Alien from L.A. (1988)

Director:

Albert Pyun

Writers:

Regina Davis (writer)
Albert Pyun (writer)

Release Date:

26 February 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy

Tagline:

Venture to the core!

Plot:

A nerdish teenager goes looking for her missing archaeolist father, and stumbles into a strange underground civilization.

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | MST3K | Hidden Civilization | Subterranean | Independent Film

Cast

Kathy Ireland	...	Wanda Saknussemm
William R. Moses	...	Guten 'Gus' Edway
Richard Haines	...	Prof. Arnold Saknussemm
Don Michael Paul	...	Robbie
Thom Mathews	...	Charmin'
Janet Du Plessis	...	General Rykov / Shank / Claims Officer
Simon Poland	...	Consul Triton Crassus / The Mailman
Linda Kerridge	...	Roeyis Freki / Auntie Pearl
Kristen Trucksess	...	Stacy
Lochner De Kock	...	Professor Ovid Galba / Professor Paddy Mahoney
Deep Roy	...	Mambino
Albert Maritz	...	Mago / Maintenance Worker / Evangelist / Pack Slag Jack
Russel Savadier	...	Loki
Denis Smith	...	Anchorman
James Lithgow	...	Donaldson / Wrestling Announcer / Emcee

Also Known As:

Odeon
Wanda (USA) (TV title)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA | South Africa

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Grand Central Airport Midrand, South Africa

Company:

Golan-Globus Productions

Trivia:

The last name for the main character is taken from Arne Sakneusemm, the Icelandic scientist who traveled to center of the earth in Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth".

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Kathy Ireland briefly loses her squeaky voice when she's doped up on the table. She laughs and says in a deeper voice (probably her real one), "You think I'm an alien?"

Quotes:

Wanda Saknussemm: Bitchin'!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Alien from L.A. (#6.16)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

State of the Heart

A fun film

This film isn't for everybody. It's not realistic. It has bad special effects, a poorly written plot, etc. But if you enjoy campy, fun films that were intended to be bad, then you probably ought to rent this. I would put it in the same genre as "Joe versus the Volcano", "Earth Girls are Easy", "It came from Outer Space", and all of the "Naked Gun" movies. Kathy Ireland is cute and fun to watch. The story is remarkably stupid, but at the end of the film, I could honestly say, "I had a good time". So, I give it a "10".