I guess the rip-off element can be forgiven since it was produced by none other than Roger Corman, the master of fun 50's and 60's deliberate schlock, and if he can create an alien out of a fat upside down ice cream cone painted red to shoot mind control bats out of its butt, then he can create a Gizmo knock-off. A double dose of Harvey Korman in the leading role is not necessarily a good thing, fine in small doses or obnoxious supporting roles, but in leads not exactly completely commanding. He plays lookalike brothers (one with a really bad wig), one an explorer who along with son Charles Stratton discovers the sweet seeming "munchie", and where there's one, there's a ton more.
There's also Alix Elias as the not so bright stepson of the other brother, slaughtering the munchie to find that this only creates more. They can also talk, not necessarily a good thing, because that exposes the ridiculousness of the script, totally forced and pointless. Nadine Van der Velde as Stratton's girlfriend smiles throughout nicely but all that asks is if she is busy thinking, "How did I get in this?" Amusing cameos by Paul Bartel and Ellen Albertini Dow (imitating the little old lady from Pasadena) manage to bring this up only a slight notch. Just violent and ugly and unfunny, truly one of the worst ripoff movies ever made.
There's also Alix Elias as the not so bright stepson of the other brother, slaughtering the munchie to find that this only creates more. They can also talk, not necessarily a good thing, because that exposes the ridiculousness of the script, totally forced and pointless. Nadine Van der Velde as Stratton's girlfriend smiles throughout nicely but all that asks is if she is busy thinking, "How did I get in this?" Amusing cameos by Paul Bartel and Ellen Albertini Dow (imitating the little old lady from Pasadena) manage to bring this up only a slight notch. Just violent and ugly and unfunny, truly one of the worst ripoff movies ever made.