Future-Kill (1985)

User Rating:

3.1/10   

Director:

Ronald W. Moore

Writers:

Ronald W. Moore (screenplay)
Edwin Neal (additional material) ...

Release Date:

May 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

In the future, the Mutants rule!

Plot:

The star of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" returns in a story about frat boys lost in the big city while hunted by a violent leader and his elite gang of gun-happy guards.

Plot Keywords:

Mutant | Splatter | Fraternity | Murder | Nuclear

Cast

Edwin Neal	...	Splatter
Marilyn Burns	...	Dorothy Grim
Gabriel Folse	...	Paul
Wade Reese	...	Steve
Barton Faulks	...	Tom
Rob Rowley	...	Jay
Craig Kanne	...	Clint
Jeffrey Scott	...	George (as Jeffry Scott)
Alice Villarreal	...	Julie
Doug Davis	...	Eddie Pain
Karin Kay	...	Curious Bad Girl
Elizabeth Henshaw	...	Uncurious Bad Girl
Cathy Durkin	...	Julie's Friend
Kate Cadenhead	...	Helpful Mutant
Joe Abner	...	Fire Breather

Also Known As:

Night of the Alien (UK) (video title)
Splatter

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R (cut) | USA:X | Australia:R | UK:18 | Canada:R (Ontario) | West Germany:18 | Canada:R (Manitoba)

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Magic Shadows

Trivia:

A couple of different stories exist as to how H.R. Giger was persuaded to design the poster art for this low-budget film. Edwin Neal, who spent the 1980s traveling extensively to science fiction and movie conventions selling movie memorabilia, always claimed that he was the one responsible for getting Giger involved; however, in Giger's book "Necronomicon II," Giger says that director Ronald W. Moore was with whom he dealt. Giger goes on to say that he felt manipulated by Moore, who told him in tears that the film would lose its financing without the Giger poster. Whatever the case, the original art did eventually end up in Neal's possession, along with numerous other prints and portfolios by Giger, lending credence to Neal's claims of involvement.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Splatter's head guard bursts in on the group near the end of the movie, he yells, "No, it's not over!" The next shot, you can hear him say, "...over," but his lips aren't moving.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000) (V)

Soundtrack:

Xerox

"In the future-the Mutants rule!"

I picked up Future Kill because of the Giger artwork on the box and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre alumni in hopes that it would be good crappy film (you know, like Ghoulies 3). What I got was a hybrid of genres, and something that I had already seen when I was younger. Look at the storyline: A group of teens running from a gang in the city because they have been framed for murder. It wanted to be a futuristic version of the Warriors so bad (it even starred someone who was featured in The Warriors). It's certainly no Warriors or anything to write home about, but it's not as bad as you'd think. With no budget whatsoever the filmmakers actually made a credible feature. It never once gets boring and the characters are fun to laugh at. What was up with the beginning though? It's like they were trying to make the next Porky's and then realized that the movie was titled "Future Kill." It doesn't really fit with the rest of the flick. I couldn't really decide whether the movie was sci-fi, horror, or comedy, but it does star Edwin Neal and Marilyn Burns from the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and features Bill Johnson who played Leatherface in TCM 2. With that cast, how could it not be a horror movie? But the real question is, why is one of the alternate title Night of the Alien?