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BILLY WAS A KID WHO GOT PUSHED AROUND... THEN HE FOUND THE POWER.

A happy go-lucky teenager stumbles upon an extraterrestrial weapon, which transforms him into a grotesque killer. He becomes the target of a pair of aliens who recently executed the weapon's previous owner.

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[–] distantsounds 6 points 21 hours ago

Meth Hamill?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One of the highly regarded classic Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes but not one of my favorites to quote. I did like the gag about other movies Leonard Maltin rated as high or lower than Laserblast. "F. Murray Abraham's tortured performance as Salieri in Amadeus? According to Leonard Maltin, just as good as Laserblast!"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Blade Runner, Memento, and The Thing? All worse movies than Laserblast according to Leonard Maltin.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I gotta watch it! Here are a couple links I'm gonna try:

there are also a couple MST3K versions up on youtube tho one seems shorter than the runtime of the full movie.

EDIT: Aw yeah! It's got a supporting role by Eddie Deezen (famed for playing "nerd" characters in Grease and WarGames, as well as for doing various voice acting.)

a scene from WarGames

Figure 1: a scene from WarGames

[–] aeronmelon 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good god, that poster looks like it lifted art from five different movies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago

@aeronmelon @LaurenceWolse Hell of a poster, what's the main character's name, Luke Cokebender?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who gave Klaus Kinski the Lasergun?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was going to guess Nick Nolte but yeah.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

I thought it was Mark Hamill after he made several very bad life choices.

[–] FlyingSquid 9 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

A lo-fi science fiction jam produced by Charles Band.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

According to Leonard Maltin this movie is just as good as A Fish Called Wanda

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

It's true! Not nearly as much stuttering/sexy accents though..

[–] aviationeast 3 points 1 day ago

I prefer the babe with the power...