Laserblast (1978)

User Rating:

2.1/10   

Director:

Michael Rae

Writers:

Frank Ray Perilli (writer)
Franne Schacht (writer)

Release Date:

1 March 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Horror

Tagline:

Billy was a kid who got pushed around... Then he found the power

Plot:

A teenager stumbles upon an alien weapon, which transform him into a grotesque killer.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Laser | Gun | Laser Gun | Cult Favorite

Cast

Kim Milford	...	Billy Duncan
Cheryl Smith	...	Kathy Farley
Gianni Russo	...	Tony Craig
Ron Masak	...	Sheriff
Dennis Burkley	...	Deputy Pete Ungar
Barry Cutler	...	Deputy Jesse Jeep
Mike Bobenko	...	Chuck Boran
Eddie Deezen	...	Froggy
Keenan Wynn	...	Colonel Farley
Roddy McDowall	...	Doctor Mellon (closing credits) (as Roddy McDowell)
Rick Walters	...	Mike London
Simmy Bow	...	Gas Station Attendant
Joanna Lipari	...	Franny Walton
Wendy Wernli	...	Carolyn Spicer
Michael Bryar	...	Hip Kid

Runtime:

85 min | Belgium:80 min (video)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Norway:16 (video-rating) (1982) | UK:15 | USA:PG

Company:

Selected Pictures

Trivia:

The first film to feature the stop-motion animation of Dave Allen.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Roddy McDowall's name is spelled incorrectly (as Roddy McDowell) in the closing credits. It is, however, spelled correctly in the opening credits.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Auditions (1978)

Probably the worst movie I ever liked, for no apparent reason.

This may well be the worst movie ever made. It has no perceptible story line, very little, if any plot, and some really poor acting. I can't think of a single positive thing to say about it at all, really, and I have no idea at all why I sat through the whole thing, but I did, and didn't feel cheated at the end, which I also cannot explain. Looking back on the experience, I think there are parts of two or three not-too-bad sci-fi films, just loosely cut together, with scenes that seem to have been edited out of some other movies, and just inserted here and there in the movie, and maybe that was its vague appeal to me. A sort of da-da approach to film, that almost worked.