Feeders is an early Polonia Brothers effort. They’ve made some bad ones in their time, but boy, is this one ever rough. They made it before they perfected their craft (“perfected” is totally not the right word… but… oh well…) and there are some moments that are spectacularly inept. That might sound like pure gold to Bad Movie aficionados (and, admittedly, the flick has its moments), but it’s rather painful at times.
Aliens land in a small town and run around the forest. Derek (co-director Jon McBride) and Bennett (co-director John Polonia) are two friends on a road trip who go camping in the nearby woods. Eventually, they come face to face with the hungry aliens.
I am usually halfway forgiving about things like budgetary limitations when I review Shot-on-Video horror flicks, but… man. This one was rough. Sure, it was shot on video, but so was your cousin’s piano recital in 1989, and I don’t think I’d want to watch that. The special effects for the UFO look like something out of a Commodore 64 game, and the rubbery aliens are good for a laugh. The negative vision POV shots of them scurrying around get old real fast though.
I thought this was going to be the Tubi movie that finally made me crack mentally. Fortunately, things improved once the little critters started burrowing their hungry maws into unsuspecting people. The gore in these scenes is okay, and the greenscreen severed head is particularly hilarious. That still doesn’t excuse all the long dull walking scenes and the score that will put you to sleep. The best special effect though is the use of the Polonia twins, John and Mark playing the hero and his evil double.
Co-director (that’s right it took three people to cobble this mess together) McBride was also responsible for the much better SOV efforts, Cannibal Campout and Woodchipper Massacre.
I thought this one was decent, apparently it did really well in rentals at Blockbuster.
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