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Top of the Food Chain (1999) -- Something is eating the residents of Exceptional Vista!

Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   626 votes
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Director:
John Paizs
Writers:
Phil Bedard (written by)
Larry Lalonde (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
10 March 2000 (Canada) more
Genre:
Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi more
Plot:
Something is eating the residents of Exceptional Vista! full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
6 nominations more
User Comments:
making fun of the sci-fi movies of the 50s more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Robert Bockstael ... Jan Bathgate
Lorry Ayers ... Pat aka Saris
Ron Gabriel ... Leslie Binkley, General Store
Bernard Behrens ... Mayor Claire, Exceptional Vista

James Allodi ... Deputy Dana
Peter Donaldson ... Kim Hickey

Fiona Loewi ... Sandy Fawkes, Motel Owner

Campbell Scott ... Dr. Karel Lamonte, Atomic Scientist
Maggie Butterfield ... Mrs. Shelley Bathgate
Hardee T. Lineham ... Officer Gayle

Tom Everett Scott ... Guy Fawkes, Sandy's Bro
Nigel Bennett ... Michel O'Shea
Elisa Moolecherry ... Chris Marlowe

Kathryn Kirkpatrick ... Abby the Witch

Steve Lucescu ... Creature #1
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Invasion (USA) (DVD title)
Invasion! (USA) (DVD box title)
Welcome to Exceptional Vista (Europe)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for gore and sex-related material.
Runtime:
99 min | Germany:86 min (TV version)
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
France:U | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Caledon, Ontario, Canada

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The trophy fish Sandy takes off the wall to defend herself is a coelocanth. Coelocanths were thought to be extinct until one was caught in the 1930s. more
Quotes:
Chris Marlowe: I'm a travelling salesperson. I sell banjos. more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
making fun of the sci-fi movies of the 50s, 13 April 2008
5/10
Author: dromasca from Herzlya, Israel

'Top of the food chain' is a parody of the science fiction movies of the 50s which preceded the horror stories a few decades before Polanski and the gang turned horror into a genre that cannot be ignored. It makes clear from the beginning that it is not to be taken too seriously, and keeps all over an air of freshness and authenticity, avoiding any computerized special effects. It looks like a film of the 50s with a smile, the only real big miss, but a big one is the lack of a more effective humor. Gags like the ones in this film seem too innocent to viewers have seen the heavier parody stuff of the last years. The team of anonymous actors does a decent job, among them best was in my opinion Fiona Loewi who really catches the attention and deserves some better or broader distributed roles.

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