Sunday, April 29, 2012

FOREHEADS ARE BETTER THAN NONE

Thanks to a raging case of insomnia, or maybe it was just a nightmare, I had the pleasure of viewing the last half of "Trail of the Screaming Foreheads" early this morning on IFC.  What a classic!  I'm still trying to figure it out.

Alien foreheads, which look like slabs of walking Silly Putty, invade the earth and start attaching themselves to the human foreheads of stupid people to make them smarter.  At the same time, Dr. Philip Braden, crack scientist, drinks a potion concocted by his blind assistant chick, and his entire head turns into a huge blob. His wife Mary screams at him when he comes out of the closet at the lab,"You're nothing but a big fat foreheaded freak!!"  

So--Dr. Phil runs away screaming, while the Human Foreheads plot to take over the world.  They disguise themselves by wearing dainty little women's hats with netting that is meant to cover the bulge on their brains. 

But wait!  There are still three remaining Flatheads around and they go to, where else, the public library to research how to get rid of Forehead Aliens.  Ah-hah! The sound of ringing bells will stop the evil beings.  They attach various bells around their bodies and the mad confrontation begins!!!  

At first, the bells drive them into a swift retreat...but these are newly-smart Alien Foreheads and it doesn't take them long to figure out how to overcome the bells--with ear plugs! But wait---again! The Flatheads set off a building alarm, so loud that the ear plugs are rendered useless.  The Alien Foreheads dissolve, Dr. Phil dies, as well, but his cranial blob disappears and he is restored to his normal appearance.  Wife Mary mourns him.  Fade to film credits with the "Screaming Foreheads" theme song in the background.

Hmmm.  Maybe this WAS a nightmare.  

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