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TerrorVision
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
After Stanley Putterman installs a state-of-the-art satellite dish in his backyard, a strange monster leaps off the screen and needs to feed on humans for survival. The Putterman children Sherman and Suzy—along with Suzy's metalhead boyfriend O.D.—are left to figure out what to do.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy deliberately tacky creature features, outrageous practical effects, and affectionate parody of suburban television culture.
- Tone
- campy, playful, darkly comic
- Payoff
- amusement, scares
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- domestic dysfunction, media consumption, youthful rebellion, survival
- Setting
- mid-1980s, suburban family home and television-filled interiors