Parasite

11/30/2024

**_Run-of-the-mill post-apocalyptic mayhem in desolate SoCal distinguished by the female cast_** A doctor/scientist in post-nuclear America (Robert Glaudini) heads to a remote desert town north of Los Angeles to find a way to eliminate a new strain of parasitoid. He runs into a gang of desperate delinquents (led by Luca Bercovici) and teams-up with a young woman (Demi Moore). But a government-linked “merchant” is on his trail (James Davidson). “Parasite” (1982) is a ‘B’ flick by Charles Band that only cost $800,000, which would be $3 million today (factoring inflation). It takes the chestburster scene from “Alien” and mixes it with the milieu of the TV flick “Where Have All the People Gone,” as well as “Mad Max,” along with the gang thugs of “The Warriors” and bits of “Gargoyles.” W