Not of This Earth (1988)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writers:

R.J. Robertson (screenplay) &
Jim Wynorski (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

May 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Science Fiction Chiller!

Plot:

A science fiction vampire movie. The Vampire is an emissary from an embattled world near destruction...

Plot Keywords:

Nurse | Vampire | Alien | Bed | Light

Cast

Traci Lords	...	Nadine Story
Arthur Roberts	...	Mr. Johnson
Lenny Juliano	...	Jeremy
Ace Mask	...	Dr. Rochelle
Roger Lodge	...	Harry
Rebecca Perle	...	Davanna Girl
Michael Delano	...	Vacuum Cleaner Salesman
Becky LeBeau	...	Happy Birthday Girl
Monique Gabrielle	...	Agnes
Roxanne Kernohan	...	Lead Hooker (as Roxane Kernohan)
Ava Cadell	...	Second Hooker
Cynthia Thompson	...	Third Hooker
Kelli Maroney	...	Nurse Oxford
Belinda Grant	...	Girl in Car
Robby Bointen	...	Boy in Car

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Miracle Pictures

Trivia:

The opening credits feature a montage of clips from various other Roger Corman movies, including Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), Forbidden World (1982), Galaxy of Terror (1981), Humanoids from the Deep (1980), Nebo zovyot (1960) and Piranha (1978). Sample footage from each of these movies appears numerous times throughout the movie as filler footage, as well as two full-length scenes from Hollywood Boulevard (1976) and "Humanoids from the Deep".

Goofs:

Continuity: During the three way chase between Nadine, Mr. Johnson, and the cops it switches from night to day several times.

Quotes:

Jeremy: [looking at a reflection of Nadine changing] That's a nice little mole you have on your left cheek.

Movie Connections:

Edited from Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

An Eye Candy Hall of Fame snippet

This film is the work of the auteur Wynorski who has a distinctive visual style that is a favorite of the academy. Eye Candy Hall of Fame inductee Traci Lords plays a live-in nurse to an eccentric millionaire with a rare blood disorder. However, this recluse is actually an alien scientist intent on saving his dying planet by harvesting human blood. It is up to our heroine to uncover the truth and save mankind while wearing a bikini. Ms. Lords is the first inductee to be honored for actually wearing something (that wonderful blue bikini). This must cap Ms. Lords film career; she began as a Porn star legend, became of legal drinking age, quit that biz, and became a B-movie actress. The auteur Wynorski does have two brief au naturel scenes of Ms. Lords but we still harp on that bikini. In the Wynorski style he does provide some other actresses to show their ample talents such as Becky LeBeau, Roxanne Kernohan, and Ava Cadell. While not a classic, it does have a few "eye candy" moments worthy of our mention.