THE TOMMYKNOCKERS
Starring:
-Jimmy Smits
-Marg Helgenberger
-Traci Lords
Directed by: John Power
Teleplay by: Lawrence D. Cohen
MPAA Rating: unrated
Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers,
knocking at the door;
this freakin' movie is
such a bore!
Sorry Steve King, but for me, TOMMYKNOCKERS went bust.
Writer Marg Helgenberger discovers something sticking out of the ground on her property and convinces her boyfriend Jimmy Smits to help her dig it up. It soon becomes an obsession with Marg, as it emits a weird green glow and makes her feel all happy. Eventually, the town begins to fall under the thing's influence. Soon everyone but Jimmy Smits is subject to its mind control. Jimmy seems immune thanks to the metal plate in his head.
Things get especially weird when everybody starts pulling their teeth out, and my favorite part was when the frumpy housewife electrocuted her philandering husband with the aid of alien intelligence.
I love Jimmy Smits, cause he's all cute and junk, but his perfect mocha skin wasn't enough to redeem him in this case. Normally I can just close my eyes and imagine him as an Indian Chief and I get all happy inside. But not during TOMMYKNOCKERS.
Traci Lords is a decent actress, which might be surprising to some. Porn stars- former or current- aren't usually lauded for their mad dramatic skillz, but she was easily the most entertaining character in the film for me.
At any rate, THE TOMMYKNOCKERS is too long for its own good and completely not worth your time.
FINAL GRADE: D
Off in search of a typewriter that will do my work while I sleep,
M.
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I liked Traci Lords on Profiler, she was actually pretty good playing a serial killer.
ReplyDeleteI remember her on Melrose Place too but she just played a slut so she was in her element.
A slut in her element... there's a book title in there somewhere.
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