The basic problem with this movie is that (like most re-hashes) it has all been done before. It unsuccessfully tried to build on common themes, and take it in different directions. In the end, it failed with the latter.
Brenda being impregnated with the slugs was a rehash of the chestburster from Alien. That is, a creature, or group of creatures, uses the human body as a host. The victim is violated and dies with the emerging of the creatures. Brenda's condition took it further, by making her appearance grotesque. The thing that actually disturbed me the most about this scene was how she asked about her son. I think it was her second line after she was revealed as bloated in the barn.
The other thing that crossed my mind when watching this movie was "How are the heroes going to eliminate ALL of these slugs and zombies?" Will it be the old "lure them into a mall, movie theatre, etc. and kill them en masse with a gas explosion (ala Gremlins, and others) or destroy the "mother ship" to render the slugs and zombies useless (ala Phantom Menace, and others)? This movie went with the latter, and was truly ungratifying.
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parbon84
10 years ago
What is it a rehash of?
No one can use alien impregnation but alien?
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