Breeders

Year: 1997

Director: Paul Matthews

Written by: Paul Matthews

Threat: Alien

Weapon of Choice: Claw

Based upon: original

IMDb page: IMDb link

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Other movies in this series:
None

The tyranist's thoughts
I really only rented this on because I've got an itching to see Breeders (1986) and the local video emporium didn't have it. Still, we are dedicated and I'll suffer through an A*Pix feature for you.
So a mysterious meteorite crashes to earth in front of an all girls school. Stop me if you've heard this one before. People start disappearing and the girls start acting a little weird. Judging by the title of the movie, perhaps something wants to breed.
Of all the A*Pix monsters I've seen this one was the best. And you can tell that they thought so too. That's really the best part of the movie. Not that the monster is the least bit threatening, but he is kind of cool looking.
I have to admit that I had a hard time paying attention to this one. What little plot there is gets dropped and then picked back up often. Still I should have expected that from A*Pix where the motto is "Unresolved subplots galore." The acting doesn't help either. The script and core idea aren't bad, but as usual they just fail to deliver.
You probably don't have to see this one unless you are trying to be categoric about '90s B-grade horror. I'm going to have to do something to find the other Breeders so that this one isn't stuck in my memory forever.

Total Skulls: 14

Sequel
Sequel setup
Rips off earlier film
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie
Future celebrity appears
Former celebrity appears
Bad title skull
Bad premise
Bad acting skull
Bad dialogue
Bad execution
MTV Editing
OTS skull
Girl unnecessarily gets naked
Wanton sex skull
Death associated with sex
Unfulfilled promise of nudity skull
Characters forget about threat
Secluded location
Power is cut
Phone lines are cut
Someone investigates a strange noise skull
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door
Camera is the killer
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Victim locks self in with killer
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls skull
Toilet stall scene
Shower/bath scene skull
Car stalls or won't start
Cat jumps out
Fake scare skull
Laughable scare
Stupid discovery of corpse skull
Dream sequence
Hallucination/Vision
No one believes only witness skull
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth
Warning goes unheeded
Music detracts from scene
Death in first five minutes
x years before/later
Flashback sequence
Dark and stormy night
Killer doesn't stay dead
Killer wears a mask
Killer is in closet
Killer is in car with victim
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unscary villain/monster
Beheading
Blood fountain
Blood spatters - camera, wall, etc.
Poor death effect
Excessive gore
No one dies at all
Virgin survives
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Unresolved subplots skull
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending skull
Unbelievably crappy ending
What the hell? skull