Deceit (1989 film)

Last updated
Deceit
Directed by Albert Pyun
Written by Kitty Chalmers
Produced byTom Karnowski
Starring Sam Phillips
Norbert Weisser
Scott Paulin
Diane Defoe
Christian Andrews
CinematographyPhilip Alan Waters
Edited bySydney Conrad
Music byAnthony Riparetti
Jim Saad
Distributed by 21st Century Film Corporation
Release date
  • July 10, 1990 (1990-07-10)(United Kingdom)
Running time
92 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget$22,000
Box office$2 million

Deceit is a 1989 minimalist science fiction film. [1] Some sources cite a 1990, 1992 [2] or a 1993 release date. [3]

Contents

Plot

An unknown man commits suicide by drinking bleach. After his death, his body is then possessed, and he claims his name to be an alien sex fiend named Bailey. About a month later, a group, including Wilma (Diane Defoe), on their way to Las Vegas for a wedding stop to pick up Bailey who claims his car has broken down.

Bailey (Norbert Weisser) now claims to be an alien who destroys polluted worlds. He shoots the others in the car and kidnaps Eve (Samantha Phillips) deciding to postpone his plans to destroy Earth until they are able to have sexual relations. [4]

Eve thinks Bailey may be an escaped mental patient, and this seems likely when Bailey's "therapist" Brick (Scott Paulin) shows up, but he also claims to be an alien sent to Earth to destroy all humans and cleanse the planet. [5]

Both Brick and Bailey attempt to seduce Eve, but are unsuccessful. Just before the Earth is destroyed, an intergalactic police officer, now possessing Wilma, uses a powerful object (The Cube) to grant the Earthlings a stay of execution. Eve shoots Bailey and Brick. The fate of the world now rests in Eve's hands. [6]

Production

The entire film was shot in three days. [7] Written and directed by Albert Pyun, the film has no special effects other than a single cube and was mostly filmed on one set. [5] Pyun said he filmed the movie this way as he enjoys avant garde film making. [8]

The film was shot during Cyborg additional photography and Pyun used the same crew and locations.

Cast

Reception

Creature Feature gave the movie two out of five stars. Moria found the film "awful" [5] Rivets on a poster was much kinder to the film, finding it a "beautiful and intelligent midnight movie, which is good enough – and funny enough – to make you forget its flaws." TV Guide gave the movie one star, finding it overlong and thinly plotted, and the attempts at parody strained. [6]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Watcher in the Water</span> Fictional creature in J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle-earth

The Watcher in the Water is a fictional creature in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth; it appears in The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of The Lord of the Rings. Lurking in a lake beneath the western walls of the dwarf-realm Moria, it is said to have appeared after the damming of the river Sirannon, and its presence was first recorded by Balin's dwarf company 30 or so years before the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ellen Ripley</span> Fictional character in the Alien franchise

Ellen Louise Ripley is a fictional character and the original protagonist of the Alien film series, played by American actress Sigourney Weaver. Considered one of the greatest characters in science fiction film history, the character earned Weaver worldwide recognition, and remains her most famous role to date. Although she was originally conceived as male for the first Alien film, director Ridley Scott decided early in production to make her a woman.

<i>Earth vs. the Flying Saucers</i> 1956 science fiction film directed by Fred F. Sears

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers is a 1956 American science fiction film from Columbia Pictures. It was produced by Charles H. Schneer, directed by Fred F. Sears, and stars Hugh Marlowe and Joan Taylor. The stop-motion animation special effects were created by Ray Harryhausen. The storyline was suggested by the bestselling 1953 non-fiction book Flying Saucers from Outer Space by Maj. Donald Keyhoe. The film was released as a double feature with The Werewolf.

<i>Star Hunter</i> 1998 American film

Star Hunter is a 1995 science fiction film directed by Cole S. McKay and Fred Olen Ray, and starring Roddy McDowall and Stella Stevens. The eponymous character is an alien who travels through space seeking species to hunt for pleasure. He arrives on Earth, landing in Los Angeles, and is soon in pursuit of a teacher and her students, whose bus broke down on the way home from a football game.

<i>Can of Worms</i> (film) 1999 multi-national TV series or program

Can of Worms is a science fiction comedy film and is part of the Disney Channel Original Movie lineup. It premiered on Disney Channel on April 10, 1999, and is based on the novel of the same name by Kathy Mackel, which was a Young Reader's Choice Nominee in 2002 and a nominee for the 2001 Rhode Island Children's Book Award. It is also the first Disney Channel Original Movie to be rated TV-PG.

<i>The Hidden II</i> 1993 American film

The Hidden II is a 1993 American direct-to-video science fiction crime horror film and the sequel to the 1987 film The Hidden.

Albert Pyun was an American film director who made low-budget B-movies and direct-to-video action films.

<i>Omega Doom</i> 1996 American film

Omega Doom is a 1996 American science fiction action film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Rutger Hauer. It was written by Pyun and Ed Naha. The story, set in a dystopian future, concerns a robot warrior who, during a nuclear winter, plays both sides of a robot civil war in a small town. The film is mostly based on Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa. It is considered a cult film.

<i>Adrenalin: Fear the Rush</i> 1996 American film

Adrenalin: Fear the Rush is a 1996 American science fiction-action film written and directed by Albert Pyun and starring Christopher Lambert and Natasha Henstridge. It is set in an alternative future in 2007, where the Russian Federation has collapsed and Eastern Europe is in disarray. Out of this chaos an unknown virus covers the Earth and eventually the United States.

<i>Battle of the Worlds</i> 1961 film

Battle of the Worlds is a 1961 Italian science fiction film directed by Anthony Dawson. The film stars Claude Rains, Bill Carter, and Maya Brent.

<i>Alien from L.A.</i> 1988 American science fiction film by Albert Pyun

Alien from L.A. is a 1988 science fiction film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Kathy Ireland as a young woman who visits the underground civilization of Atlantis. The film was featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000. This film is loosely based on Jules Verne's 1864 novel Journey to the Center of the Earth with some minor allusions to The Wizard of Oz.

<i>The Day the World Ended</i> 2001 television film

The Day the World Ended is a 2001 American science fiction/horror television film and is the fourth in the Creature Features series broadcast on Cinemax. It stars Nastassja Kinski, Randy Quaid, and Bobby Edner.

<i>Final Days of Planet Earth</i> 2006 American TV series or program

Final Days of Planet Earth is a 2006 science fiction miniseries directed by Robert Lieberman and written by Roger Soffer. Starring Campbell Scott, Gil Bellows, and Daryl Hannah, the movie was produced by RHI Entertainment for the Hallmark Channel.

<i>Journey to the Center of the Earth</i> (1989 film) 1989 American science fiction film by Albert Pyun, Rusty Lemorande

Journey to the Center of the Earth is a 1989 fantasy film. It was a nominal sequel to the 1988 film Alien from L.A., both of which are (very) loosely based on the 1864 novel Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.

<i>The Day the Earth Stopped</i> 2008 American film

The Day the Earth Stopped is a 2008 American direct-to-DVD science fiction action horror film produced by independent studio The Asylum, directed by and starring C. Thomas Howell. It is a mockbuster of the 2008 remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, which was released three days later. Howell stars as the protagonist, soldier Josh Myron, who witnesses the arrival of giant alien robots that threaten to destroy the Earth unless they are shown the value of human existence.

<i>Nemesis 3: Prey Harder</i> 1996 science fiction film

Nemesis 3: Prey Harder is a 1996 science fiction film directed and co-written by Albert Pyun. It is the sequel to Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995) and was followed by Nemesis 4: Death Angel (1996).

<i>End of the World</i> (1977 film) American Science Fiction film directed by John Hayes

End of the World is a 1977 American science fiction film directed by John Hayes.

<i>Road to Hell</i> (film) 2008 American film

Road to Hell is a 2008 action-fantasy film directed by Albert Pyun. It was inspired by Walter Hill's Streets of Fire and began shooting that same year in June at Los Angeles. Pyun states that the genesis of Road to Hell was when he and Paré attended a film festival in Spain.

<i>Buck Rogers in the 25th Century</i> (film) 1979 film by Daniel Haller

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is a 1979 American science fiction adventure film directed by Daniel Haller. Starring Gil Gerard in the title role and Erin Gray as Colonel Wilma Deering, it was produced by Glen A. Larson who co-wrote the screenplay with Leslie Stevens, based on the character Buck Rogers which was created by Philip Francis Nowlan in 1928. It was originally made as a television pilot, but Universal Pictures opted to release the movie theatrically several months before the subsequent television series aired.

References

  1. ↑ Richard Scheib (2008-03-09). "DECEIT". Moria. Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  2. ↑ "Deceit (1992)". February 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ Stanley, J. (2000) Creature Feature: 3rd Edition
  4. ↑ Mick Martin; Marsha Porter (2001). Video Movie Guide 2002. Ballantine Books. p. 277. ISBN   0-345-42100-0.
  5. 1 2 3 "Deceit (1989)". December 24, 2002.
  6. 1 2 "Deceit". TVGuide.com.
  7. ↑ Nicanor Loreti (2008-08-09). "Filmmaker Interview: Albert Pyun". Fear Zone. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  8. ↑ "Is it finally time for the director of the original Captain America to get some love?". Gizmodo.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.