Hybrid (1997)

User Rating:

2.1/10   

Director:

Fred Olen Ray

Writer:

Sean O'Bannon (writer)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Outer Limits of Horror

Plot:

A group of space renegades hook up with a drifter named McQueen. Together they hole up in an abandoned...

Plot Keywords:

Nudity | Lesbian Scene | Shower Scene | Lesbianism | Monster

Cast

John Blyth Barrymore	...	Dr. Paul Hamilton
Brinke Stevens	...	Dr. Leslie Morgan
J.J. North	...	Carla Ferguson
Tim Abell	...	McQueen
Ted Monte	...	Milo Tyrel
Peter Spellos	...	Sergeant Frank Blaine (as G. Gordon Baer)
Bob Bragg	...	Pike
Nikki Fritz	...	Susan
Robert Quarry	...	Dr. Farrell (as Robert Connell)
Christopher Ray	...	Hybrid (as Chris Olen Ray)

MPAA:

Rated R for some strong sexuality, and for violence/gore and language.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 | USA:R | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company:

American Independent Productions

Trivia:

The APC in this film is the "Landmaster" from Damantion Alley (1977). The Landmaster really does have a working "tri-star" wheel system, and cost $300,000 to build in 1976.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Something to Scream About (2003) (V)

Post nuke trash rehash!

Always turning a blind eye to the prospect of a new idea, director Fred Olen Ray gives us a remake of CREEPOZOIDS, itself a garden-variety ALIEN knock-off. Here six post nuke survivors seek shelter from an upcoming "ion storm" in a (uh oh) seemingly abandoned scientific lab. Despite finding a half-melted corpse, mysterious slime puddles and body parts lying around the group decide to spend the night and a mutant monster, supposedly a hybrid cockroach/snake (though it looks no different than the monsters usually found in these things) picks them off one by one.

Now that we've established the fact there's no plot, the question remains...Is there anything good here? Well...like many Ray productions, naked chicks are a given. Buxom blonde J.J. North and Brinke Stevens split up from the guys, go exploring, find a shower with warm water and hop in for a lets-toy-with-lesbianism shower romp, nevermind the fact they've already discovered a dead body. Stevens, a veteran Scream Queen for 15 years now, still looks great in her 40's and does a decent job in her role. Tim Abell, in the token Rambo role, also comes off pretty well and exudes leading man potential. Everyone else is awful, the violence is mostly offscreen and the monster design is terrible.

Potential points of interest include a topless pin-up of Michelle Bauer, a publicity poster of Rush Limbaugh (?), extreme misuse of the busy Corman factory stock space FX and probably a record amount of time padding of characters walking down darkly lit corridors.