70s aliens hate sous chefs

August 3, 2007 2:32 PM

What's the name of this late 70s/early 80s low budget scifi movie?

I don't remember much of it except for this scene where a woman is in the kitchen cutting vegetables then, for whatever reason, the aliens make her either cut her wrists or cut off her fingers. She looked very calm, walked outside with her bloody hands and joined the neighbors looking up at a glowing white UFO.

I was just a kid and remember being freaked out at the wrist cutting scene and I guess I blanked out everything else that happened. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

posted by Tacodog to media & arts (6 comments total)

Was it Starship Invasions (1977)? It had bad aliens telepathically driving humans to suicide. I remember this one feeling rather creepy (was 10 at the time).
posted by Razzle Bathbone at 3:05 PM on August 3, 2007

Here is a more detailed review/description
posted by Razzle Bathbone at 3:07 PM on August 3, 2007

I think that's it. This has been bugging me for years. Thanks a bunch!
posted by Tacodog at 4:49 PM on August 3, 2007

There are a bunch of clips from this movie on YouTube. The vegetable chopping scene is at the start of this video clip. The acting is hilariously bad in this clip titled "A Family of Bad Actors Gets Abducted by Aliens".
posted by wannalol at 7:20 AM on August 4, 2007

I totally remember my cool aunt taking me to see this on a Saturday matinee when I was seven. Part of a double feature with Message from Space, if I recall correctly. It was the first time I ever tried Junior Mints.

Starship Invasions had a totally kick ass musical score which, sadly, does not appear to be available.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 9:51 AM on August 4, 2007

Slarty, you are right about the score, it was awesome. Really heightened the creep factor for me. I think this one and John Carpenter's soundtrack stuff was what got me interested in film scores.
posted by Razzle Bathbone at 11:15 AM on August 4, 2007