Like most people I've never seen Scared to Death but have seen its "Sequel-in-Monster-Only", SYNGENOR (1990). So that's what I'm going to talk about.
Syngenor was typical of this type of movie in the '90s, kinda slow, some gratuitous nudity and a really cool monster suit. It's about some company that's decided to create these weird looking monster guys that reproduce every 24hrs to replace soldiers in the "next war." Unfortunately the Syngenors seem to just kill whatever they see and are only good at fighting in the desert. Its never explained but there's a couple scenes which seem to indicate Syngenors are allergic to water. The other problem is the company is run by a crazy man who keeps injecting weird glowy junk in his neck. So its up to the daughter of the guy who created Syngenors and some reporter that was investigating something to do with the Syngenor company before falling in love with the scientists daughter to do something about the Syngenors before its too late.
The monster is really only one of two things that Syngenor has going for it. What's that other thing you ask? It's Re-animator's Dr. Hill himself, David Gale. And he's just as nuts in this flick. His character also has a habit of injecting a familiar looking green-glowing fluid into his neck that's never explained.
Can you live without seeing Syngenor? Probably.
Will seeing Syngenor change your life in any positive way? I hope not, its not that great a movie.
Did I enjoy watching Syngenor? Yep.
Should you watch Syngenor? I don't care.
The trailer for "Scared To Death" makes it look like the better movie, I'm going to have to find a way to see it.
I was actually wondering if you were gonna draw this guy! I just watched Scared To Death on youtube. It's not great quality but it's there..
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryG4wX4iNWE
As well as another sequel-in-monster-only movie-but-not-even-that Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor ("sequel" to The Deadly Spawn), which I hope you draw!
Thanks! I'll have to find some time to watch a full movie on Youtube (it's how I managed to see Stage Fright)as for Metamorphosis: the Alien Factor: I did draw Deadly Spawn http://moviemonstars.blogspot.ca/2012/04/deadly-spawn.html
Deleteyeah, I LOVE your Deadly Spawn pic! the fact is that it's not a sequel at all but it's full of super fun monsters (that don't look anything like the Deadly Spawn guys). I think it was directed by the guy that did the special effects for Deadly Spawn and he refers to it as a sequel but there's nothing to tell you that if you watch it. so weird.
DeleteI've never heard of either of these and I'm really pissed off about it.
ReplyDeleteLooks great!
Thanks!
DeleteAnd its nice to know that this blog is educational!