Alien Hunter (2016)

Alien Hunter: Directed by Trevor Ryan. With Bill Sage, Chris Zylka, Anastasia Baranova, Sabina Gadecki. Deep in the Northern California woods, in the heart of the notorious Emerald Triangle, lies a remote cabin. The residents struggle to fight off the repeated attacks and abductions by mysterious creatures that have plagued them for years. When a local pot farmer is caught up with a wayward group of campers the situation quickly escalates into total carnage.

“This is a typical example of the filmed stage shows Melies made in abundance. The short film is lively and energetic and the breathless enthusiasm of Melies for his art is evident in every shot, but by 1905, with an increasing number of films telling stories, these kind of filmed magic shows were already beginning to look a little tired and passe. In this one Melies produces clothes and a woman from a glass box. He then dresses a mannequin in more clothes produced from the glass box and transforms it into a living woman. Then, after a couple of men carry a hansom cab onto the stage Melies places one woman in the cab and places a sheet over the other before magically making them swap places. Itu0026#39;s all seamlessly done, but itu0026#39;s not magic itu0026#39;s trick photography – which pretty much makes the act redundant when you think about it.”