Screamers [Blu-ray]

Director: Christian Duguay Christian Duguay

Overview

This action-packed sci-fi thriller is set upon the planet Sirius 6B in the year 2078. The planet has been decimated by a vast nuclear war. Many have survived, but their continued survival is threatened by the dreaded screamers, strange shape-changing mechanical creatures who use razor sharp knives to hack up any life-form in their way. They earned their name because when they kill, they make a horrible high pitched sound. The first screamer makes its appearance as a lone soldier approaches a bunker. He has come to deliver an important message from the NEB to its enemy the Alliance. Unfortunately, the low flying screamer gets to the soldier first, and quicker than Popeil's Vegamatic, slices and dices the fellow into tiny pieces. Later a jet crashes near the bunker. Aboard it is a nuclear reactor. One man survives the crash. The man, Ace, knows how to make a bomb with the reactor. Alliance-leader Col. Joseph Hendricksson takes Ace and they travel across the great irradiated desert to met with the NEB leaders. Along the way they find a small boy and though they don't want to, bring him along. Unfortunately, by the time they get to the NEB headquarters, the screamers have killed all but Becker, a tough soldier, Ross, who is nearly mad, and sexy smuggler Jessica. When Becker and Ross see the boy, they think he is a screamer and kill him. They are right and soon the little group find themselves surrounded by the hellish killing machines, all of which have taken the shapes of small boys.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/29/2019
UPC:	0826663192964
Original Release:	1995
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:48:00
Sales rank:	5,406

Special Features

New Interviews with Director Christian Duguay, Producer Tom Berry and Co-Writer Miguel Tejada-Flores; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Peter Weller	Joseph Hendricksson
Roy Dupuis	Becker
Charles Powell	Ross
Jennifer Rubin	Jessica
Andy Lauer	Ace,Ace
Michael Caloz	David
Ron White	Elbarak
Liliana Komorowska	Landowska
Jason Cavalier	Leone
Leni Parker	Corporal McDonald
Sylvain Masse	NEB Soldier
Bruce Boa	Secretary Green
Tom Berry	Technician
Henry Ramer	Narration
Normand Corbeil	Composer

Technical Credits

Dan O'Bannon

Miguel Tejada-Flores

Franco Battista	Producer
Tom Berry	Producer
Ryal Cosgrove	Special Effects
Ernest Farino	Special Effects
Charles W. Fries	Executive Producer
Mary Margiotta	Casting,Casting
Richard Ostiguy	Special Effects
Lucie Robitaille	Casting
Michael Scherer	Stunts
Antony Ginnane	Executive Producer,Producer
Dan O'Bannon	Screenwriter
Miguel Tejada-Flores	Screenwriter
Christian Duguay	Director

Editorial Reviews

The short story Second Variety by Philip K. Dick becomes this budget-challenged but effective science fiction-horror-thriller. As in most of Dick's work, including the previous films Blade Runner (1982) and Total Recall (1990), the central themes are the validity of one's self-identity and the notion of man's eventual obsolescence, presented with a hearty dose of paranoia and violence. Peter Weller gives a Robocop-quality performance with good support from Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin, and Ron White. The film is not as absorbing as previously produced big-screen versions of Dick's work, suffering as a result of a sober approach, a trim budget, and an ending that could have used a serious rethinking, but most of what's here is not half-bad considering its benighted genre. Screamers (1995) is definitely for fans of gritty sci-fi-horror hybrids but it beats other classic sci-fi adaptations such as Starship Troopers (1997).

All Movie Guide - Karl Williams