4th of July 2025 Marathoning
McDowell and Comi prepare to leave for Mars. Aliens visiting the UN, dropping off their cook book, providing goodies for humans on Earth, easing them into trusting them, spiriting them away to be food for them on their home planet. To Serve Man is nearly 60 years ago. I've been watching Twilight Zone since I was a teenager in the mid 90s thanks to Sci Fi Channel. Many of my family have passed since (for instance, my mother's siblings are all about gone except one last sister), and it wouldn't be right to avoid a marathon during the 4th if just for nostalgic reasons. Syfy didn't see the value of TZ on Independence Day, except last year, so even though I cannot watch episodes like I do during New Year's Eve and Day, it is nice to try and sneak in a block of episodes whenever possible. I started with Death Ship from the fourth season, continuing with Stopover in a Quiet Town and The Gift . To Serve Man would feel like a later afternoon watch but SYFY showed it at 3:...
"but this film is a hybrid if there ever was one."
ReplyDeleteNo kidding! Action picture, sci-fi thriller, horror movie.Definitely not a slasher, in my view, but it does rip off nearly every physical element of HALLOWEEN, right down to getting an actor to play the killer (Brian Libby) who looks like the Myers' mask, and fixing his hair to mirror it.
The director, Michael Miller, started with Roger Corman (his second Corman picture was JACKSON COUNTY JAIL, which made Tommy Lee Jones). He only made five features (of which this was the last), then spent the rest of his career in television. The writer, Joseph Fraley, only wrote this and the Chuck's earlier GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK (always loved that title, and the poster). Years ago, I came across the assertion that he wrote a novelization for SILENT RAGE, but I've never found it anywhere.
I saw Halloween all throughout several moments. I have been trying to get my final touches on the review. I also followed up Silent Rage with a Bruce Lee flick with Chuck called Return of the Dragon I plan to drop on the ole blog in the coming days.
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