Aberration

Once again it's Sunday afternoon and the sci-fi channel (God, Love 'em) delivers the goods. This is by no means a good A-picture but it doesn't really have to be. The hero was nice, the girl was pretty the gecko's from hell amateurish at best and though the film seemed to drag in the last 20 minutes I still felt like I had a good visit (as I played Civ III and piddled around the house) to that famed cinema of the mind -- Radition Theatre. You know -- nature gone mad!! In this case little lizards (not geckos, really) have the odd ability to spit blinding poison and reproduce four times in a twenty-four period. Though they are the size of kitten -- they jump very high. Not Godzilla! Not Food of the Gods! But fun, fun, fun none-the-less. Acting, direction and script are really secondary to effects such as old man so and so eaten alive by the critters and the bad guy's head blowing up toward the end.

Rather vicious rubber lizards attack Pamela Gidley and an annoyingly bad actor, biologist (Simon Bossell). Trapped in a cabin, with a blizzard raging outside and the cavorting beasties inside they wage a never ending battle with the creatures. That's it. I give it two out of 10 because the slimy lizard puppets are actually OK looking, and the snowy landscape is somewhat effective. The acting, script, and logic department is sorely lacking. This leaves little to do except squishing, shooting, and barbecuing lizards for an hour and a half. Totally unacceptable from almost every angle, "Aberration" is more like an abomination........ - MERK

Amy (Pamela Gidley) has her deep woods vacation interrupted when ravenous, mutant lizards attack. Teaming up with a scientist, the two must fight to survive against the creatures. ABERRATION is a fairly cheeezey, silly, yet very enjoyable monster movie with some interesting monsters. Among the horrors wrought are the devouring of Amy's cat, and the stripping of her neighbor to the bone! There's also a nice, gruesome twist toward the end...

Don't waste your time on this one. It seemed like it wanted to be a Boogens clone, but it was too boring to watch. Awful movie. Stupid dialog, totally unknown cast, PLASTIC monsters! JoBob Briggs from MonsterVision can have this movie. Maybe he can make it interesting. This was such a waste of time. Trust me, you can make a better movie with a camcorder and your neighbors with no budget. This has to be one of the worst movies of all time and it wasn't even a good B film. Yuk!

I often get distracted watching films. Aberration held my interest throughout the film. It helps that the plot was simple and the cast totaled only five, excluding the cat. I also like my films to feature an attractive woman in some sort of distress. If one enjoys low budget horror films, this film will be a nice surprise. Critics will probably point out the lizards are not compatible with the arctic like cold and snow depicted in this movie. Oh well, this isn't art.

As I was sitting with my wife watching "Aberration," I couldn't help but say "why the heck am I watching this? This is the dumbest movie I ever saw!" Then it dawned on me. If it was so dumb, why was I watching it? It seems this movie is so bad it's good and I actually recommend it if you're into that kind of movie.

It can't be helped, the film is cool. Yeah it's low budget and there's bad acting, etc. but from the beginning this film grabs you. A young girl (Pamela Gidley) escaping her troubled life finds refuge in her families old house in the mountains. She gets stuck in her house, but luckily with a grad student (Simon Bossell) who specializes in animals. Very soon after they get stuck the showdown with the killer geckos begins. All parts with the geckos are entertaining, but by far the best bit is when the girl's boyfriend (Valeri Nikolayev) finds where she's hiding and tries to force 'his' money out of her. Must be seen to be understood, but he does a great job of being campy and unintentionally funny. 'Aberration' did not take itself too seriously, which paid off because the script was really cheesy. I would say it's good enough to rent, definitely worth a watch if it's ever on TV. Rating: 23/40

Pink-haired Pamela Gidley steals money from her Russian mobster boyfriend (Valery Nikolaev) and retreats to a small cabin in wintry Northern town. A blizzard traps her and a friendly local guy (Simon Bossell) there and fast-evolving, fanged mutant geckos (!?) attack. Her ex also eventually shows up to make things worse. A silly premise and occasional hokey creature FX detract from this ALIEN-type movie, but it's humorous, well acted, entertaining, action-packed and lots of fun, with plenty of blood and slime for gore fans. A bit better than expected. It was filmed on location in Wellington, New Zealand. Score: 5 out of 10