Interface (1984)
DIRECTOR: Andy Anderson (Positive I.D.)
STARS: John Davies, Lauren Lane, Matthew Sacks, Michael Hendrix
SYNOPSIS: A secret hacker society exists within the walls of a large college with members gathering in a dimly lit room hidden in the basement. They each have their own unique costume and elaborate mask with voices altered electronically to sound like computers. They gather in a semi-circle of monitors and review profiles of various local criminals: drug dealers, sexual predators, prostitutes, etc. The profile is then run through the "Master Process" (a super computer) after which they attack the person by flinging a pie in their face. One such attack with a tough drug dealer (a young Lou Diamond Phillips!) goes wrong and the targets all end up dead. The members decide it's not such a bad thing and proceed to electrocute and bomb a few more people. Into this plot comes our comic relief hero: a dorky college computer professor who teams up with the widow of a student to uncover the secret society and find out who is behind the conspiracy. A stereotypical "tough" cop is chasing the duo who he thinks is the key to the mystery. This is a very low budget thriller shot on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington. The humor portion tends to outweigh the more interesting thriller side of the story. There's a low octane car chase and a good handful of shoot-outs. The best part is the society meetings where the members look like a cross between “Mr. Roboto” and villains from a 70's Saturday morning space show for kids (Lost in Space, Jason of Star Command, Buck Rogers, etc).
Fullscreen / Color
Region Free / Code Free DVD-R
DIRECTOR: Andy Anderson (Positive I.D.)
STARS: John Davies, Lauren Lane, Matthew Sacks, Michael Hendrix
SYNOPSIS: A secret hacker society exists within the walls of a large college with members gathering in a dimly lit room hidden in the basement. They each have their own unique costume and elaborate mask with voices altered electronically to sound like computers. They gather in a semi-circle of monitors and review profiles of various local criminals: drug dealers, sexual predators, prostitutes, etc. The profile is then run through the "Master Process" (a super computer) after which they attack the person by flinging a pie in their face. One such attack with a tough drug dealer (a young Lou Diamond Phillips!) goes wrong and the targets all end up dead. The members decide it's not such a bad thing and proceed to electrocute and bomb a few more people. Into this plot comes our comic relief hero: a dorky college computer professor who teams up with the widow of a student to uncover the secret society and find out who is behind the conspiracy. A stereotypical "tough" cop is chasing the duo who he thinks is the key to the mystery. This is a very low budget thriller shot on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington. The humor portion tends to outweigh the more interesting thriller side of the story. There's a low octane car chase and a good handful of shoot-outs. The best part is the society meetings where the members look like a cross between “Mr. Roboto” and villains from a 70's Saturday morning space show for kids (Lost in Space, Jason of Star Command, Buck Rogers, etc).
Fullscreen / Color
Region Free / Code Free DVD-R
DIRECTOR: Andy Anderson (Positive I.D.)
STARS: John Davies, Lauren Lane, Matthew Sacks, Michael Hendrix
SYNOPSIS: A secret hacker society exists within the walls of a large college with members gathering in a dimly lit room hidden in the basement. They each have their own unique costume and elaborate mask with voices altered electronically to sound like computers. They gather in a semi-circle of monitors and review profiles of various local criminals: drug dealers, sexual predators, prostitutes, etc. The profile is then run through the "Master Process" (a super computer) after which they attack the person by flinging a pie in their face. One such attack with a tough drug dealer (a young Lou Diamond Phillips!) goes wrong and the targets all end up dead. The members decide it's not such a bad thing and proceed to electrocute and bomb a few more people. Into this plot comes our comic relief hero: a dorky college computer professor who teams up with the widow of a student to uncover the secret society and find out who is behind the conspiracy. A stereotypical "tough" cop is chasing the duo who he thinks is the key to the mystery. This is a very low budget thriller shot on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington. The humor portion tends to outweigh the more interesting thriller side of the story. There's a low octane car chase and a good handful of shoot-outs. The best part is the society meetings where the members look like a cross between “Mr. Roboto” and villains from a 70's Saturday morning space show for kids (Lost in Space, Jason of Star Command, Buck Rogers, etc).
Fullscreen / Color
Region Free / Code Free DVD-R