As simple enough I have the movie 'Decoys" to dispose. "Species" on laughing gas to be exact. We have intergalactic creatures disguised as hot blondes seducing dimwitted earthlings. They're not just simply killing men in campus but they're actually trying to breed, finding a host to save their species which in the brink of extinction.
Set in college school campus in Canada, we have guys Luke and Roger which after posting a banner of Annual Ice Queen contest they head back to the dorm to do their laundry(with a couple of beers) when a couple of blondes name Lily and Constance teasingly approach them. The girls just left the guys hanging though but intentionally leaving something (a quarter). Now having an excuse to meet the girls again, Luke went to the girls dorm but since no one answered he entered the room (is this a Canadian thing, twice in the movie that they trespass house when no one responding) and noticing an unusual biting cold but still took a moment to sniff one of girls lingerie. The blondes suddenly arrive so he hides in the closet as he peeks to what seem to be a girl-girl action. Both half naked, tentacles sprang in one of girls’ chest then the other sprayed a liquid nitrogen (which I couldn't grasp why?) but lately I just concluded perhaps it's their freaky anatomy that needs to maintain a certain temperature since they're from a frozen planet. After then the blondes (who we now know as Aliens) leaves allowing Luke to escape.
Luke shares his baffling story with his buddy, Roger however didn't buy Lukes ridiculous tentacles story and that aliens inhabiting the bodies of hot teenage coeds(accused of being delusional due to alcohol) especially when Roger who is so crazy about Constance and plans on losing his virginity to her. Perhaps understandably, most of the men on campus seem willing to take their chances regardless. After couple of suspicious deaths, leaving body victims intact but frozen from within. Luke begins investigating to unravel the mystery. (As if the plot is not obvious at this point LoL)
All in all, Decoys is wrapped with almost all the elements required of a B-horror flick, from stereotypical characters, fake scares, and etc. I'm quite disappointed in the violence and gore department though, not that I'm insisting that films of this genre should require splatter fest and copious amounts of blood but with such premise I find it odd not a single drop is spilled.
I also didn't like the predictable twist ending. In the end I always knew there had to be one(left) - which always been a part of the formula of this genre but movie makers could have at least made it a little conclusive proof. In the Science department would it really be possible to crossbreed with a life form possibly based on “RNA”. Science as I know is that all Earth’s life form is DNA structured and there has been none any single animal on earth capable to breed with humans. In the story they explored such possibility when Roger agreed to mate with Constance regardless of the consequences, (I wonder which head did he actually used to think that time?). Maybe possibly if an advanced alien civilization equipped with highly developed and complex knowledge in exobiology then some genetic engineering and unwilling test subjects. I’ll just leave this to wiz freaks to discuss.
Decoys’ definitely will not make my list of all-time greatest sci-fi horror flicks, but it's a passable entertainment. They made a great job to keep things constantly rolling and plenty of humor so no dull moments to put it simply. So seeing it doesn't hurt that much, it can be a riotous experience if capped off with some friends, beers, popcorns and Pizzas.
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