[psycho d]

Infestation (2009). After the rather cool opening credits rolled by, the first couple of lines of dialog seemed sorta clunky, giving me that "bummer this is gunna suck" feeling. Instead, that dialog turned out to be a wonderfully awkward and wry sense of humor that was kept up throughout. Haters of horror sci-fi comedies stay away, as this is a fun and central character driven comedy first, horror and sci-fi a close second. The story itself does not get all caught up trying to explain to the viewer exactly what is happening, and we are left in the same discombobulated place as our unlikely heroes. Loved the end, BTW. The acting was first rate for this genre; that poor blonde is not acting poorly, but instead her awkward responses only serve to make her almost psycho creepy. The direction is solid, and the relative newcomer Kyle Rankin does much with this low budget that was incidentally was shot in Bulgaria. The effects were pretty effective, sans that over-the-top CGI feeling. Overall this fun sci-fi proved to be a mighty entertainer. Mercie beaucoup.
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