Humanoids from Atlantis (1992) (VHS Review)
Directed By: J.R. Bookwalter
Stars: J.R. Bookwalter, Arvin Clay, James L. Edwards
Rated: UR
Color of Tape: Black
Case: Slip
Source: Cinema Home Video 1992 Release
How Was It Acquired: Yard sale
Ex Rental: Yes
Aspiring filmmaker named Matt (James Edwards) who has recently landed a town-sponsored gig filming a documentary about the local lake. With his girlfriend (Sandra Wurzer), Matt embarks on his road to Hollywood stardom. Meanwhile, a scientist has stumbled upon a spectacular find—an actual survivor from the long-lost city of Atlantis! Unfortunately, the creature escapes, forcing the scientist to pursue it and conduct inner monologues with herself.
The VHS Value for this VHS well surpasses the quality of the movie. After having sit through this 45 minute long glorified short film, I can safely say that this is without question one of the worst film I have ever ran across during my time on this planet. The film starts alright enough, as we get some brief moments of dialogue that are badly delivered, but interesting due to being about other movies we wish we were watching besides this one. That is soon gone as our “Humanoid” shows up and not only is it clearly a man in a sheet (sure looks like one) and a fish mask, but as things go along they make no effort at all to hide the fact. The movie is only 45 minutes, but rest a sure this is to be the longest 45 minutes of your life.
Our movie geek lead and his girlfriend run across this monster, the cops don’t believe him, and as a result he ends up crossing paths with our scientist and evil plots come to light. Things then pretty much stop before they start in what might be the movie version of the mercy rule. However, a shot on video film like Humanoids from Atlantis just can’t go out like that! No sir! What follows is a whole other level of 4th wall breaking that I have no idea what the heck really happened before me and I was just happy to see the credits start to roll. Yes, I do think it’s THAT bad and not in the charming way that still brings forth entertainment. The end results is certainly a one watch film and if you can survive the viewing and make it to the end I’m sure you’ll never want to touch this one again.
