Dylan and Eddie are a pair of disaffected young women; Dylan rather more so than Eddie; who don't care much for the expectations and rules of mainstream society, but don't really have any constructive ideas for how to change things. So when they agree to take part in a plan to free dogs from the local puppy farm, it's more because Eddie fancies the guy organising the plan than because they're looking to be heroes.
But heroes is what the world is about to need, because a vicious cybernetic alien just crash-landed at the puppy farm, and is set on converting the whole of humanity into her semi-robotic slaves. Together with a purple-haired Star Trek fan and a couple of token male sidekicks, Eddie and Dylan are all that stand between humanity and destruction in this anarchic, gore-laden film.
Sheborg Massacre is not going to be to all tastes. It's profane and off-colour, deliberately going for "Gross!" moments, and the protagonists aren't exactly the most likable of people when we first meet them. On the other hand, if you find its unashamedly puerile comedy amusing, you should enjoy it. I certainly did, including its sly digs at typical movie cheesecake.
I also need to give the film props for its performances, effects and stunt work. While the fact that the film was cheaply made is still readily apparent, it's pretty slickly put together for all that, and notably more ambitious than many of its compatriots in the cheap end of the cinematic swimming pool.
I've already picked up MurderDrome, an earlier film by writer-director Daniel Armstrong, on the strength of how much I enjoyed this movie.
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