Top of the Food Chain
Appearance
Top of the Food Chain | |
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Directed by | John Paizs |
Written by | Phil Bedard Larry Lalonde |
Produced by | Suzanne L. Berger Jana Edelbaum |
Starring | Campbell Scott Fiona Loewi Tom Everett Scott |
Cinematography | Bill Wong |
Edited by | Bert Kish |
Music by | David Krystal |
Distributed by | Red Sky Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Top of the Food Chain is a 1999 Canadian comedy-horror film directed by John Paizs and starring Campbell Scott, Fiona Loewi, and Tom Everett Scott.[1] A parody of alien invasion movies of the 1950s, it was released on video in the United States under the title Invasion!
The film's villains are carnivorous humanoids who search for victims while posing as traveling salesmen.
Plot
[edit]The film revolves around a vacationing atomic scientist who encounters mysterious carnivorous beings disguised as traveling salesmen who are feeding on the eccentric population of the small isolated town of Exceptional Vista.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 221.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "Paizs's genre gambles pay off". Now, April 10, 2008.
External links
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Categories:
- 1999 films
- English-language Canadian films
- Canadian science fiction comedy films
- 1990s parody films
- 1990s science fiction comedy films
- 1990s science fiction horror films
- 1999 comedy horror films
- Canadian comedy horror films
- 1999 comedy films
- 1990s English-language films
- 1990s Canadian films
- Canadian independent films
- Films directed by John Paizs
- Films about vacationing
- Films about salespeople
- 1999 science fiction films
- English-language comedy horror films
- English-language science fiction horror films
- English-language science fiction comedy films
- 1990s Canadian film stubs
- Comedy horror film stubs