I thought "Zonta, The Thing from Venus" (1966) was the worst movie ever made in the history of cinematography, then along came this movie which lowered the bar even further. When Alan stares out of the window at the storm it reminded me of the films where the monster jumps up in front of window and scares the bejesus out of every one but I contained my laughter. At the bar scene where Vivien grabs hold of Alan's hands and does some deep breathing I was reminded of the cafe orgasm scene in "When Harry Met Sally" but I contained my laughter. Then Dr Mansfield kept switching ears when talking on the phone, probably deciding which ear was the most photogenic, I contained my laughter. The scene where Dr Mansfield said that when a circle is drawn the ends meet I thought well, if the ends don't meet it isn't a circle but I didn't laugh. When Alan said that electricity was power I thought, shoot!, there goes my theory that little men inside appliances powered them, but I didn't laugh. Mind you, it was near impossible not to laugh when the boom mic was shown in all its glory but, no, I didn't laugh. It was when Dr Mansfield's assistant dragged the skeleton out of the lake and looked deep and meaningfully at the skull I thought he was going to do a "Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him well" routine. That was when I lost it and laughed .... until I stopped.
Review of UFO: Target Earth
