PG: Psycho Goreman

It stars Nita-Josee Hanna and Owen Myre as a young sister and brother who unwittingly resurrect an ancient extraterrestrial overlord (voiced by Steven Vlahos and played by Matt Ninaber).

The next day, Mimi and Luke follow a trail to the shoe factory and discover the monster, who identifies himself as "Arch-Duke of Nightmares", a deadly alien warrior imprisoned on earth after attempting to destroy the galaxy in a rampage.

A group of aliens called the "Planetary Alliance" discover PG has escaped imprisonment, and send the warrior Pandora to Earth in the form of a human woman to kill him.

PG tells the children he was a slave to the Templars, Pandora's religious order on his home planet Gigax until he discovered the gem which bonded with him, giving immense power.

He assembled an army called "The Paladins Obsidian" and battled the Templars, and began a rampage across the galaxy until the Planetary Alliance defeated him and imprisoned him on Earth.

PG states giving him the gem is the only way to heal him, and Mimi agrees on the promise he will spare her and her family in his crusade against the galaxy, but realises Luke has stolen it.

The site's consensus reads, "Over the top and enthusiastically strange, PG: Psycho Goreman delivers all the cheesy midnight-movie goodness promised by its title.

"[13] Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail praised the film, writing that "if you happen to be operating on Kostanski's very particular and peculiar wavelength, the movie is an absolute riot.

Working with few resources, the director creates a wildly colourful, surprisingly epic universe full of alien landscapes, energetic set-pieces and a fantastical creature design that strikes just the right balance between inventive and derivative.

"[14] Owen Gleiberman, in his review of the film for Variety, concluded that "As satire, Psycho Goreman is no Planet Terror, but it's a droll enough schlock-in-quote-marks diversion, and part of its appeal is just how damn cheap it is.

"[16] Richard Whittaker of The Austin Chronicle gave the film a score of three out of five stars, writing that it "channels Saturday mornings loaded with Power Rangers reruns, just with the added realization that the creatures were supercool.

"[19] Conversely, Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com gave the film one-and-a-half stars out of four, writing that it "isn't clever or lively enough to be more than fitfully fun, especially given how much time is spent mocking generic, but painstakingly recreated plot contrivances.