Infection: The Invasion Begins

INFECTION: THE INVASION BEGINS is a really, really cheap version of the usual alien takeover storyline in which killer slugs get inside people and proceed to control them. Surprisingly enough, this is quite a well populated genre, with stand-out films like THE DEADLY SPAWN, NIGHT OF THE CREEPS, and latterly SLITHER, all proving to be good examples of that kind of storyline. INFECTION suffers from being much cheaper than those films (well, apart from THE DEADLY SPAWN), but it still provides a few chuckles here and there.

The film's biggest problem lies with the untalented cast members, with only a few familiar faces like Lochlyn Munro propping up their parts. The rest are pretty horrid, it has to be said. Still, the execution is adequate, and there's a fast pace to take your mind off the deficiencies of the plotting. The cheesy CGI effects are about what you'd expect from the genre, and this is at least as fun as one of the better Asylum or SyFy channel movies, so you could do worse.

I honestly can't believe that this managed to get released at all, straight to DVD or otherwise. I think that they spent the entire budget on the cover art for the movie, which could easily fool you into wasting 95 minutes of your life that you can never have back, as it did to me.

There acting is sub-par, the makeup is horrendous, there are huge holes and incongruencies in the story, the character interaction is not believable, strained, and at times nonsensical, and the dialogue is badly written and badly delivered. The real icing on the cake are the effects. I think that I could have done better with a couple of hours and some kind of freeware program.

Watcher beware. If you are a fan of really, really terrible movies, still watch with extreme caution. Everyone else avoid at all costs. F's all around.

I recently watched Infection: The Invasion Begins (2011) on Tubi. The storyline centers on a small town with a troubled past. A reporter arrives on the anniversary of the latest incident to uncover more about what happened and soon stumbles upon a government coverup and the early signs of a possible outbreak.

Directed by Howard Wexler (Loving Lulu), this film stars Kelly Pendygraft (Good Kids), Lochlyn Munro (Scary Movie), Alice Amter (The Big Bang Theory), and Brian Guest (The Oath).

Unfortunately, the cover art and soundtrack are the only highlights of this movie. It has a made-for-TV feel, with poor writing, acting, and CGI. The concept is weak, and the execution is even worse. There's an awkward subplot with a random old man whom the main character tries to protect, though he comes off as a bit creepy, making it unclear why he's worth saving. It's also oddly amusing to see Lochlyn Munro, who seems to be reprising his role from Scary Movie, but in a serious tone.

In conclusion, Infection: The Invasion Begins is a bad movie and not worth your time. I'd score it a 2/10 and recommend skipping it.

Hard to believe that anyone was actually willing to finance this piece of garbage. The film is hard to describe it's so bad, and I don't mean fun bad...just bad. Here's the story: a meteor falls from the sky and is discovered just outside a small town. Soon the brain-dead sheriff and some local idiots discover it's actually full of little worm-like pieces of cardboard that take over people's minds and personalities. In other words, not an original idea in this whole fiasco of a film. What's worse every single effect in the film is CGI, and of the most amateur quality imaginable. As for the acting, there's a special 15 minute video included on the DVD which should have been titled "The making of a piece of crap", in which all the actors admit they've had no acting experience and what a thrill it was to have the chance. Their last, I'm sure. I admit, I couldn't actually watch the film, I fast-forwarded through most of it. AWFUL!

I do not want repeat the same as the other before, but this movies is as bad as a movie can get. I still have no clue, how some movies get even the green light,to be made. This movie is less than a B movie, is an absolute insult to the entire cinema industry.

The acting is appalling, the lines are just lame and short, there is not really a real dialogue, rather exclamations, people sounds artificial and raw, i wonder did any of these actors ever put their feet inside an acting school?? I would really recommend you don't bother when seeing the title of this movie, cuz you will feel cheated if you watch it, what the heck was that? What they were thinking? I do not even go to the "special" effects or make up, cuz there is nothing worth saying..The other reviewers spot on.

If there was a rating marked 0 it would still be a high number for such crap. I am just gutted. It just reminded me Shiver (1975) with Barbara Steele gone incredibly wrong....