Zarkorr! The Invader
| Zarkorr! The Invader | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Michael Deak Aaron Osborne |
| Written by | Benjamin Carr |
| Starring | Franklin A. Vallette John Paul Fedele |
| Music by | Richard Band |
| Distributed by | Full Moon Entertainment, Monster Island Entertainment (VHS and DVD) |
Release date | 1996 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
This page is about the 1996 Giant Monster Film by Full Moon Entertainment, not to be confused with Zarzon.
Zarkorr! The Invader is a 1996 Independent Low-Budget Giant Monster Film 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) |
Notes
- ^ a b Mitchell, Charles P. A guide to apocalyptic cinema, Greenwood Publishing Group 2001, p. 267, ISBN 9780313315275
- ^ Mitchell, Charles P. A guide to apocalyptic cinema, Greenwood Publishing Group 2001, p. 265–266, ISBN 9780313315275
External links
- Zarkorr! The Invader at The Internet Movie Database
- Zarkorr! The Invader at Rotten Tomatoes
- Zarkorr! The Invader at Stomp Tokyo Video Review
- Zarkorr! The Invader at Badmovies.org
- Zarkorr! The Invader at Amazon.com
- Zarkorr! The Invader at Blockbuster.com
- Zarkorr! The Invader Official Facebook Page
- Zarkorr! The Invader at Bizrate.com
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