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“Rick and Morty” Spoof ‘Alien’, Survive Facehugger Attack!
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One of the best shows on television right now is “Rick and Morty”, the animated series created by “Community’s” Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland. Roiland voices the eponymous main characters Rick, a scientist and alcoholic, and Morty, Rick’s grandson, as Rick proves himself to be a negative influence on Morty and his family. The duo travels through space and time, coming across all sorts of creatures in the battle for the universe.
While the torturous wait for the third season continues, Rick and Morty have found themselves on an Engineer ship, where the Queen’s eggs have hatched a facehugger that affixes itself to Rick’s face. It doesn’t last long as it’s revealed that his alcohol and drug abuse poisoned the creature, saving them both from going through the painful experience of expelling a chestburster. It’s a hilarious spoof that’s the perfect tie-in for next week’s release of Alien: Covenant.
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The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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