Hybrid (1997)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The script was a total joke. They grabbed catch phrases from other movies and strung them together so it sounded like they knew what they were doing. It didn't work.Footage was a combination of stock sci-fi clips, irrelevant bits shot on local streets, and the compulsory running around in an abandoned factory full of pipes. How many different movies have I seen that damn space ship in now? A dozen? It also "featured" the transports from Damnation Alley.The cast were cardboard, and the acting wooden. At times the plot forgot where it was going, and put on little porn shows. While I do love a good B movie, this one didn't make the cut.

Earth is in a post-apocalyptic state and five military survivors looking for shelter before an ion storm hits. Come across a drifter who informs them of a scientific base that he's heading to and they decide to follow. When they get there, it's abandoned. While it looks empty, they soon realise why. As they come across a messed up dead corpse and find out this is the home of a genetic alien hybrid.Yes, what incompetent schlock. I got some good wink-eye through Fred Olen Ray's poor man's version of "Alien" crossed with "Creepozoids" and a dash of "Shadowzone". Damn "Hybrid" will put you to sleep with its drawn-out story, blunt performances and systematic actions. While, it's basic stuff, there's nothing much to really compensate for its lack of refreshing ideas. There's no can of worms popping up here. Although there are a few unusual sequences that creep in and those moments do have your full attention. Like just what hell was going on in the opening minutes? It was re-used stock footage to confusingly explain why Earth looked like apocalyptic wasteland. An out-of-nowhere shower scene involving the voluptuous J.J. North and the always dashing Brinke Stevens, decide to spice up the outing by making sure that they are thoroughly cleaned for the messy onslaught that waits and then you get the horny alien hybrid getting its groove on with one of its victims. Since the rehashed story loses track for most part with its plodding nature, serious outlook and an unconvincingly brittle (and really heartfelt) back-story to build these characters. These tiny spoonfuls are certainly ludicrous, but at least they were diverting enough to catch your eye. As really this could have been more fun, if they decided to boost up the energy levels.The rest of it didn't cut it at all. Your ears on the other hand, don't cope any slack at all from this lame script with its heavy use of wit and snappy wisecracks. I found most of it pitiful and state the bloody obvious with awful delivery. Suspense is non-exist in this pressure filled situation, the flat violence is weakly staged with its timidly unoriginal blood splatter, and most of the characters are an aggravatingly leaden bunch who do too many dumb things when there's an alien about. Wait to you see the horridly shonky alien design. The costume is like something someone would wear at a theme park, so not to scare the little kids. Somewhere cross between H. R. Giger's "Alien" design and a miniature Godzilla. Even the camera shots (lot of POV shots) steal heavily from "Alien", where it likes to focus on the creature's nasty looking mouth and gooey slime it leaves about. It looks too goofy and showing it in its full glory for the majority of the time doesn't help. Everything feels and looks plastic, not just the sets, everything.This independent straight-to-video farce might go out with a bang, but for most part you might be battling yourself to last the distance.

The name "Hybrid" is certainly apt, since this film is indeed a mix of all that has come before, with not a single original thought in its head. But it deserves mention for actually being spoofed dead on in another film I watched, "Dr. Horror's House of Idiots". Yes, that's the title. Checking the original again, even the same names were used. No surprise here, as "Hybrid" star Brinke Stevens wrote the spoof :) She must have had fun getting even!Best thing in film is seeing what appears to be extra stock footage from "Damnation Alley" Dig that crazy truck!Even though "House of Idiots" is funny on purpose and "Hybrid" by accident, both films should be in a double-bill.

Wow I saw this movie when it first came out and in a way it introduced me to Lesbian Softcore Porno (I was only like 14). In full extent this movie is Lesbian soft-core porno gone wrong, it has shower scenes of girls washing each other and deals with the monster wanting to impregnate one of the ladies.If that is your cup of tea then dig in because I was expecting something more than Barney Goes Wild. With that said I had to give this a 1/10 for a horror movie and a 6/10 for soft porno because sci-fi soft-core porno movies could be better but they come few and far between.