Review of Evil Aliens

The cheap photography, the unfunny gags, and the overly-manic acting make for a somewhat dull horror comedy. It's obvious that West took his "inspiration" from "Bad Taste", because "E.A." was meant to have the same kind of spirit, plus the similar plot and plenty of gore. English accents and the Welsh language are also no substitute for the wonderful New Zealand accent in Peter Jacksons early films. The direction is quite manic, very MTV-like. The editing is rather wild, often clumsy. For example, in the fight scenes the humans appear to have an eternity to prepare to defend themselves from the aliens. The only scene that kind of sticks out for me is when one of the humans gets into a combine harvester and mows the aliens down while singing the "Combine Harvester Song". All in all, not the kind of movie you hate, but I've seen it all before, and much better done. The British, so good in crime, drama, and comedy, have always had a hard time making effective horror films. (I mean, not all are as bad as "Beyond Bedlam", but…)