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A Balasaur Score of 63 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 70%, Metacritic 65/100. Scores higher than 84% of the 492 1990s horror movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 27m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean Platt, daughter of the base's commander, General Platt. When people at the base begin acting strangely, Marti becomes convinced that they are slowly being replaced by plant-like aliens.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes70%
Metacritic65/100
498 audience votes
Key crew
- Joe DeliaOriginal Music Composer
- Abel FerraraDirector
- Nicholas St. JohnScreenplay
- Dennis PaoliScreenplay
- Stuart GordonScreenplay
Cast
- Terry KinneySteve Malone
- Meg TillyCarol Malone
- Gabrielle AnwarMarti Malone
- Reilly MurphyAndy Malone
- Billy WirthTim Young
- Christine EliseJenn Platt
- R. Lee ErmeyGeneral Platt
- Kathleen DoyleMrs. Platt
- Forest WhitakerMajor Collins
- G. Elvis PhillipsPete
- Stanley SmallPlatt's Aide
- Tonea StewartTeacher
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Themes
distrustbased on novel or bookescapemilitary basealienremakesoldieralien invasionalien infectionsleepingdoppelgängerbody snatchers