Attack of the Giant Moussaka
Panos H. Koutras, director.
Greece, 1999, 35mm, 103 min.
Greek with English subtitles.
Official Web site: www.mousakas.com

A politician, his junkie wife, a full-figured fashion designer, a ruthless television news correspondent, three hunky gay astronomers, and a ship full of scantily clad aliens collide in this campy Greek drag UFO musical.

While buzzing about Athens in their spaceship, ditzy aliens transport one of their comrades to the surface, unexpectedly melding her cells with those of a discarded piece of moussaka. The moussaka grows to colossal proportions and begins a murderous rampage through the city streets. Television crews spring into action with investigative reporter Evi Bei in the lead. Portly fashion designer Tara risks her life, zipping to the Centre for Cosmic Research on her motor scooter to report the UFO. There she meets and falls for the handsome director Alexis, who escorts her home and spends the night.

Meanwhile, seeing the creature as a threat to his reelection bid, the minister of the environment decides to bomb it. In classic B-movie fashion, all is well in the end, but before the malevolent moussaka can be returned to its harmless state, a number of people will die, a lucky few will fall in love, and the world will almost come to an end.

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