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'''''Zarkorr! The Invader''''' is a [[1996]] [[Giant]] [[Monster]] [[Low-budget film|Low-Budget]] produced by [[Full Moon Entertainment]]. It currently has a rating of 3.8 on the [[Internet Movie Database]]. Like most low-budget films, they are usually made independently, so is this film. The film reuses some footage and the model of a city from [[Richard Elfman]]'s 1994 film ''[[Shrunken Heads]]''.<ref name=Mitch>Mitchell, Charles P. ''A guide to apocalyptic cinema'', [[Greenwood Publishing Group]] 2001, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bmmrKvOwa_IC&pg=PA267&dq=%22Richard+Elfman%22+film&hl=en&ei=tb0zTOL7C4vNjAfppsmWBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Richard%20Elfman%22%20film&f=false p. 267], ISBN 9780313315275</ref> As a result, Zarkorr, the monster, does not appear in the film very often, and the cities the monster destroys always look similar.<ref name=Mitch />
'''''Zarkorr! The Invader''''' is a [[1996]] [[Low-budget film|Low-Budget]] [[Giant]] [[Monster]] produced by [[Full Moon Entertainment]]. It currently has a rating of 3.8 on the [[Internet Movie Database]]. Like most low-budget films, they are usually made independently, so is this film. The film reuses some footage and the model of a city from [[Richard Elfman]]'s 1994 film ''[[Shrunken Heads]]''.<ref name=Mitch>Mitchell, Charles P. ''A guide to apocalyptic cinema'', [[Greenwood Publishing Group]] 2001, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bmmrKvOwa_IC&pg=PA267&dq=%22Richard+Elfman%22+film&hl=en&ei=tb0zTOL7C4vNjAfppsmWBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Richard%20Elfman%22%20film&f=false p. 267], ISBN 9780313315275</ref> As a result, Zarkorr, the monster, does not appear in the film very often, and the cities the monster destroys always look similar.<ref name=Mitch />


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==

Revision as of 00:00, 19 July 2010

Zarkorr! The Invader
Written byBenjamin Carr
StarringFranklin A. Vallette Don Yanan Peter Looney Dyer McHenry Rhys Pugh Torie Lynch Stan Chambers Elizabeth Anderson Robert Craighead Dileen Nesson Deprise Grossman Mary Ostow Jim Glassman Emmett Grennan Mike Terner Robert J. Ferrelli Ron Barnes Mark Hamilton Charles Schneider Bob Van Dusen Christopher Boyer William Knight Dave Richards Ben Ramsey Steven Novak R. Allan Bexton John Paul Fedele
Music byRichard Band
Distributed byFull Moon Entertainment, Monster Island Entertainment (VHS and DVD)
Release date
1996
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Zarkorr! The Invader is a 1996 Low-Budget Giant Monster produced by Full Moon Entertainment. It currently has a rating of 3.8 on the Internet Movie Database. Like most low-budget films, they are usually made independently, so is this film. The film reuses some footage and the model of a city from Richard Elfman's 1994 film Shrunken Heads.[1] As a result, Zarkorr, the monster, does not appear in the film very often, and the cities the monster destroys always look similar.[1]

Synopsis

Intelligent aliens who have been studying Earth for centuries decide to challenge mankind by sending in a 185-foot, laser-eyed monster called Zarkorr to wreak city-crushing havoc. Only one incredibly average young man, postal worker Tommy Ward (Rhys Pugh), can find the beast's weakness and save the planet with the help of a 6-inch-tall pixie (Torie Lynch), who says she is "a mental image projected into his brain" by the aliens. She explains that Zarkorr cannot be destroyed by weapons, but that the key to the monster's destruction lies within the monster itself. Tommy, chosen as an average human, is the one destined to fight Zarkorr, who is programmed to kill him. Tommy asks scientist Dr. Stephanie Martin (De'Prise Grossman) for advice about his mission, but everyone thinks he is crazy. He takes the scientist hostage, but manages to explain his predicament to one of the policemen, who believes him and helps him escape. Dr. Martin agrees to help him. Using computers belonging to a friend of hers, they establish that the monster, which is destroying city after city in the style of Godzilla, neither sleeps nor breathes. Going to the place where the monster first appeared, they come into possession of a strange metallic capsule that fell out of the sky at the time the monster arrived. It is believed to be unopenable, but it opens by itself for Tommy as he touches it. He uses the top of the capsule as a shield, reflecting Zarkorr's laser rays back at him, and the monster dissolves into a small glowing sphere flying into space. Tommy is taken to hospital to recover; a TV reporter congratulates him for saving the world, and he jokes he might run for president.[2]

Cast

Person Character
Franklin A. Vallette Horrace
Don Yanan Dunk
Peter Looney Billy
Dyer McHenry Al
Rhys Pugh (as Rees Christian Pugh) Tommy Ward
Torie Lynch Proctor
Stan Chambers Stan
Elizabeth Anderson As Herself
Robert Craighead Marty Karlson
Dileen Nesson Debby Dalverson
De'Prise Grossman Stephanie Martin
Mary Ostow Reporter
Jim Glassman Stage Manager
Emmett Grennan Crew Member
Mike Terner Guard One
Robert J. Ferrelli Guard Two
Ron Barnes Larry Bates
Mark Hamilton George Ray
Charles Schneider Arthur
Bob Van Dusen Winston Bergmann
Christopher Boyer John Blake
William Knight Sheriff Rocker
Dave Richards Welles
Ben Ramsey (as Ben 'Killa' Ramsey) Quincy
Steven Novak State Trooper
R. Allan Bexton Doctor
John Paul Fedele Zarkorr (uncredited)

Unlisted Production

Cinematography by Joe C. Maxwell - (as Joe Caramico Maxwell)

Film Editing by Felix Chamberlain

Casting by Perry Bullington

Robert MacDonald

Production Design by Danielle Berman

Art Direction by Jesse Vint IV

Set Decoration by Erin Cochran

Costume Design by Jodi Zimelman

Makeup Department Ronda Rae - Makeup Artist

Production Management Sally Clarke - Production Manager

Lazar Djokic - Post-Production Supervisor

Stacy Willmann - Production Manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Michelle LeDoux - Second Assistant Director

Franklin A. Vallette - First Assistant Director (as Franklin Vallette)

Art Department

Michael A. Clark .... construction coordinator

Angela O'Neill .... props (as Angela O'Neil)

Angela O'Neill .... set dresser (as Angela O'Neil)

Justin Tyme .... carpenter

Justin Tyme .... props

Foster Vick .... lead man

Sound Department

Patrick M. Griffith .... supervising sound editor

Lisa Hannan .... sound effects editor

Eric Jaffe .... sound effects editor

Michael Jonascu .... sound effects editor

Wayne Scott Joness .... sound effects editor

Jeff King .... sound effects editor

John Kohlbrenner .... sound effects editor

Paul N.J. Ottosson .... sound effects editor

Debby VanPoucke .... sound effects editor

Visual Effects

Michael Deak .... miniature effects director

Michael F. Hoover .... digital artist

Camera and Electrical Department

Barry Gross .... gaffer

Ken Little Jr. .... second assistant camera (as Ken Little)

Bruce Ready .... first assistant camera

Harold Skinner .... gaffer

Foster Vick .... camera operator

Casting Department

Michael O'Connell .... casting assistant

Scott Plympton .... casting assistant

Other crew

Gina Tucci .... production secretary

Notes

  1. ^ a b Mitchell, Charles P. A guide to apocalyptic cinema, Greenwood Publishing Group 2001, p. 267, ISBN 9780313315275
  2. ^ Mitchell, Charles P. A guide to apocalyptic cinema, Greenwood Publishing Group 2001, p. 265–266, ISBN 9780313315275
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