Color, 1985, 89m. / Directed by Mardi Rustam / Starring John Carradine, Julie Newmar, Tina Louise, Karrie Emerson, Aldo Ray, Neville Brand, Amber Lynn / Media Blasters (US R1 NTSC)
The, uh, plot kicks off with an alien spaceship landing in a field near a secluded forest and lake, where horny adolescents are busy playing musical sleeping bags and toking up. The aliens (featuring the truly unique team of Carradine, Newmar and Louise) manage to harvest blood from the unsuspecting humans by taking over a nearby medical clinic and enlisting two greasemonkey goons (Ray and Brand) to round up the fresh meat. Lots of sex, running around, screaming, and bloodshed ensue.
The first directorial effort from Al Adamson/Sam Sherman cohort Mardi Rustam, Evils of the Night pads out most of its first act with one sex scene after another, featuring some '80s porn video stalwarts like Amber Lynn and the ubiquitous Jerry Butler (billed under his real name, Paul Siederman). Though other actors like Jamie Gillis and Ginger Lynn were trying to cross over at the same time, one can only wonder whether they thought this one would be their ticket out as well. Though Aldo Ray was certainly no stranger to hardcore (having appeared in the notorious Sweet Savage a few years earlier), it's more than a little odd (and depressing, depending on your viewpoint) watching Carradine and TV beauties Newmar and Louise intercut with footage of XXX veterans.
A mid-'80s response to Plan 9 from Outer Space marketed to gullible patrons as a typical slasher film, Evils of the Night rounds up an incredible cast of waning Hollywood talents for a cheeseball drive-in curio that's too weird for T&A/splatter fans, too sleazy for old-time creature feature buffs, but just right for warped cineastes looking for a Z-grade wallow populated with familiar aging faces.
