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| Directed by | Tim Boxell |
| Produced by | Chris Brown Tim Sanders |
| Written by | Darrin Oura Scott Lew |
| Starring | Pamela Gidley Simon Bossell Valeri Nikolayev Helen Moulder Norman Frosey |
| Music by | David Donaldson |
| Cinematography | Allen Guilford |
| Editing by | John Gilbert |
| Distributed by | Grundy Films Victor Film Company |
| Release date(s) | 1997 11 September 1997 (Sweden) |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | New Zealand United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | NZD 4,000,000 |
Aberration is a 1997 film directed by Tim Boxell. It was set in the United States and shot in New Zealand, and stars Pamela Gidley as a woman who moves to her old childhood cabin in the woods, only to discover that it is over run by a pack of murderous lizards-like creatures.
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Amy Harding (Pamela Gidley) moves to the remote woodland were she spent her family holidays as a child, along with her cat, Frankie. But what Amy doesn't know is that something deadly lurks in her cabin in the woods. When she discovers that something, which she suspects is rats, is living in her house, she insists the help of oddball animal biologist, Marshall Clark (Simon Bossell). As Marshall checks out Amy's cabin, he discovers the remains of Amy's cat, Frankie on the floor.
Amy and Marshall are marooned by a sudden blizzard and have to spend the night trapped in the cabin, and soon discover that the unidentified creatures that have been decimating the local wildlife also have a taste for human flesh. Ravenously hungry and able to spit blinding venom, these ever-evolving and multiplying predators' ability to mutate and develop immunity to attack makes them almost impossible to kill...and things get even worse when Amy's ex-boyfriend, Uri (Valeri Nikolayev) turns up, and it is discovered that Amy is not who she says she is. But can Amy escape her past, and destroy the Aberrations?
The film has received a mixed critical reception. The film holds a rating of 4.6/10 at the Internet Movie Database[1], and has not received a "rotten" score at Rotten Tomatoes, but the RT community have given the film positive reviews and ratings[2]. Jessica Mellor at the News of the World has said the film is "absolutely excellent entertainment...a startling and scary cheeky treat". Video World has said that the film is "a rampaging, monster-packed, jugular-piercing fear flick". Impact has said that the film has "laughs, loves & lizards from hell...what more could you ask for?!". Samhain has said "size doesn't matter...these lizards are lethal", and Starburst has said there is "gore galore in this intriguing creature-feature". Efilmcritic.com has said that "for ninety three minutes, this is one long dull boring film"[3].
The film has been released on VHS and DVD format. Unfortunately, the film is almost impossible to find. It made its release in the U.S on video on 30 March 1999 by Aristan Entertainment[4]. It also made a UK release in 1998 by Marquee Pictures. The film has never been made available in the U.S. or UK on DVD.
The DVD has been released in other countries such as, Japan on 22 December 2000 by Adoba Pictures, with both English and Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo tracks and an aspect ratio of 4:3[5]. The DVD is also available in France[6], and Norway, in which the Norwegian DVD has the original English language but the Norwedian subtitles are not removable.