Sorry, this movie sucks

Better Late Then Never

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

I re-watched this movie recently because it made a great impression on me back in the days. It predates Predator but is very similar in story: an alien hunter comes to earth to bag him some humans. The movie starts off with the alien going to work quickly bagging him two hunters and a boy scout leader. The boy scouts also see the alien and run away screaming. Here the low budget and B status show, the kids clearly are not screaming but they dubbed the screams and errrr, overdoing it somewhat. Also 4 young adults want to go swim in a lake in the mountains. On their way they need to gas up the van and they meet Sarge, a veteran who does not need character development: he is clearly psyched. In the toilet the youths see a line written on the wall, check the movie because it will be revealed later on what it means. Also the gas station owner is a hunter and the youths are looking at the dead animals hanging on the walls. This is also a link to what the alien is doing because it does not take long for 2 of the kids being bagged and the other 2 go look for them, finding a shed in the woods. Then the alien tries to bag them too but they manage to escape in the van after the obligatory "it does not start" scenes. They flee to a bar were Sarge and some other people hang out and they inform the police. Here some more standard B movie stuff happens, like the electricity falling out at the same time the sheriff walks in while the Sarge is wielding a gun to go hunt for the alien. Also the standard stuff happens when the 2 youths find a vacation house to hide in and the alien comes to visit there too. The final scene also shows the B part, the acting is a little cheesy and the situation is not too believable since the alien seems to be like a scarecrow just standing around. But there is a lot of suspense in this movie and the concept of an alien hunting people using the flying meat discs from Star Trek is also cool. So go watch this movie as it's one of the better B SF horror movies from around that time.

Having had a stint of viewing better-than-expect b-movies on youtube (blood beach, nightmare beach, primal rage) I was hoping to continue the trend with this film.However, I didn't like it at all. Terrible acting, story, directing etc etc. There really isn't anything good about it and it's not even one of those so-bad-it's-funny films (though the special effects for the small alien creatures is so bad it will raise a smirk).Some kids go to a lake where there happens to be an alien that is hunting humans. One of the crazy locals is aware of the alien but no one believes him. None of the characters are likable or enjoyable to watch which means it's a bore from beginning to end. Lots of running around and ineffective scares.

While I can't say 1980's "Without Warning" was the best Sci-Fi/alien flick I've ever seen, I can say that it did exceed my expectations. The plot of the film is simple: Using bizarre looking but deadly living blood suckers as weapons, an alien creature from who knows where is ruthlessly stalking human prey alongside a rural lake for the sheer fun of it. After we witness a number of poor blokes being done in by the safari minded visitor, a group of teenagers decide it would be a great idea to go up to the lake and have some fun despite the warning they receive from slightly crazed, gas station owner and obvious hunting enthusiast Joe Taylor (Jack Palance with his usual fire and zeal). You can probably guess how things turn out from there! After their two friends are killed, the survivors of the group, Sandy (Tarah Nutter) and Greg (Christopher S. Nelson), run to the nearest town where through a series of events, they end up being caught up in Joe Taylor's quest to bring the creature down. But it's not just the creature they have to worry about, as Joe Taylor's paranoid friend Fred 'Sarge' Dobbs is also on hunt; the only problem is he thinks everyone is an alien! Will our heroes succeed or are they to be outsmarted by the professional hunting fiend from space? If the story sounds somewhat familiar to you, it should since Hollywood would use a very similar plot for the 1987 classic "Predator". But while the overall stories might sound familiar, they are by no means the same film. "Without Warning" uses a very different design for its creature from the stars, one that somewhat resembles the classic gray alien but still has its own uniqueness about it (Curiously ,though, the man who plays the creature here, Kevin Peter Hall, would also go on to play the monster in "Predator"). But the thing that really makes the creature stand out is its horrible blood suckers that it throws at unsuspecting people. Looking a bit silly while flying through the air, once they attach themselves to a person they instantly become one of the most cringe worthy things ever put to screen due just how realistic they look, even after all these years. I don't know who did the special effects for this film but who ever they were, they earned their keep. The film is also creepy at certain points due to the smart direction of director Greydon Clark. As for the actors, all do a very good job here, particularly Jack Palance as the slightly mentally off-balanced but still rational Taylor and Martin Landau as the completely off the wall Sarge. Christopher S. Nelson and Tarah Nutter also should be congratulated for holding their own as the young and confused teenage victims. Add in a very effective music score and you have a decent, fun B-movie from the days when Hollywood knew how to make them. To be sure the film is not Oscar-worthy but then again, if I wanted to see something that was I would simply watch "Gone With the Wind" instead. The movie is not available on DVD yet (It's set to be released for the first time on DVD in August of 2014) but it is on you tube. If you're a lover of B-movies like me and have some time to kill, "Without Warning" is sure to entertain you. Also starring Ralph Meeker, Cameron Mitchell, Larry Storch, and a very young David Caruso.

I remember seeing the movie trailer one time when I was living in Long Island. Though I was way too young to see it. The movie may have been a limited premier in some places, it should have been nationwide later on. It has a great cast. Martin Landau ( Mission: Impossible, Space:1999), Jack Parlance, the biggest movie veteran ever. What more could you want? How about the 7'2" star Kevin Peter Hall who would later play BigFoot in "Harry and The Hendersons", and "Predator" ! In this movie, he plays this unnamed alien hunter who stalks the humans on Earth. His first kills are a father and son who are enjoying the outdoors and it would be the last for them as well. And the Scout leader was an unfortunate victim, leaving the Scouts running for their lives. How does this alien hunter kills so swiftly? By using these hideous discs that come alive when it hits the victim. So when the four friends went out to the lake to have fun, only two of them encounter the horror themselves. Later on, they meet a former Army Sergeant who still think he's in the war, feel there is an invasion. The store owner happens to be the most trusting is the one the two seems feel safe with. The whole ordeal with this movie is to survive the terror of being hunted by an alien hunter. A very good movie, just a bit overlooked, though.