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ABERRATION - 4 Slimes
Rated R
Copyright 1997 Grundby Films.
Reviewed by James Hepler on 'a long time ago'

The Characters:  

Green Dot Amy/Alex - "Some kind of criminal" who moves out to the country to avoid Uri.
Green Dot Marshall - A field researcher, trying to discover what's eating all the wildlife.
Green Dot Uri - Former partner of Amy's, he comes looking for stolen money. Eaten by geckos and shot.
Green Dot Mrs. Miller - Nice lady who runs a convenience store. Stealthily killed by the last gecko.
Green Dot Mr. Peterson - Eccentric old man, figures out the geckos are around. Eaten by geckos and blown up.
Green Dot Merlin the Cat - Amy's pet, instantly realizes the geckos are around. Chewed up by geckos.
Green Dot Florence the Dog - Wimpy dog, belonged to Mr. Peterson. First on screen gecko victim.
Green Dot Mutant geckos - Nasty rapidly evolving geckos. Shot, blown up, electrocuted and crushed to death.

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The Plot: 

The ecology is being ravaged, and the cat keeps getting freaked out! The only possible explanation: mutant geckos are on the loose and rapidly moving up the food chain! Well, more specifically Amy/Alex has gone up to her family cottage to avoid her partner in crime, Uri. Marshall, a field researcher studying why everything is dying, eventually ends up at her cottage to help Amy/Alex identify her pests. Unfortunately for both of them, these pests are mutant geckos who decide humans would be tasty and they have to fight them. Eventually they leave her cabin, and find poor Mr. Peterson devoured by the geckos. Even worse, every car they get into for the entire movie meets some unfortunate demise and a winter storm just came in. It's all slickly made and rarely boring, an excellent soundtrack rounds everything out. Aberration is pretty decent and has a good style about, it's also the only New Zealand movie I've seen or even heard of besides Bad Taste. Well, that's two for two! Go New Zealand!

Things I Learned From This Movie: 

Green Dot Junky VW Beetles have awesome sound systems.
Green Dot Cats can sense mutant geckos instantly.
Green Dot Old eccentric men can sense mutant geckos a little after cats.
Green Dot Creepy music can make anything seem sinister.
Green Dot Wearing a mask while in the bathtub looks weird.
Green Dot Pink hair looks blonde in anything but medium light.
Green Dot Mutant geckos can grow to full size instantly without food.
Green Dot Natural gas has a delayed ignition.
Green Dot Coat hangers are REALLY scary.
Green Dot Mutant geckos can communicate.
Green Dot Quick edits can make a lame puppet menacing.
Green Dot New Zealand has produced more good movies than just those of Peter Jackson.

Stuff To Watch For: 

Green Dot 1 min - Nice hat...
Green Dot 6 mins - This guy keeps picking up nasty crap.
Green Dot 8 mins - Hah. Who would want a dog that a small lizard can kill?.
Green Dot 10 mins - That gun is crappy.
Green Dot 11 mins - Well, she's apparently showing off the entire movie's budget...
Green Dot 18 mins - I doubt a cat that's afraid of small lizards can kill anything.
Green Dot 22 mins - Yuck. The same crap that guy was picking up fell into her hair!
Green Dot 25 mins - That nice lady is an anti-government freak!
Green Dot 26 mins - RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST A VW BEETLE!
Green Dot 29 mins - That dog looks REALLY fake.
Green Dot 31 mins - Darn. Cat's gone, now the only living pets left are the goldfish!
Green Dot 34 mins - The first lizard is killed.
Green Dot 37 mins - Idiot. Why would she care if you gave the lizard an autopsy?
Green Dot 40 mins - Poor Mr. Peterson!
Green Dot 41 mins - Wow. It took 3 seconds for the gas to ignite!
Green Dot 46 mins - RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST A TREE BRANCH!
Green Dot 50 mins - Nice shot Amy, right in the head
Green Dot 53 mins - Ouch. Venom in the eyes.
Green Dot 57 mins - Well, no more fish!
Green Dot 64 mins - Oh no, eurotrash!
Green Dot 69 mins - The semi-cool gunfight. Watch for the malfunctioning lockback.
Green Dot 72 mins - His egg bandoleer is eating him!
Green Dot 74 mins - Stupid Marshall lit himself on fire.
Green Dot 78 mins - Very weird car explosion.
Green Dot 81 mins - A line from Reservoir Dogs.
Green Dot 84 mins - Ouch! The manual lizard-in-leg-removal!
Green Dot 85 mins - Marshall goes psycho.

 Audio clips in wav formatSOUNDSStarving actors speak out 

FileSizeDialog
Green Music Note aberration1.wav 33k Mrs. Miller: "Just remember to hold your breath."
Marshall: "And update your will."
Green Music Note aberration2.wav 66k Marshall: "That's why you opened your mouth wasn't it? You naughty little boy you were trying to kill me."
Green Music Note aberration3.wav 50k Amy: "Can I ask you something, are you like, the master of the obvious?"
Green Music Note aberration4.wav 88k Uri: "Stay there, make yourselves comfortable, it's time to die."
Green Music Note aberration5.wav 32k Mrs. Miller: "This is bad!"
Marshall: "As opposed to good?" (This is taken from Reservoir Dogs.)
Green Music Note aberration6.wav 31k Marshall: "Welcome to the bottom of the food chain!"
Green Music NoteTheme Song 277k Listen to a clip from the soundtrack.

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Comments:Write CommentPages: [1]
Aberration
Reply #1. Posted on January 05, 2000, 08:24:25 AM by James Hepler (review author)
Heh, I'll take up the first comment!  Damn man, why is Aberration so expensive?  It's on cable all the time (or WAS)...  Ah well, it's worth a rental or the $1.50 for the tape to record it, but over $20?  Ugh  
Aberration
Reply #2. Posted on January 18, 2000, 07:48:01 PM by
Wow The litle Aberration can kill!!!!
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Reply #3. Posted on February 11, 2000, 04:20:00 PM by
Liked it more than I thot I would.  Too bad the lizards didn't come back for another meal at the end...
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