Line #28 Film/Feeders


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4	->''"Earth was only an appetizer."''
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6	'''''Feeders''''' is a low budget [[DirectToVideo direct-to-video]] sci-fi horror film made by Mark and John Polonia in 1996.
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8	Reportedly produced on a budget of five hundred dollars and shot with a consumer camcorder, ''[=Feeders=]'' follows buddies Derek and Bennett as their {{road trip\|Plot}} gets sidelined by an [[AlienInvasion invasion]] of [[ToServeMan people-eating aliens]]. It was followed by a [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas-themed]] [[GenreShift horror-comedy sequel]].
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12	!! Tropes used by ''[=Feeders=]'' include:
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14	* AerosolFlamethrower: Employed by Michelle.
15	* AlienAbduction: Bennett; others sometime prior to the film.
16	* AlienInvasion: The feeders are coming.
17	* AmbiguousCloneEnding: After Bennett is abducted and cloned, a clone fight ensues. Derek attempts to resolve the thing by picking one and killing it with an axe. It's not clear until the credits that [[spoiler:he picked incorrectly]].
18	* BadassSanta: In ''Slay Bells'', Santa defeats almost all the Feeders with a ray gun.
19	* BadBoss: [[OneSceneWonder Mr. Hatton]] in the sequel. Good gravy, if you have a boss like that, quit. He flat out calls one of his employees an ''asshole''! [[invoked]]
20	* ChasteHero: Derek.
21	* CoversAlwaysLie: Perhaps a minor point, but the tagline on the box states that "Earth was only an appetizer" when the film is indeed set entirely on Earth.
22	* DontGoInTheWoods: The bulk of the movie takes place in the woods, since the Feeders are small and fast enough to hide in the foliage.
23	* EightiesHair: Derek again.
24	* FlyingSaucer: The feeders get around in classic style.
25	* GainaxEnding: It's very unclear what actually happens at the end, but apparently the aliens go from running around the woods eating people to tearing down buildings and calling in backup to colonize the planet.
26	* HollywoodAcid: Feeders spit a bubbly acidic substance to subdue their [[ToServeMan delicious prey]].
27	* HorribleCampingTrip: The whole film is sort of a horrible road trip for Derek and Bennett, but when they decide to camp out, the trouble really starts.
28	* NegativeContinuity: Unless Derek had a twin brother he never knew of, his death is completely ignored in the sequel.
29	* NerdsAreVirgins: Derek, our nerd [[ActionSurvivor protagonist]].
30	* OffTheShelfFX: Thanks to the films having NoBudget. A prominent example is a mauled cat is depicted by a picture of the cat's head with a bloody eye socket. [[invoked]]
31	* PlotDrivenBreakdown: Derek's Mustang.
32	* PublicDomainSoundtrack: On a $500 budget, this was a given.
33	* SpotTheImposter: When Bennett is cloned, Derek must pick the correct Bennett to kill. [[spoiler:He doesn't. And this sentence is here just to keep the length of the spoiler from making it easy to guess. Move along.]]
34	* StockFootage: A lot, including some out of place footage of buildings in different citis being demolished. There's even some footage from ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''.
35	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Implied by the ending.
36	* ToServeMan: The whole point.
37	* VoodooShark: Why the hell did a race of aliens smart enough to master space travel come to Earth just to prowl the woods and eat a few people? Then why did that same race start destroying buildings if all they wanted was to eat humans?
38	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Michelle shows up, fights her way out of a tough spot, and then runs away from the entire film, never to be mentioned again.

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