Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- New Zealand
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
A team from the intergalactic fast food chain Crumb's Crunchy Delights descends on Earth, planning to make human flesh the newest taste sensation. After they wipe out the New Zealand town Kaihoro, the country’s Astro-Investigation and Defense Service (AIaDS) is called in to deal with the problem. Things are complicated due to Giles, an aid worker who comes to Kaihoro the same day to collect change from the residents. He is captured by the aliens, and AIaDS stages a rescue mission that quickly becomes an all-out assault on the aliens’ headquarters.
- new zealand
- gore
- collector
- chainsaw
- fast food
- testosterone
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill

Terry Potter
Ozzy / 3rd Class Alien
Pete O'Herne
Barry / 3rd Class Alien

Craig Smith
Giles / 3rd Class Alien
Mike Minett
Frank / 3rd Class Alien
- Peter Jackson — Derek / Robert
- Doug Wren — Alien Leader
- Peter Vere-Jones — Alien Leader (voice)
- Ken Hammon — 3rd Class Alien
- Robin Griggs — 3rd Class Alien
- Michael Gooch — 3rd Class Alien
- Peter Gooch — 3rd Class Alien
- Laurie Yarrall — 3rd Class Alien
- Shane Yarrall — 3rd Class Alien
- Dean Lawrie — 3rd Class Alien
- Philip Lamey — 3rd Class Alien
- Directed
- Peter Jackson
- Written
- Peter Jackson
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 947 ratings
- Studio
- WingNut Films, New Zealand Film Commission
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.










