Seedpeople

Seedpeople is a 1992 comedy sci-fi horror film, executive produced by Charles Band (who originated the basic plot) and directed by Peter Manoogian. It stars Sam Hennings, Dane Witherspoon, Anne Betancourt and Andrea Roth.

Seedpeople
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Directed by	Peter Manoogian
Written by	Charles Band (original idea) Jackson Barr (screenplay)
Produced by	Anne Kelly Charles Band
Starring	Sam Hennings Andrea Roth
Cinematography	Adolfo Bartoli
Edited by	Tom Barrett Bert Glatstein
Music by	Bob Mithoff
Distributed by	Full Moon Entertainment
Release date	May 28, 1992 (1992-05-28)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Geologist Tom Baines (Sam Hennings) is involuntarily admitted to a hospital after rambling incoherently about a town called Comet Valley. An FBI agent arrives and insists on hearing Tom’s story from the beginning, which unfolds largely in flashback.

Tom traveled to his rural hometown of Comet Valley—an isolated community currently cut off by bridge repairs—to examine a locally discovered meteorite and deliver a geology talk to the Fireball Club.

While staying at his former girlfriend Heidi Tucker’s bed‑and‑breakfast, he reconnects with her and meets her niece Kim (Holly Fields), Deputy Sheriff Brad Yates (Dane Witherspoon), and local orchard owner Ed Busta (David Dunard).

Strange occurrences begin when Kim becomes convinced that their housekeeper, Mrs. Santiago (Anne Betancourt), is not human, and townsfolk start acting unnaturally pale and robotic.

In Ed’s orchard, alien plant pods burst open and release white goo and seed‑like spores that transform humans into emotionless duplicates “seedpeople” used to spread the infestation further .

Tom’s investigation, aided by Doc Roller (Bernard Kates), an eccentric local physician who wears UV bulbs to protect himself, leads to the discovery that the meteorites contain an organic component akin to seed pods, planting latent alien spores in the area decades earlie. As seedpeople emerge in increasing numbers, Tom, Heidi, Kim, and Doc attempt to expose the invasion and prevent it from spreading beyond the town.

The climax unfolds amid the orchard’s alien vegetation, culminating in a confrontation with the source of the seed pods. While the immediate threat appears resolved, the film leaves open the possibility that remnants of the alien infestation may persist.

Cast

• Sam Hennings as Tom Baines
• Andrea Roth as Heidi Tucker
• Dane Witherspoon as Brad Yates
• Bernard Kates as Doc Roller
• Holly Fields as Kim Tucker
• John Mooney as Frank Tucker
• Anne Betancourt as Mrs. Santiago

Release

Seedpeople was released direct-to-video on VHS in 1992. It received a DVD release in 2012, which was reissued in the UK in 2013 as part of 88 Films' Grindhouse Collection.^[1] A remastered Blu-ray was released in 2024.^[2]

Canceled sequel

In the 1990s, writer/director Jay Woelfel wanted to work with Full Moon Pictures and thought that a sequel to one of their films might get their attention. Along with Dave Parker, Woelfel co-wrote a story called The Tree of Screams and pitched it to Full Moon as a possible sequel to Seedpeople. Executives at Full Moon reportedly loved the script but said, "Unfortunately, Seedpeople is probably the only film we’ve ever made that we will never make a sequel to."^[3]

Other media

The Seedpeople appear in the fifth issue of Dollman Kills the Full Moon Universe, a crossover comic featuring Brick Bardo from Dollman tracking down different Full Moon monsters and villains to kill, published by Full Moon Comix in 2018.^[4]