Supermodel Kathy Ireland descends into a netherworld of tinsel hair and woman-on-woman brawls to the death, in Alien From L.A., which may be schlockmeister Albert Pyun's masterpiece. And then the squeaky-voiced Kathy gets drugged and sold to the local mob boss. Maybe I missed the explanation for why Atlantis — a Blade Runner-knockoff dystopia built around a crashed spaceship at the center of the Earth — has a super-Mafioso in Kabuki makeup? The gangster, incidentally, is played by Deep Roy, best known as the Oompa Loompas in Tim Burton's Willy Wonka and the pig-brained ventriloquist's dummy Mr. Sin, from Doctor Who.

4:30 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
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Freddie Freelance at 05:29 PM on 03/21/08
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I worked that movie! We even got a credit: "Catering by Radical Enterprises Catering"!
Git Em SteveDave at 05:46 PM on 03/21/08
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You can catch the whole movie online if you look for the episode of MST3K they had this movie in. I still have a crush on SI swimsuit edition cover girl Kathy.
Sharpless at 06:12 PM on 03/21/08
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The MST3K episode is one of my favorites. Sure is one hell of a weird-ass movie. I must admit, though, Kathy is still quite hittable, squeaky voice and all. Funny stuff.
Rus at 09:38 PM on 03/21/08
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@Sharpless: The bit where Kathy's prattling on and Crow's saying "Shutupshutupshutup!" in a bad Austrailian accent is still one of my favorite MST3K gags.
Git Em SteveDave at 06:06 AM on 03/22/08
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@Rus McLaughlin: Or Mike's ode' to Kathy Ireland.
higgance at 07:12 AM on 03/22/08
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I love that she still has her purse for some reason.
NeoPoliticus at 04:03 AM on 03/23/08
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The 80s were the peak of human civilization.
kungfo at 11:14 AM on 03/24/08
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Oh kathy, oh kathy, my fine Irish lassie,
your not just an island to me
adminslave at 02:28 PM on 03/24/08
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@kungfo: "Oh Mikey, Oh Mikey
It's you that I likey
You're a bitchin dream (he he he)
With those baby blue things
And the stuff that you wear
And your shoes are really choice"