Raiders; Blood, Sweat and Fears: The Special Effects of Alien Raiders; Tape #9: Sterling Explains Alien — Alien Parasite Physiology and Meeting Ritter; Tape #12: Spookie’s Job — The Alien Buster Explains His Talent; and Whitney Cam: Blog Posts After the Buck Lake Incident featurettes. Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back: commentary by writer/producer John Shiban and director Shawn Papazian; Doomed to Repeat: The Mythology of Rest Stop feature; alternate ending; deleted scenes.
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