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But hey, playing this sort of confused lead
is a change of pace for me. I not only get the
girl but I get to be the hero."
Martians Go Home chronicles the hope-
fully hilarious misadventures of a group of
obnoxious Martians who are accidentally
brought to our planet and attempt to adjust
to our ways. Directed by David O'Dell from
a Charlie Haas script, the film also stars Anita
Morris, Margaret Colin and real live comics
Barry Sobel and Vic Dunlap.
Quaid continues to make his case for play-
ing second banana to the Martians. "Taking
a backseat to the Martians is the way the
story is laid out. My character's this poor
schlump who's being put upon by aliens and
it's his job to respond to what they're doing
im.
"It's a different part for me and it's not the
most challenging," he says candidly. "But
I like my character and coming to the set
each day was a blast. I would say
thats a pretty good sign that I
haven't been wasting time."
CURIOUS GEORGE
Deck the Halls
With Black and Decker
by Marc Shapiro
Leatherface: Texas
drama. The Wizard, directed by
Todd Holland, contains some typically
Chainsaw Massacre III cheesy movie skateboard sequences, and
New Line Cinema
That's right, folks, the buzz is back!
Everybody's favorite short order cook has
stars Fred Savage, ultra-ripper Christian
Slater, Beau Bridges, Wendy Phillips and
Luke Edwards.
returned to slice rump roast and headcheese Communion
with his trusty Black and Decker. And if
pedigree counts for anything, Chainsaw III
should have a bit more going for it than most
sequels to sequels.
Take director Jeff Burr. Here's a cat who
made ultra low-budget slash splash, The Off-
spring (something to write home about), and
recently wrapped up The Stepfather II. The
script is by David Schow, noted splatterpunk
novelist and the guy who put the final polish
New Line
I know, you read about this stuff all the time
in the Enquirer, but this tale of a science
fiction writer who is abducted by aliens from
another planet is supposed to be legit.
Christopher Walken stars as saucer hitch-
hiker Whitley Strieber, with Lindsay Crouse
as his wife.
Fries Entertainment
Shop till you drop takes on a new
on the last Elm Street flick. We're talking a Phantom of the Mall
cast with mega horror credentials. To wit: Bill
(Friday the 13th: Part VII) Butler and Ken
(Dawn of the Dead) Foree, Kane (Friday the
13th: VII and Vill) Hodder as stunt coor
dinator and Leatherface double and
somebody named R.A. Mahailoff as the one
and only buzz boy.
Story fragment: When a young woman on
a cross-country trip stumbles onto L.F. and
the boys, all jagged edges break loose.
Street Legal
Orion
Brian Denehey toplines in this story of
police who stumble upon a drug operation
funded by some high-placed U.S. govern-
ment types. John McKenzie directs.
The Wizard
Universal Studios
Two boys from a troubled home run away
to California to compete in the National Video
Games Championship in this comedy
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meaning in this stalk and slash saga
of a teen named Eric who is
disfigured when his house is torched
in favor of a mall. Eric doesn't get
mad, he gets even. Starring (as if you
care) Derek Rydall, Jonathan Gold-
smith, Rob Estes and Pauly Shore.
Where's Jason when you need him?
Martians Go Home
New Line
Randy Quaid knew as he was going into
the comedy Martians Go Home that it would
offer him little more than the opportunity to
play straight man to a bunch of comics
dressed in green face.
"That bothered me at first," says the actor
who portrays earthling jingle writer Mark
Devereaux in this adaptation of the Frederic
Brown novel. "When I read the script I said
"Wow! The Martians have all the good lines."
CHOPPING LIST
The Horror Show (MGM)
The pick of this
month's litter focuses on
a killer who comes back
from the dead to torment
the police officer who
captured him. Great
acting, great gore
and a villain who
kicks Freddy and
Jason. Highly
recommended.
Left: Leatherface lets
loose. Above: A dead
killer's revenge in
Horror Show.
Cemetary High (Unicorn)
Killer coeds use their student
bodies to lure male perverts into
gruesome bloodbath deaths. And
hey folks, this is a comedy! From the
creative minds who gave you that
Citizen Kane of videos, Psychos in
Love
Phantom Empire (Prism)
Sybil Danning shows off her two
best assets while fighting off the at-
tentions of mutants, cannibals, cave
women and killer robots. Sounds like
a real upper to me.
Slaughter (21st Genesis)
Once upon a time this tale of killer
mutts was titled Dogs. Well, a dog by
any other name still is. The greatest
non-hit of David (The Man From
U.N.C.L.E.) McCallum.
Dark Shadows (MPI Video)
MPI Video, makers of Impact and
Gorgon video magazines, is now
releasing the entire Dark Shadows
TV series. For grommets too young
to remember, Dark Shadows was a
killer after school soap opera about
the spooky exploits of the Collins.
family. It ran for five years starting in
1966 and featured ghosts, were-
wolves, witches and vampires as
main characters. True fans of the
macabre won't miss this.
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