In this sci-fi/comedy/horror hybrid, three on-trend attractive young female friends go to a remote desert holiday home to view a once-in-a-lifetime meteor shower at which a mysterious object lands in their pool, their phones die...and The Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers takes over the plot. It is very much a case of stereotypes ahoy - the dumb one, the vain social-media-obsessed one and the responsible brighter-but-dull one - and there is no prize for guessing which will be Final Girl, but their sassy sparky friendship is played out easily, and for all its silliness both the comedic and horror aspects now and again work reasonably well within the film's limits. This is very much a bottle show that is mostly limited to the house and its surroundings, but the claustrophobic element works in its favour as the alien infiltration progresses. The film's notorious (brief) alien/human sex scenes play like a cross between Society and Species, and the story reaches ambitiously towards the end with appropriate levels of body horror and squelchy effects all leading to a nice parting shot. The Seed is an example of low-budget/low-key movie that is not meant to change the world but is made with enthusiasm and affection for the genre and works reasonably well on its own terms.
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