Time Walker (1982) is the movie for this Sunday’s “monsterdon” watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

  • Just start watching that movie this Sunday, December 28 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT which is 2am Monday UTC
  • and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live text commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
  • I usually open two web browser windows side-by-side on a computer. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something.

How to watch the movie:

While California University of the Sciences Professor Douglas McCadden explores the tomb of the ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamun, an earthquake causes a wall in the tomb to collapse, revealing a hidden chamber. Inside, Douglas finds a mummy in a sarcophagus. Unbeknownst to Douglas, the “mummy” is not the body of a dead Egyptian, but an extraterrestrial alien in suspended animation

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Critical reception for Time Walker was negative. TV Guide rated it 1/5 stars and called it a clichéd mummy film notable only for the non-traditional monster, which moves quickly.[9] David Linck for Box Office criticized the film’s lighting and special effects. He also described its story as “all-too-predictable with little suspense or excitement to look forward to”.[10] Lou Cedrone for The Evening Sun declared the film as “instant camp” and should be enjoyed for its badness.[11] Evansville Courier & Press staff writer Patrice Smith was negative towards Tom Kennedy’s direction and the writing, calling the screenplay “ludicrously illiterate”. Smith considered the film to be a pathetic attempt at turning mummy movies into a contemporary Close Encounters of the Third Kind.[12] Desmond Ryan for The Philadelphia Inquirer considered the film to be a rip-off Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.[13]

Fangoria criticized it for its slow pace, ultimately calling it a “time waster.”[14] Stuart Galbraith of DVD Talk rated it 3/5 stars and wrote, “Though mercilessly ridiculed on Mystery Science Theater 3000, Time Walker is a naively charming low-budget horror and sci-fi thriller, a real throwback to a more innocent time.”[7] Blockbuster Entertainment gave the film two stars,[15] while Jim Craddock, author of VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retriever, gave it one star.[16] Film critic Leonard Maltin gave it a “BOMB” rating, calling it “low-budget junk.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Walker