Nukie (1989)  Own it!  review by Scott Hamilton and Chris
Holland See also:  Gamera 3  Space Monster    Lava Lamp  Our
rating: one LAVA® motion lamp.  "I really want to switch HMOs!"
Remember the Nukie craze back in 1993? Do you remember that
everywhere you looked, you saw Nukie dolls, Nukie posters, and
Nukie pajamas? Do you remember all the products Nukie did
commercials for? Do you remember how the movie Nukie stole all
our hearts?  Of course you don't, because the title creature in
Nukie is a bizarre, disturbing and unspeakably ugly creature.
Nukie, who looks like an overbaked Teletubby, is hardly the only
low budget E.T. rip-off, but in terms of sheer awfulness, he's
in a class all by himself.  Right off the bat you know Nukie is
going to be a painful film when you see the credits. The
featured actors are not at the peaks of their respective careers
(Glynis Johns, who was the mother in Mary Poppins, and Steve
Railsback, so arresting as Charles Manson in Helter Skelter),
and the tech credits are split bet