Review of Laserblast

Laserblast (1978)
5/10
Confusing but watchable.
14 August 2012
Warning: Spoilers
This movie is seriously confusing, scenes that don't seem to belong together follow each other without transition or explanation. Who are these people? Why are they here? What i going on? No one knows. On top of that, the special effects are laughable, the characters are ill defined and the acting is bad.

But, looking beyond all these criticisms, and they are valid, believe me, there is actually a rather watchable movie. We have the story of Billy who is turned into a monster that wanders the streets shooting things with a laser gun. Kind of like a sci-fi version of a werewolf story where the protagonist does not know he is the monster. Not to mention that the aliens that one would naturally assume to be evil, seem to be some kind of police officers chasing down the monster, a fun take on things I say. And of course, the whole thing is really rather campy which is appropriate.

An added bonus on my copy were the trailers for several campy looking old movies.
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