Canaries (2017)

The first wave of an alien invasion coincides with a New Years Eve party in a Welsh valley.

Director:

Peter Stray

Writer:

Peter Stray

Stars:

Robert Pugh, Hannah Daniel, Sheena Bhattessa

Cast

Credited cast:
Robert Pugh	...	Jenkins
Hannah Daniel	...	Agnes D
Sheena Bhattessa	...	Sunita
Kai Owen	...	McDonald
Robert Boulter	...	Randall
Richard Mylan	...	Nav
Sophie Melville	...	Sian
Steve Meo	...	Huw
Craig Russell	...	Steve Dennis
Aled Pugh	...	Ryan
Richard Corgan	...	Wilson
Dominique Dauwe	...	Kurt Nesbo
Marc Rhys	...	Tommy
Kevin McCurdy	...	Fisherman
Tsilala Brock	...	Marcie Gilman

Storyline

The first wave of an alien invasion coincides with a New Years Eve party in a Welsh valley.

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Plot Keywords:

rendlesham forest | air force base | eye glasses | ninh binh vietnam | year 1996 | 

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Taglines:

In Wales no one can hear you scream

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Also known as: Alien Party Crashers (Netflix title)

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Soundtracks

Men Of Harlech

User Reviews

Canaries: I expected more

So this was advertised to be a Welsh Shaun of the Dead-like sci-fi comedy, sadly it fails hard on most fronts.

It tells the story of a group of friends celebrating new years just as an alien force makes their move against mankind.

The characters are pretty plain and lack gimmicks and the aliens are, well they're basically pale dudes with Lady Deathstrike fingers and they wear..........raincoats. So, yeah.

Comparing it to Shaun of the Dead is optimistic, this just isn't funny. There are a couple of laughs to be had but not enough for a feature movie, in fact in places it gets very serious for extended periods and you forget its a comedy at all.

From a sci-fi perspective it really hammers home the X-Files conspiracy nonsense that is going on in the background away from our heroes, and that's about as interesting and engaging as a 60 minute special on shoes.

Not funny, not interesting and the aliens quite frankly look ridiculous. But wait, the worst part is yet to come! The movies ending, is well............it doesn't have one. Things happen, then you're hit with a to be continued and the credits roll. So this is an incomplete film and chances are it won't get a sequel so it'll never be continued anyway.

Should have been better but they just didn't have much to work with.

The Good:

Some great writing

Robert Pugh

The Bad:

Comes across as cheap in places

No ending

Details

Official Sites:

Official Twitter

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 March 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alien Party Crashers

Filming Locations:

Wales, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Maple Dragon Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1