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Year:	1979
Country of origin:	USA
Director:	Don Cascarelli
Genre:	Aliens
Starring:	A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury
Rating:	5/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079714/
Tagline:	If this one doesn't scare you, you're already dead!
Favourite line:	"You play a good game boy, but the game is finished, now you die."

Bizarre, surreal horror movie which is low budget, spawned a bunch of sequels, and has two of the most iconic horror images outside the big three or four movies.
I am, of course, referring to The Tall Man, and the silver balls.

The Tall Man at first appears to be a simple grave robber - if such a thing exists - but it soon transpires that he has more otherworldly desires.
The corpses are being transported through a portal to a mysterious planet, that appears to be inhabited by midgets who we can only presume are cousins of the Jawa's from Star Wars. His defence should anyone get too close?
Flying silver orbs, with all many of ghastly blades attached, which drill into the unfortunate trespassers head with some gusto.

Surreal, incoherent, and a whole lot of fun, every horror buff should see this.