Review: Seedpeople (1992)

Directed by: Peter Manoogian
Starring: Sam Hennings, Andrea Roth
Written by: Jackson Barr
Music by: Bob Mithoff
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Occasionally, you see a movie that leaves you without much to say. And not in that “Oh shit, that was so amazing … there aren’t words in the English language bold enough to describe it!” sort of way — more of a “Yes, that was a movie I just watched” way. Full Moon’s 1992 film Seedpeople is one of those movies. A modest creature feature about plant-based aliens who land on earth and begin turning small townsfolk into zombies to do their bidding, this flick borrows heavily from stuff like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Invaders from Mars, and Critters in particular, and nearly every alien movie in general. It even recycles score cues from other Full Moon movies. What’s striking about this, if anything, is that everything is played completely straight. Given its producer (Charles Band), hammy cover art, and rubber-suit monster approach, one might expect something comedic or over the top, but Seedpeople never really goes for it. There’s a small town, aliens land in it, and folks try to stop them. That’s about it. There is the requisite skeptic, the kid who’s too curious and accidentally discovers the takeover plot, and the town kook who ends up being right about it all. The plot rolls out just as you expect it will, with all the appropriate beats. The aliens are fairly cool, and there are plenty of slimy attacks, but mostly this movie is just there. It exists in a limbo that is neither bad nor good nor memorable.

Rating: 4 out of 10