Vampire Bats!

[llcoolvad]

Confession: I have a thing for cheesy television disaster movies. The more preposterous the better, especially if it's also chock-full of guest stars. Generally aired right before sweeps weeks or during vacations and holidays, and always replacing normally scheduled programming, these gems act as placeholders for normal television -- but for me they're destination programming.

This evening's choice? Vampire Bats, starring Lucy Lawless. Ms. Lawless is revisiting her character from the equally cheesy Locusts, which came out sometime last spring (and of course I watched). It's got it all -- a bunch of hokum science, a bunch of plucky characters, and wildlife gone wild! My only complaint is that the plague of vampire bats is only affecting a small town instead of the entire world, but honestly? That's rather minor on my list.

And next week? Category 7: The End of the World. NAUGHTY WEATHER! And a GINORMOUS cast! YAY!

I am in disaster movie heaven.

Comments

Not exactly natural disaster movie but...

[(Anonymous)]

I can't believe NBC is remaking The Poseidon Adventure...I love the original and I wonder how crappy the remake would be. Nov 20 if you care.

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Re: Not exactly natural disaster movie but...

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'll be watching, trust me! I love the original, too. Can't go wrong with Shelley Winters and Gene Hackman and Ernest Borgnine and...oh, now I have to look it up. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069113/) Jack Albertson! Pamela Sue Martin! Lovely Roddy McDowell!

I love all the disaster movies. Sinking ocean liners, tall buildings on fire, speeding trains with bombs on board, whatever. I am not fussy. Is it cheesy? I'm there.