Bad Channels

Bad Channels is a 1992 American science fiction spoof Direct-to-video film, produced by Full Moon Features and released by Paramount Home Video. It is about two aliens (Cosmo & Lump) who invade a radio station with the intention of capturing female humans, by using radio broadcasts. The hero is a DJ forced to combat the aliens alone when listeners think he is joking about the invasion.

For film soundtrack, see Bad Channels (album).
Bad Channels
Directed byTed Nicolaou
Produced byCharles Band
Keith S. Payson
Written byCharles Band
Jackson Barr
CinematographyAdolfo Bartoli
Edited byCarol Oblath
Production
company
Full Moon Entertainment
Distributed byParamount Home Video
Release date
  • June 25, 1992 (1992-06-25)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A semi-sequel was released in the form of Dollman vs. Demonic Toys, a crossover film featuring characters from Dollman, Demonic Toys and Bad Channels. The film also has its own soundtrack composed and performed by Blue Öyster Cult.

Synopsis

Two aliens invade a radio station in order to capture female listeners. As they are captured, the women picture themselves as starring in a music video. After the video is completed, the women are shrunk and imprisoned in clear tubes. Realizing what the aliens have planned, the DJ warns his listeners to turn off the radio. He is not taken seriously by anyone until more women go missing, piquing the interest of the military. Eventually the DJ discovers that the aliens are weak to common disinfectant, using it to defeat them and rescue the women. All of the women with the exception of a nurse named Ginger, is returned to their normal size.

Cast

Critical response

Cinemaphile gave it a bad review, 0/4 stars, calling it a "mess" and saying "I fear that the creators of this movie must have had brain tissue damaged sometime in their lifetimes."[1] The Film Fiend was more positive, calling it "hilariously cheesy".[2] Classic Rock Magazine described the soundtrack as "a grotesque mistake".[3]

IMDb.com has Bad Channels currently ranked 5.1/10 based on 980 ratings. [4]

User Ochnop at Something Awful gave Bad Channels a -39 out of a -50(being the worst) saying "Who could ask for anything more from a film besides a bag to throw up in? "Bad Channels" is truly something awful." [5]

Merchandising

Soundtrack

Bad Channel featured a soundtrack album entitled, Bad Channels (album) that was composed and performed by Blue Blue Öyster Cult and also had feature songs from a few other bands such as Sykotik Sinfoney, Joker, Fair Game, and DMT.

Feature Songs
  1. Blue Öyster Cult - Demon's Kiss
  2. Blue Öyster Cult - Out of Darkness
  3. Sykotik Sinfoney - Mr. Cool
  4. Sykotik Sinfoney - Manic Depresso
  5. D.M.T - Myth of Freedom
  6. D.M.T - Touching Myself Again
  7. Fair Game - Blind Faith
  8. Fair Game - Somewhere in the Night
  9. Joker - That's How It Is
  10. Joker - Jane, Jane the Hurricane
  11. Blue Öyster Cult - The Horsemen Arrive
  12. F.U. 2 - Elegance
  13. The Ukelaliens - Pig Pen Polka
  14. The Ukelaliens - Little Old Lady
  15. The Ukelaliens - Jumping Jack Polka



References
  1. Keyes, David (1998). "Bad Channels (Review)". Cinemaphile. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  2. "Review: Bad Channels". The Film Fiend. December 14, 2007. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  3. "Bad Channels (Album review)". Classic Rock Magazine. September 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  4. "Bad Channels". IMDb.com. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  5. "Bad Channels". Something Awful. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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