Test Screening: Little Hope. Oregon, 1982, a small town which isn't a great place for teenagers. It's dominated by a fundamentalist preacher and the town cinema is in danger of closing. We see the cinema's owner taking down the letters for The Ting, no one is going to it, he;s heard that Blade Runner is a flop as well. Things start to go strange when the only bridge into the isolated town is sealed off, apparently fo repares. Though odd looking men in shades and suits are enforcing a blockade. Then a test screening at the cinema is announced, will it be Return of the Jedi? Advanced projection systems arrive in town and are guarded until the screening. The film when it is shown has a strange effect on most of the audience. This is an old style paranoia thriller mixed in with the body horror trope and mind control. Some really odd and disturbing scenes of horror as the infected spread their affliction, eerily reminiscent of Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers. There are also echoes of the new flesh from Videodrome. It is all tied together though by an overarching conspiracy. Some interesting social commentary along with a refreshing line of humour prevents this film from being too bleak, well almost. Written and Directed by Clark Baker. 7.5/10.