As you would expect from any Charles Band production, there's a semi-clever story, respectable low-budget production values, and a catchy poster tagline; "On the darkside of dreams, a new terror takes shape". In this film, a NASA investigator is looking into a failed experiment that resulted in someone getting killed. Those experiments involved scientists Louise "Nurse Ratched" Fletcher and James "Chinatown" Hong where people's deep sleep state becomes a portal to a parallel dimension. That's an interesting set-up, but the film becomes a pretty standard alien invader story with shades of "The Thing" where an alien creature from a parallel universe crosses over into ours and begins killing folks off one-by-one. Journeyman writer/director J.S. Cardone ("The Forsaken" "8MM 2") brings no flair to the proceedings, but underrated composer Richard Band delivers a solid musical score to the film. If you're a fan of Charles Band's Full Moon Features films (i.e. "Puppet Master" "Trancers" "Subspecies") you'll likely enjoy the film, but it's nowhere as good as his best productions.
Review of Shadowzone
