TWISTER'S REVENGE (1987)

[The Burgomaster]

This movie is included in the DRIVE-IN MOVIE CLASSICS 50 MOVIE PACK.

This is one hell of a very bad movie.  It was directed by Bill Rebane (of Wisconsin), who is responsible for numerous other bad movies such as THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION and THE ALPHA INCIDENT.

First, a word about Mr. Rebane.  We do not mention him enough in this forum, but he is CERTAINLY one of the top 10 worst directors of all time and I think it is time for us to give him the proper recognition!

Anyway, TWISTER'S REVENGE is about 3 redneck mechanics who kidnap the female inventor of a computerized monster truck that can talk!  The truck's name is "Mr. Twister."  The woman is a newlywed, and her husband streaks into action to rescue his wife.  Of course, he is accompanied by Mr. Twister.

For a low-budget movie like this to have even the SLIGHTEST entertainment value, they would have needed to rely on a lot of scenes involving the intelligent, talking truck creating mass destruction.  However, the truck speaks very infrequently and the fact that it has a computerized brain running it doesn't seem to make any difference.  It just drives around like a regular truck.  It doesn't have any gadgets or secret weapons or anything.

Like all Bill Rebane movies, the dialogue, acting, camera work, editing, and everything else are of very low quality.  I cannot for the life of me understand why this movie was made.  It is dull, the "humor" is not funny (although, a 5 or 6 year old kid might think it is), the action scenes are not exciting and Mr. Twister (the centerpiece of the movie) is just a boring truck that talks once in awhile.

Bad, bad, bad.  Shame on you, Bill Rebane.

[Foywonder]

I understand completely. I understand Mr. Rebane has a small cult following but for the life of me I do not understand why as his movies are almost universally snoozefests. It took four sitting to get through CAPTURE OF BIGFOOT and TWISTER'S REVENGE is one I've tried watching on three different occassions and turned if off after mere minutes.

[Scott]

Oh, man I was just about to watch THE ALPHA INCIDENT sometime soon. I've read fair reviews for it over at imdb.com.

[The Burgomaster]

Scott:

THE ALPHA INCIDENT is pretty boring.  Most of the movie involves a group of people sitting inside a train depot talking and arguing.  It's better than TWISTER'S REVENGE, but that isn't saying much.