The Crawling Hand + The Slime People 04/18/26
VCI, Kit Parker Films
Blu-ray
A popular DVD combo is back for more, this time remastered in Blu-ray quality. Diss these no-account drive-in cheapies if you must, but they made their producer a lot of money, being produced for peanuts and playing theatrically and on TV for almost two decades. Rod Lauren is a mixed-up teen possessed by part of a dismembered astronaut, accompanied by actors and a hot music theme lifted from top-40 radio. Then a horde of slug-like monsters covers all of Los Angeles with a slimy force-field dome, trapping a few hapless survivors. The title creatures look pretty good, but only from one camera angle. Tom Weaver’s interview with Susan Hart puts a blessing on the creepy-creepy double bill. On Blu-ray from VCI / Kit Parker.
04/18/26