Intent on taking over the Earth, the seed pods have found a way to pollinate humans, turning them into walking seed carriers. Hero Tom Baines (Sam Hennings) recounts his story of invasion and possession from a hospital bed.
Tom returns to his hometown of Comet Valley after a long absence. Just as he arrives, the only bridge in or out of town is closed down for repairs.
He takes a room at a bed-and-breakfast run by his old flame, Heidi Tucker (Andrea Roth), and encounters local sheriff, Brad Tates (Dane Witherspoon), the new man in Heidi’s life. The expected conflicts ensue.
But Tom soon has more to worry about: alien spores have recently landed nearby on a fallen meteorite, spawning bizarre plant life that has begun to terrorise the populace. Some of the townsfolk are already exhibiting the blank, emotionless symptoms.
Heidi’s young daughter Kim (Holly Fields) is suspicious of their housekeeper Mrs Santiago (Anne Betancourt) because she has glimpsed Mrs Santiago’s alter ego – a rolling plant monster. But no one except Tom will believe her.
The only other person in town who is convinced of the invasion is crazy old Doc Roller (Bernard Kates), who has taken to wearing fluorescent lights on his head (which can apparently repel the alien creatures).
Tom eventually convinces Heidi of the danger and the two set out to stop the aliens. This they manage to do, curing the locals of the possessing force with a barrage of fluorescents and blowing up a truckload of outgoing pods, which have been harvested by the enslaved humans.
Back at the hospital, Tom wraps up his frightening story – only to find, inevitably, that the nightmare is just beginning.
The seedpeople themselves – Shooter (Matt Demeritt), Tumbler (Debbie Lee Carrington) and Sailor – were created by John Buechler and are among the most laughable movie monsters since the papier mache creations of the 1950s.
Tom Baines
Sam Hennings Heidi Tucker
Andrea Roth Brad Yates
Dane Witherspoon Doc Roller
Bernard Kates Kim Tucker
Holly Fields Frank Tucker
John Mooney Mrs Santiago
Anne Betancourt Ed Busta
David Dunard Thurman Rudd
Charles Bouvier Burt Mosely
Sonny Carl Davis Deputy Fraser
J. Marvin Campbell Shooter
Matt Demeritt Tumbler
Debbie Lee Carrington Agent Weems
Michael Gregory
Director
Peter Manoogian
Video
Related Posts
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan (1982) In the 23rd century, Admiral James T Kirk (William Shatner) is a guest aboard the USS Enterprise, which is taking part…
That Thing You Do (1996) Tom Hanks made his directorial debut with this immensely likeable pop fable about the meteoric rise and fall of The…
Spaceman and King Arthur, The (1979) The NASA spaceship Stardust lands in Camelot in 508 AD by mistake in this Disney adaptation of Mark Twain's A Connecticut…
Deep Impact (1998) Leo Biederman (baby-faced Elijah Wood) is in Richmond, Virginia, stargazing with his girlfriend Sarah Hotchner (Leelee Sobieski) and some pals.…
Ed Wood (1994) Tim Burton's Ed Wood, starring Johnny Depp as Wood, brilliantly reconstructs the sleazy side of 1950s Hollywood, and is a sympathetic…
Straw Dogs (1971) Sam Peckinpah's controversial film about David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman), an American mathematician, and Amy (Susan George), his young beautiful wife,…
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (1991) An alien called Secundus (Danish bodybuilder Sven-Ole Thorsen) arrives on Earth with a laser gun and asks a woman called…
Streets of Fire (1984) Billed as a "rock 'n' roll fable", Walter Hill's enjoyably offbeat movie - although a box office flop - jabs the…
Tom returns to his hometown of Comet Valley after a long absence. Just as he arrives, the only bridge in or out of town is closed down for repairs.
The only other person in town who is convinced of the invasion is crazy old Doc Roller (Bernard Kates), who has taken to wearing fluorescent lights on his head (which can apparently repel the alien creatures).
