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Two 1980's science fiction efforts from the 'eighties: Millennium is an expensive book adaptation with Kris Kristofferson and Cheryl Ladd navigating a time travel story about body snatchers from the future. R.O.T.O.R is direct to video and strictly from hunger. Oh, the agony… However, both films surely have lessons to teach the budding filmmaker who thinks moviemaking is easy. Millennium and R.O.T.O.R. Blu-ray Color Scream Factory Street Date February 23, 2016 / 26.99

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

Scream Factory plumbs the depths of the MGM library, which includes not only the holdings of United Artists, Orion and the old American-International Pictures, but also an alphabet soup of smaller outfits that were bought up in the 1990s. The independent productions seen on this Scream Factory Blu-ray double bill give us two kinds of science fiction properties. One is an expensive Canadian production with a big star, and the other is a...

Fans of cheesy 80′s cinema are probably well-versed in the world of “R.O.T.O.R.”, writer/director Cullen Blaine’s seriously misguided sci-fi actioner that borrows liberally from both “The Terminator” and “Robocop”. However, what those aforementioned flicks don’t have is a tin ear for dialogue, some incredibly lame special effects, and one of the most uncharismatic leads in the history of celluloid. Regardless of how much you think you hate film, you’ll soon find that it’s infinitely rewatchable, as everything that makes the picture inherently awful somehow manages to entertain your traumatized brain for the duration. Locating a copy of the film on VHS is somewhat pricey — a new copy currently goes for roughly $79 on Amazon — but it’s well worth the cash if you can locate it for under five bucks. Out of all the cheap knock-offs that the 80′s produced, this is definitely one of the stronger titles.