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LASERBLAST-1978-Two lizard
like (Dave Allen animated) aliens chase a green faced guy in the
California desert. He has some kind of ray gun device on his arm that
they want. After the credits, Billy (Kim Milford) is harassed by some
hick pot smoking cops. Then he tries to visit his girlfriend Kathy
(Cheryl Smith) but has an argument with her senile shell shocked
grandpa The Colonel (Keenan Wynn). Worse of all, he's insulted by
Eddie Deezen! Riding in the desert he finds the ray gun the aliens
were after. A guy named Craig (Gianni Rossi) snoops around. A doctor
(Roddy McDowall) examines Billy and is later killed. The lizard
aliens get reprimanded by their boss. There's a dumb sheriff (Ron
Masak) too. Billy turns into a green faced maniac and destroys a
plane, a car, a hippie and some buildings. Before he can really do
any destruction the aliens kill him and take the weapon leaving Kathy
to mourn his passing.
This low budget Charles Band Sci-Fi romp was
directed by Michael Rae who did various work on other movies and may
have directed one other movie (2005's ALIENS GONE WILD).
LASERBLAST has become
somewhat of a cult film, known for one scene where Billy blasts a
STAR WARS billboard. Star Kim Milford was “Rocky” in the original
stage production of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. He made other
stage and film appearances but tragically died at age 37 after heart
surgery in 1988. Lead actress Cheryl Smith, who died in 2007 at the
age of 47 also appear in Cheech & Chong's UP IN SMOKE the same
year.
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