LASERBLAST is one of the very worst films of the 1970s--and that's saying a lot because they made a huge number of terrible films that decade. From start to finish, the movie is unbelievably inept and just plain stupid.
The film begins with some horribly rendered stop-motion alien lizards stalking some creature and killing him. However, inexplicably, they didn't bother to take their prey's weapon with them. Later, when the main character (the actor's named was Kim--and it's a guy) wanders into the vast desert, he just happens to find this laser cannon right.
Speaking of Kim Milford, he plays 'Bobby', a guy so cool and sexy he spends most of the movie running about without shirts or with button-up shirts unbuttoned. I guess they did this so you'd always know it was him. You could also recognize him as the guy whose acting range includes sneering and acting petulant.
Anyway, after Kim uses the gun, he begins to change personality and at times he even appears in silly green makeup with contacts. Later, he has some facial prosthetics that only look semi-shabby. What I really liked, though, was that the makeup only covered his face and there was an obvious demarcation where the paint ended on his neck. Perhaps the makeup artists(?) was a fan of "The Mask", as he looked like a much cheaper version of this character minus the cool clothes. During these rage periods, he runs around town blowing things up--and mostly cars. And, interestingly enough, every time he blows up a car, the car is shown blowing up again and again--as many as four or five times. Maybe the director thought if they did this it would seem like he had blown up more cars than he actually did! Everything about this film is super-cheap and shabby.
Somehow, however, they managed to get Roddy McDowell to appear in it (ever so briefly) as well as Keenan Wynn (who, during this period in his career would appear in anything). Oddly, Wynn's scenes seem practically irrelevant and really aren't well integrated into the film at all. You just have no idea why he's there. Apparently they only had him for a day or so and just filmed--regardless of its relevance--sort of the way Ed Wood filmed Bela Lugosi for footage he used in PLAN 9. In addition to these down-and-out stars, the film marks the screen debut of one of the most annoying one-note performers in screen history (Eddie Deezen). You may remember his as the 'Mr. Potatohead' character from WARGAMES as well as being the inspiration for the character 'Carl' on "Johnny Bravo". His shtick is to act super-geeky. Here, oddly, he's a sidekick for a bully--a case of strange casting indeed.
So is it worth seeing this film? Well, if you like laughing at rotten films, yes. There sure is a lot to laugh at during the film. Otherwise, stay away at all costs as everything about this film is the lowest quality imaginable--the acting, direction, script and especially the horrid stop-motion creatures. I think using plastic dinosaurs that are manipulated by a hand would have been more realistic!
The film begins with some horribly rendered stop-motion alien lizards stalking some creature and killing him. However, inexplicably, they didn't bother to take their prey's weapon with them. Later, when the main character (the actor's named was Kim--and it's a guy) wanders into the vast desert, he just happens to find this laser cannon right.
Speaking of Kim Milford, he plays 'Bobby', a guy so cool and sexy he spends most of the movie running about without shirts or with button-up shirts unbuttoned. I guess they did this so you'd always know it was him. You could also recognize him as the guy whose acting range includes sneering and acting petulant.
Anyway, after Kim uses the gun, he begins to change personality and at times he even appears in silly green makeup with contacts. Later, he has some facial prosthetics that only look semi-shabby. What I really liked, though, was that the makeup only covered his face and there was an obvious demarcation where the paint ended on his neck. Perhaps the makeup artists(?) was a fan of "The Mask", as he looked like a much cheaper version of this character minus the cool clothes. During these rage periods, he runs around town blowing things up--and mostly cars. And, interestingly enough, every time he blows up a car, the car is shown blowing up again and again--as many as four or five times. Maybe the director thought if they did this it would seem like he had blown up more cars than he actually did! Everything about this film is super-cheap and shabby.
Somehow, however, they managed to get Roddy McDowell to appear in it (ever so briefly) as well as Keenan Wynn (who, during this period in his career would appear in anything). Oddly, Wynn's scenes seem practically irrelevant and really aren't well integrated into the film at all. You just have no idea why he's there. Apparently they only had him for a day or so and just filmed--regardless of its relevance--sort of the way Ed Wood filmed Bela Lugosi for footage he used in PLAN 9. In addition to these down-and-out stars, the film marks the screen debut of one of the most annoying one-note performers in screen history (Eddie Deezen). You may remember his as the 'Mr. Potatohead' character from WARGAMES as well as being the inspiration for the character 'Carl' on "Johnny Bravo". His shtick is to act super-geeky. Here, oddly, he's a sidekick for a bully--a case of strange casting indeed.
So is it worth seeing this film? Well, if you like laughing at rotten films, yes. There sure is a lot to laugh at during the film. Otherwise, stay away at all costs as everything about this film is the lowest quality imaginable--the acting, direction, script and especially the horrid stop-motion creatures. I think using plastic dinosaurs that are manipulated by a hand would have been more realistic!