Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Cult independent director Don Dohler, who also gave unto us such low budget flicks as Fiend and Alien Factor strikes again here with this mildly entertaining homicidal alien flick.I actually remember my first encounter with this film (or at least the poster for said flick) many, many years ago when it first came out on video here in the UK. I was a wee lad at the time and can still vividly remember feeling a combination of fear and fascination at the site of this bizarre looking shiny suited monster crouching over a dead victim. Cut back to the present and purely by chance I came across the film again recently - well needless to say, I just had to check it out after all these years!Now armed with adult eyes the first thing that struck me was that the alien featured in this, as another reviewer pointed out, looks not dissimilar to a hairless gorilla! (with a laser gun no less!) - A fact which in all honesty makes it rather hard to take said critter at all seriously or furthermore to emote any fear from (not that the film manages to evoke any sense of tension and/or scares whatsoever anyway).Aside from said beasties somewhat unfortunate rendering, we are also treated to some pretty risible acting displays, bland characterisations and general tediousness of plotting/pacing. Sounds pretty bad eh? Well, yes it is but credit where credits due - the film somehow remains watchable throughout at least. In fact to be equitable, for a simple 'small town menaced by alien invader' flick, this works about as well as any and even has a healthy splattering of gore to lift the proceedings somewhat.Certainly far from a classic but does nonetheless have a rather curious nostalgic charm to it, especially for me in fact as I had wanted for so long to find out exactly what the film was I had seen the poster for all those years ago.Ah, the magic of childhood memories eh?

extremely bad flick is very gory but has awful special effects a lame monster and an awful script and is badly written yes it as somewhat fun in a b movie kinda way but still this was very bad badly made too and had tons of logic lapses terrible direction and a lame finale and unlikable characters i haven't seen one bad as this in a long long time the acting is terrible with shoddy dialog and bad camera work yeah okay i had a bit of fun with this still that does not mean i recommend this gory low budget disaster flick too you i recommend you avoid this not much else to say on this one folks as i have nothing else to say and i am not gonna talk about anything that happend in the film really because there is nothing worth noting BOMB out of 5

I purchased a NIGHTBEAST video for less than a price of a rental, even if I knew nothing about it and I have to say that I'm glad I did. This is a somewhat fun (funny?) horror/sci-fi movie that's rarely dull. The body count is HIGH. One of the highest I've ever seen. The alien starts killing people left and right, with its laser or with its hands and huge toothy mouth. The beast even kills two kids. Now you've got to love that in a B-movie. Many of the killings are gory. The action is really fast and furious at the beginning but gradually peters out halfway through the film.Anyway, the acting is spectacularly amateurish and the music often sounds like the one in FRIDAY THE 13TH. So much so that I wonder why haven't the producers of FT13 sued yet? The script is all over the place. As if the alien wasn't enough, the script also includes several competing plotlines, including a story-line about a criminal on a killing spree. And then there's the hilarious love story that blossoms right in the middle of the action between the sheriff and his female deputy. With the alien killing people all over town, the sheriff tries to stop a pool-side party held by the mayor for a state politician (the scene when the people lounging at the pool leave in a panic is hilarious. It's a priceless B-movie moment). The sheriff makes a big deal about the party, saying that there's no time for frivolities when people are dying all over the place and the town should be evacuated BUT the sheriff and the deputy do have time for some lovemaking. Nice to see where the sheriff's priorities are. Anyway, the love scene with the afro-haired sheriff and the blonde deputy with the perky breasts has got to be one of the funniest moments ever put on film. The same could be said for the conclusion of the film. Major guffaws.I like these kind of b-movies which were produced by some local folks with no budget starring nobodies with no expectations but to entertain bored people seeing this in a rundown movie theater in the middle of nowhere. We don't see these kind of unassuming (and goofy) films being made and released anymore. It's unfortunate because they're often more fun to watch than anything released on video these days.

I find most Troma distributed really boring, but this one takes boredom one step ahead of itself and makes it into an art! There's no way to describe it's dullness, it has too be seen to be believed! I got cheated by the excellent trailer for this low budget movie, and bought it expensive. It actually took me three times before I managed to watch the whole film from start. It got some "stunning" laser effect, a nice moustache and a funny sex scene ("mind if I take my towel off?"), but the rest is complete and utter boredom. the story is about a stranded, evil alien in a 50 cent predator costume. It likes to kill people. I wouldn't ruin the end of a GOOD movie: the monster dies. This piece of s**t doesn't even work as camp. It's just plain boring from the first frame to the last. A low budget doesn't justify a bad movie, and contrary to public belief most of the really interesting features are low budget productions. For example, this film must have had a much higher budget than say, Pink Flamingos or the Evil Dead. Anyway, I gave this 9/10 just because I have trouble sleeping, and this piece of schlock always sends me right off to dreamland. Recommended for insomniacs.