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Top of the Food Chain

Play trailer Poster for Top of the Food Chain PG-13 Released Sep 11, 1999 1h 39m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Dr. Karel Lamonte (Campbell Scott) is an atomic scientist visiting the small Canadian town of Exceptional Vista. A meteor hits the town, which has recently lost its main source of revenue, and people start disappearing. While in a bar, Karel meets several locals, including Sandy Fawkes (Fiona Loewi), who takes him back to her motel, where he meets her brother (Tom Everett Scott). As Karel falls in love with Sandy, he must save the town from corpse-eating aliens.

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Audience Member Hilarious send-up of 50's monster horror movies. Add in some absurdist humor and you've got a comedy gem. Perfect writing and spot-on acting. Whoever cast Campbell Scott in this deserves a medal - his deadpan Dr. Lamonte is superb. Find it if you can and watch it sooner rather than later. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Absolutely hilarious pastiche of the classic horror movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member oh man. i laughed my ass off at this movie. i caught it on the movie network and unfortunately missed the beginning. It took me a while to realise what i was watching but it was soooooooo hilarious! I just about died laughing at the professor and sandy. Awesome work. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member This was funny and entertaining. But kinda corny-canadian. I enjoyed it, but it was the second time seeing it, and although I got more out of it this time, I might not need to see it again. Good for sci-fi fans, though. It was decent. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member wow where to begin. I laughed so hard at this brilliant film. A sci-fi/horror/drive-in spoof extremely well done. The script was subtle, the underliying tones were just hilarious. The acting was perfect in timing and way over the top. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Paizs's tongue-in-cheek parody of 50s invasion flicks provides perfect deadpan deliveries and non-sequitur dialogue worthy of ZAZ. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Dr. Karel Lamonte (Campbell Scott) is an atomic scientist visiting the small Canadian town of Exceptional Vista. A meteor hits the town, which has recently lost its main source of revenue, and people start disappearing. While in a bar, Karel meets several locals, including Sandy Fawkes (Fiona Loewi), who takes him back to her motel, where he meets her brother (Tom Everett Scott). As Karel falls in love with Sandy, he must save the town from corpse-eating aliens.
Director
John Paizs
Screenwriter
Phil Bedard, Larry Lalonde
Production Co
Upstart Pictures
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 11, 1999, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2017
Runtime
1h 39m
Sound Mix
Surround