From the twisted mind of Tom DeLonge comes the trailer for his directorial debut, Monsters Of California
DeLonge’s first feature film mixes Amblin-esque alien invasion with the humor of Blink-182
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It’s no secret that Tom DeLonge, the former Blink-182 guitarist, loves the paranormal almost as much as dick jokes. But outside of the Enema Of The State classic “Aliens Exist,” we’ve rarely seen DeLonge marry the two.
For his directorial debut, he appears to have done just that. Monsters Of California is an independent movie produced by DeLonge’s organization to study paranormal activities here on Earth. It follows a team of latchkey teens who have a close encounter of the third kind. Also, the trailer includes a guy that looks just like Tom DeLonge in the “Rock Show” video saying, “It’s classified. I’d tell you, but then I’d have to fuck your dad.” DeLonge’s authorial stamp is nothing if not obvious.
Here’s the synopsis:
Described as a coming-of-age adventure with a sci-fi twist, Monsters Of California follows teenager Dallas Edwards and his misfit friends as they attempt to unearth answers to a series of mysterious, paranormal events happening around Southern California. As they peel back the layers on this onion of the unexplainable, they unravel the extraordinary secrets held within the deepest levels of the Government.
The trailer has a distinct Amblin meets Hermosa Beach vibe, with longhaired skaters and surfers squaring off against government agencies in the negative space of a twinkly night sky.
“Anyone who knows me, or follows me on social media, knows I’m no stranger to the paranormal, which is why directing Monsters Of California was a no brainer,” says DeLonge in a statement. “The film takes my fascination with the unexplained, combines it with the skate culture I grew up a part of, and tosses in my ridiculous sense of humor that millions got to witness during my Blink-182 days.”
DeLonge has been on the frontlines of the public war to suppress UFO, or Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP), as they’re now known, information from the public. If you don’t remember, the New York Times published a report a few years ago about fighter pilots seeing “tic tacs” in the sky. The footage, which DeLonge’s organization released, ignited a conversation around how we have too much news to even bother with aliens at the moment. Nevertheless, DeLonge’s still out there, and the House Intelligence Committee will hold hearings on UAP this week.
“In recent years, I’ve had the good fortune of helping the Government remember how much they care about UFOs through the work we do at To The Stars, and it’s that experience that helped inspire this movie. I can’t wait for audiences to see the fucked up fun adventure these kids go on,” DeLonge says.
Monsters Of California stars Casper Van Dien, Emmy nominee Arianne Zucker (Days Of Our Lives), Sports Illustrated model Camille Kostek, Gabrielle Haugh (Jeepers Creepers 3), two Jacks and a Jared (Jack Samson, Jared Scott, and Jack Lancaster), and the great Richard Kind.
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I’m pretty excited to listen to the How Did This Get Made episode about this movie in about 7 months.
Only if it’s Bonkers.
Oh….it’ll be bonkers.
Eh, I generally like to have seen the movies if I listen to the HDTGM episode about them, and I don’t think I’ll ever be watching this dreck.
Wait, wait, wait! You’re telling me Richard Kind is in this, and he’s not the star, and the movie’s NOT called “Close Encounters of the Richard Kind?!”Huge disappointment.
Kurt Vonnegut: “There’s only one rule that I know of, babies: godammit, you’ve got to be Richard Kind.”
Other than the great Richard Kind slumming it, the acting looks … questionable.
Richard Kind doesn’t slum – Richard Kind works.
Truth.
Three words sure to elicit a “cult film” reaction: Casper. Van. Dien.
How the hell did Richard Kind end up in this? Did they confuse him with Richard Karn and he just played along?
“I said Karn! Karn! What the hell am I supposed to do the America’s sweetheart Richard Kind in a horror movie, have the character make sassy quips and hand gestures?” – DeLonge.
Johnny Rico….nope!
12-year-old me in 2000 would have been very excited for this. But yeah…this will probably be horrible.
Rated T for terrible.
You know, in an era wherein accusing people of being government plants is de rigour, it bears repeating that most of what we “know” about UFO conspiracies is information the air force purposefully fed to hack journalists in order to make anyone curious about secure airbases look like a crank. And this Delong guy sounds like exactly the kind of smug useful idiot I would choose to carry on the tradition. Anyone who knows me, or follows me on social media, knows I’m no stranger to the paranormalYou get to say dumb shit like this if you’re Dan Ackroyd. Exclusively Dan Ackroyd is allowed to talk this way and not get laughed out of town. The film takes my fascination with the unexplained, combines it with the skate culture I grew up a part of, and tosses in my ridiculous sense of humor that millions got to witness during my Blink-182 days.If you have to tell people you have a ridiculous sense of humor, you don’t. Jesus, even Insane Clown Posse eventually outgrew all the “IM SO TWIZTED” posturing.
“DeLonge has been on the frontlines of the public war to suppress UFO information from the public.”This sure makes it sound like he’s fighting to withhold information from the public.You wanna take another stab at that?
Was that the guy from the “My Dad is Dead!” acting reel? Nice.
His statement should read “the skate culture of which I grew up a part.” Ending a sentence on a preposition is way too punk for this tool.
This is the sort of tedious nonsense up with which I will not put!
Juxtaposing prepositions in the middle of a sentence? Hard. Core.
You trying to start a war with Volunteer Proofreader?
You mean: “Is Volunteer Proofreader the commenter you’re trying to start a war with?”
…. that’s it? That’s Tom Delonge’s big alien disclosure multimedia project feature film? Psh. Did I see Bigfoot in there? Man, he’s been talking about this so seriously for so long. This… is not what he described.
Tom DeLonge is a cultist.
I prefer him in cake form
Eh I grew up jamming to Blink and have no doubts we aren’t alone so I’ll definitely give it a watch. At least it’s not Marvel movie #6463
This DOES-NT look AT ALL Interes…TING. I’m TRY…ING mytomdelong VOICE!!!!
This looks like it could be part of a mockumentary about the making of a horror/sci-fi movie….
The Rock Show Video?!?! Try again, please