Freaks Of Nature is a 2015 horror comedy that was fairly entertaining. I got a few laughs from the screenplay by Oren Uziel, his previous screenplay was 22 Jump Street and he's writing the script to the new Supergirl movie and a new Mortal Kombat movie. The script was listed in the 2010 Blacklist. Robbie Pickering is the director.
That's the three main cast members, Nicholas Braun, Mackenzie Davis and Josh Fadem. Nick's a human, Mackenzie was a human who got turned into a vampire and Josh started as a human but gave himself to a zombie and now his flesh is rotting off his body. The town has a mix of humans, vampires and zombies living in a small town who's main claim to fame is the production of the riblet. They mostly get along, at least until the night the aliens arrive. Then it's a three way shitstorm of death and destruction.
There's a pretty good cast, I liked seeing Bob Odenkirk, Patton Oswald, Joan Cusack, Keegan-Michael Key, Vanessa Hudgens, Denis Leary and Rachel Harris. I didn't realize that Brian Peck and Beverly Randolph, they play a zombie couple, were in The Return Of The Living Dead, playing Scuz and Tina. The IMDb often has some nice bits of Trivia. That's another entertaining zombie comedy.
As I said, I got a few laughs out of the movie and I would recommend it to those who like a bit of dark laugh with assorted goo. The picture looks good and the special effects and make up are well done. It had a budget of $33 mill and it was well spent. It didn't get much of a release but it seems to have some fans, there are 9300 plus votes on the IMDb and it scores a 5.9. I gave it a 6. Twenty-seven percent of the votes are a 6.
Battle In Outer Space is a 1959 Japanese film that's directed by Ishirô Honda. I just read a nice bio on Honda, it covers his career quite well. Battle In Outer Space is also an alien invasion movie. I've seen it before, several times, but not since 2012. Back then I watched the Toho Collection - Icons Of SCI-FI set, we watched the Blu-ray today. It looked pretty darn nice.
The human's have to battle an alien invader who have set up a base on the moon. There's plenty of space traveling, rock climbing and alien shooting. The science is entertaining, all madey-uppy and goofy. Sometimes it would be better to not explain it. It's got nice special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya and a score by Akira Ifukube. I doubt I'm going to upgrade my copy. I should spend my DVD and Blu-ray money on stuff I don't already have.
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