Feeders (film)

Feeders
VHS cover
Directed by
Written byMark Polonia
Produced byAlbert Z. White
Starring
  • Jon McBride
  • John Polonia
  • Sebastian Barran
  • Melissa Torpy
  • Maria Russo
  • Todd Carpenter
  • Gary LeBlanc
CinematographyArthur Daniels
Edited byPaul Alan
Production
companies
  • Polonia Brothers Entertainment
  • Intercoast Video
Distributed byBlockbuster Video
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500

Feeders is a 1996 American science fiction horror film written and directed by John and Mark Polonia[1] and Jon McBride. A shot-on-video (SOV) film[2] made on a low budget of $500,[3] Feeders follows two friends, Derek (McBride) and Bennett (John Polonia), on a road trip; while travelling through Pennsylvania, the duo encounter small extraterrestrials who have landed on Earth in order to hunt and eat humans.

Feeders was released direct-to-video in 1996, with Blockbuster Video acquiring it for rental.[4] It was one of the most popular independent film rentals at Blockbuster that year.[4][5] In 1998, a Christmas-themed sequel, Feeders 2: Slay Bells, was released.[6][7] A third film, Feeders 3: The Final Meal, was released in 2022.[4]

  1. ^ Lindenmuth, Kevin J. (1998). Making Movies on Your Own: Practical Talk from Independent Filmmakers. McFarland & Company. p. 11. ISBN 978-0786405176.
  2. ^ Ziemba, Joseph A.; Budnik, Dan (2013). Bleeding Skull!: A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Headpress. ISBN 978-1900486880.
  3. ^ Polonia, Mark (March 16, 2003). Kyanka, Rich "Lowtax" (ed.). "Hot Off Hollywood: 03-17-2003". Something Awful. Archived from the original on July 11, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Magnotta, Victoria (October 9, 2020). "Movie production takes place in Wellsboro". Westfield Free Press-Courier. Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on July 11, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  5. ^ Fernandez, Lydia (October 28, 1999). "Local filmmakers set for scream test". Star-Gazette. Elmira, New York. p. 2. Retrieved July 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Ziemba, Joseph A.; Choi, Annie; Carlson, Zack (2021). Bleeding Skull!: A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Fantagraphics. p. 107. ISBN 978-1683961864.
  7. ^ DuPée, Matthew C. (2022). A Scary Little Christmas: A History of Yuletide Horror Films, 1972–2020. McFarland & Company. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-4766-7999-0.

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