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 | B Movie | Sex In Car

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 Piranha (1978)

Roger Corman AND Traci Lords? What could possibly go wrong?

Well, just about everything.

This movie is about a space vampire who comes to earth to harvest blood and see if the planet is ripe for conquest. IN order to survive, he requires daily transfusions from Nurse Naughty played by Traci Lords, who previously gave the porn industry a black eye by announcing she was underage when she made most of her films, and making a lot of unsuspecting people child pornographers.

We have several gratuitous topless scenes, some stock spaceship footage from Roger's previous film, "Battle beyond the stars" (I KNEW I had seen those shots in a bunch of other movies!) More stock footage in the opening credits from Roger's other films.

You know, with a smart script, this might have been an interesting concept. However, Roger Corman wouldn't know a smart script if it came along and bit him on the backside.