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Dawn of an Evil Millennium (1988)
Directed by Damon Packard
Twitter Facebook Google+Horror | Science Fiction | Short
Overview
An epic, 20-minute, completely fabricated theatrical trailer for a crypto-Vestron Video cheapie (by way of Willow-era Ron Howard)—a supposedly 18-hour movie about a Jeff Daniels lookalike demon sent to destroy the planet (and possibly the universe) with his “Turbo-power!” Olds dragster. There are shades of John Carpenter’s They Live, caffeinated Evil Dead speed-freakery, a cameo by Miles O’Keeffe, and uncanny movie preview clichés, such as sentence prepositions that never reach a resolution: “On an alien planet…the beauty and wisdom of a sorceress….” Sometimes the liner note blurbs speak for themselves: “Damon Packard is to Stephen Spielberg what George Kuchar is to Douglas Sirk.”
Rated NR | Length 20 minutes
Actors
Ronald Lacey | Miles O'Keeffe | Damon Packard
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/03/2021 | Home Theater | Streaming | Video on Demand | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
Purports to be the trailer (a 20 minute trailer!) for an epic 18 hour feature film that of course does not exist.
This is a hell of a lot of fun with nods to all sorts of stuff including EVIL DEAD and THEY LIVE at the very least.
It doesn’t make much sense which means you can just sit back and bask in the glory of the insanity washing over you. Pretty fun watch and probably my second favorite film of the event.
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