
Stan installs satellite TV for his family, but, soon, he picks up a signal from another planet and his television system becomes the gateway between the 2. A creature comes to his apartment and only their son Sherman sees it, but his parents don't believe the boy.... (Full plot summary below)
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Stan installs satellite TV for his family, but, soon, he picks up a signal from another planet and his television system becomes the gateway between the 2. A creature comes to his apartment and only their son Sherman sees it, but his parents don't believe the boy.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe trashy film is made for those who like bad films. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.It's at least worthy of a watch if only for its sense of humor that teeters back and forth between surreal and idiotic. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergFairly ridiculous mid-80's sci-fi horror comedy casserole. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanI know that I, for one, will never look at my satellite dish the same way again. On second thought, yes I will. |
| User ReviewKayla KThere are few movies that have effected and affected me like the mighty TerrorVision. When I found this movie when I was 12, I loved loved loved it! I 33cent rented the heck out of that poor video that summer... And then, I never saw it again. When I was younger I had an incredibly hard time telling the difference between dreams/fantasy/life. It's incredibly discombobulating not to know what is real. As I got older, I began to think I just made it up... after all, no one ever brought it up... And then, out of no where it showed up on the Alamo Drafthouse's Terror Thursday line up! BAM! And, the print was more glorious than I had remembered! Love Love Love! It wasn't a dream! Treats were made! And a large part of me, a part I kind of forgot, came back. I quickly got the video for my own, and it quickly reclaimed it's spot as one of my favorite movies. Today, one year later, The drafthouse plays it again with one of the nicest and best actors, Jon Gries in attendance. (I had met him a week after the first time the drafthouse screened T.V., but briefly). This time I make a fist homage to his O.D. character which I brought up to him. This was quickly dismissed for the regular Q&A of vegetarian and horizontal vagina questions. After I basked in the glory of the gleaming, vibrant print, he asked for me and I got to meet him and chat with him a bit. He gave me the biggest hug and thanked me, he said he'd seen pictures of my cupcakes and wanted a picture with me. Last year he had mentioned that he was in the worst place in his life when he made these 80s movies (that are all great great great)...I asked him if it bothered him to watch them and for a second he broke from his overwhelmed joyfulness to admit that it was really hard to watch these movies and see himself there again. For me, it has also built up an amazing emotional charge, both bad, awkward, and euphoric. It's odd to feel that combination all at once. The movie has too many of my favorite all time scenes, that I'd rather watch it with you Than re-write everything! ----------------------------------------------- 1/1/2009 This is movie 4 of a metal horror movie marathon: Even as over-watched and so deep into marathon land time, it is still fast paced and fun! I wish I had that monster to live in my house! |
| User ReviewSam BJust about everything I want to see in a movie, in a movie. |
| User ReviewMatthew LUnlike the other critics on this site, I found this to be a B-Move,cult classic. How can you deny the genius in this flick?. It's classic kooky characters and one-liners are legendary. Grandpa: "Lizard tail jerky, you eat the tail, it don't give a hoot. It just grows back a new one. . .then you eat that too". I have not seen this movie for 15 years but I still remember the lines. |
| User ReviewKari KThe trashy 80's Cult Classic!! "Hey little dude, you into metal?! Kiss the boot." And that is one of many great one-liners! It has B-Movie greats Diane Franklin, Mary Wornonov, Graham Gerritt Johnathan Grieves, and Bret Remsen who are all hilarious in this terrorifically campy sci-fi comedy/horror. |
| User ReviewAlex GThe wildest and craziest film out there. It is unlike anything that has ever existed before it. It literally bombards you with the nonsensical world it presents. It never lets up. Nonsense at its absolute best. |
| User ReviewAndrew LTerrorvision is a Great movie. Great. It is a scathing indictment of 1980s society and culture and the impact the availability of a wider range of TV entertainment had on the American family. Every character is a perfect slice of mid 80s Americana shown in the worst possible light, the acting is fantastic (Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite plays a dumb heavy metal boyfriend, Gerrit Graham as the father, Mary Woronov as the mom) and the set design and cinematography are very well done. This movie succeeds in so much if you just watch it like you would any other movie, instead of writing it off as soon as the premise is revealed. It's amazing, all you have to do is let it be art as much as you do any other movie. |