The small Maryland town of Perry Hill is terrorized by a batch of aliens when their containment ship crashes in the nearby hills. Town doctors and the sheriff are left scratching their noggins as various townsfolk we don’t give a shit about come to a nasty end. The mayor is breathing down the sheriff’s neck because they can’t have any scandal what with the upcoming construction of a huge entertainment complex right outside of town which would mean nothing but profits for his small patch of Southeastern American heaven. He refuses to let the sheriff call in state police and demands he and his deputy take care of things. Mustachioed Mr. Zachary arrives from the nearby observatory and, due to his interest in the supernatural, is tracking a meteor crash from a few days back. After a psychic communication with an alien in a white wig and a tracksuit, Mr. Zachary learns the ship contained specimens for an intergalactic zoo which are now running rampant in the Maryland countryside. A journalist looks into things, you can feel the Mid-Atlantic winter in your bones, the soundtrack is an abuse to the ears, Mr. Zachary has a few secrets up his sleeves, a crispy looking man-thing vanishes for a large chunk of the movie, a stop motion lizard beast is invisible for most of the runtime, a spider-gorilla doesn’t get enough screen time and the same goes for the red-crustacean-looking thing. Don Dohler whips out the regional monster charm and shows what some fun costumes and a cast that was probably paid in beer can do for your low-budget creature feature.
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