Feeders



"Earth was only an appetizer."

Low budget direct-to-video sci-fi horror film made by Mark and John Polonia in 1996.

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 gets sidelined by an invasion of people-eating aliens. It was followed by a Christmas-themed horror-comedy sequel.

Tropes used by Feeders include:

 * Aerosol Flamethrower: Employed by Michelle.
 * Alien Abduction: Bennett; others sometime prior to the film.
 * Alien Invasion: The feeders are coming.
 * A Man Is Not a Virgin: Averted. is the only one to make it out of the film alive, besides runaway Action Chick Michelle.  is also a virgin. He's almost a Final Girl.
 * Ambiguous Clone Ending: 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.
 * Badass Santa: In Slay Bells, Santa defeats almost all the Feeders with a ray gun.
 * Chaste Hero: Derek.
 * Covers Always Lie: 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.
 * Direct to Video: ... but carried and promoted by Blockbuster at the time of its release, raising its profile slightly.
 * Don't Go in The Woods
 * Eighties Hair: Derek again.
 * Flying Saucer: The feeders get around in classic style.
 * Hollywood Acid: Feeders spit a bubbly acidic substance to subdue their delicious prey.
 * Horrible Camping Trip: The whole film is sort of a horrible road trip for Derek and Bennett, but when they decide to camp out, It Gets Worse.
 * Kill'Em All: Pretty much everyone gets eaten except On the other hand, the film ends with.
 * Making Use of the Twin: John Polonia plays Bennett, but Mark Polonia is credited as "Evil Bennett".
 * Nerds Are Virgins: Derek, our nerd protagonist.
 * No Budget
 * Plot-Driven Breakdown: Derek's Mustang.
 * Public Domain Soundtrack: On a $500 budget, this was a given.
 * Spot the Imposter: When Bennett is cloned, Derek must pick the correct Bennett to kill.
 * Stock Footage: Including footage from Night of the Living Dead.
 * The End of the World as We Know It: Implied by the ending.
 * To Serve Man: The whole point.
 * What Happened to the Mouse?: Michelle shows up, fights her way out of a tough spot, and then runs away from the entire film, never to be mentioned again.