TerrorVision

TerrorVision (1986) is a gleefully tasteless mash-up of comedy, horror and sci-fi from director Ted Nicolaou, and you can watch it online on iFILM. On a far-off planet, garbage gets recycled into energy and blasted into space — and one stray charge lands right in the Putterman family's brand-new satellite dish.

Out of the living-room TV climbs a slobbering alien creature with a serious appetite for people. While the clueless parents (Gerrit Graham and Mary Woronov) busy themselves with swinger parties, it falls to the kids — little Sherman and his sister Suzy (Diane Franklin) plus her metalhead boyfriend — to fight the thing off. Neon sets, a rubbery monster and humor that flirts with pure trash all come standard.

This is prime Empire Pictures schlock from producer Charles Band: cheap, loud and clearly having a blast. Throw it on for a rowdy pizza-and-friends night if you love the gonzo creature features of the 1980s. Stream TerrorVision online on iFILM.