DIRECTORS: STEPHEN CEDARS, BENJI KLEIMAN / SCREENPLAY: STEPHEN CEDARS, BENJI KLEIMAN, SCOTT YACYSHYN / STARRING: MARY NEPI, GABRIELLE ELYSE, J.J. NOLAN, AUSTIN FRYBERGER, NICK GOMEZ / RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW (VOD), FEBRUARY 17TH (BLU-RAY)
After her first sexual encounter with her boyfriend, a teenage girl awakens the following morning to discover that she is nine months pregnant with an alien in Stephan Cedar and Benji Kleiman’s hilarious horror sci-fi comedy Snatchers.
The story follows Sara (Nepi) who, after meeting the airheaded hottie Skylar (Fryberger), has fallen in with the popular clique at school which completely separates her from her childhood friend Hayley (Elyse). After a steamy night of love with Skylar, Sara awakens to the nightmare that she is pregnant – however, it’s a little more complicated than that as she’s nine months along. With no-one to turn to, Sara must rekindle her friendship with Hayley as the two are thrust into a new world after Sara gives birth to an ancient Alien that threatens the future of humanity by “snatching” humans and taking control of their bodies.
The easiest way to describe Snatchers is Mean Girls meets Alien – the first act covers your traditional American high-school dramedy with status groups, sex and partying before it quickly spins on its head and turns into a wacky, gory fight for survival against one of the coolest looking creatures in recent sci-fi comedy memory.
Independent budgets usually present a monumental task in making an interesting idea work, but in this case, Directors Stephan and Benji relished this challenging and made one hell of a fun ride. A lot of there peers primarily opt for CGI as a key way of presenting an otherworldly being but in Snatchers about 90% of their aliens are practical effects allowing the cast to project realistic reactions and envoke that classic feeling of movies gone by such as Gremlins or Critters.
Mary Nepi and Gabrielle Elyse as the leading ladies are absolutely electric – their chemistry oozes charm and really helps the comedy pop and explode on the screen, along with a lot of blood! The idea for the film stemmed from a short film back in 2015 and with Mary and Gabrielle being involved in that, it was obvious to keep this strong connection going in the full project.
Snatchers is a brilliant little gem of a horror sci-fi comedy that borrows some of the best bits from independent cult classics that, when presented with great Edgar Wright-esque directing and great central performances, creates a thoroughly entertaining romp through a unique look at teenage life and pregnancy. Barrells of laughs and plenty of gore to boot, Snatchers is a hell of a lot of fun.
Special Features
- The Birth of SNATCHERS: A Behind-the-Scenes look [14:21]
- Unexpected: The SNATCHERS Blooper Reel [3:37]
- Commentary
