pamela gidley shows that she really knows how to take control of mutated reptiles, although she can't do too much with the script. the actors are so forgettable that the creatures should get top billing. on-screen chemistry between gidley and simon bossell is perhaps the worst ever if not for the recent star wars trilogy.the effects and props are outlandish but there's plenty of them - a guy's head explodes and you've gotta love that, another guy gets eaten by mutant lizards, and there's an absolutely great scene toward the end where gidley almost loses her leg to a hasty operation on (of all places) the counter in the general store. more lizard battles follow, lots of blood, puss, etc. it's a miracle that the characters' lack of anything resembling common sense didn't get them dusted in the first ten minutes.if you're a fan of gore, crackerjack horror, B-anything, peter jackson's older work, or have a "thing" for pamela gidley, then you'll probably enjoy it. it succeeds where a lot of cheap movies fail, which is to say that while the plot is essentially brainless, it manages to stay consistently fun and entertaining. aberration's biggest drawback may be its 'TV movie' feel but given the subject it doesn't suffer much for it.

Once again it's Sunday afternoon and the sci-fi channel (God, Love 'em) delivers the goods. This is by no means a good A-picture but it doesn't really have to be. The hero was nice, the girl was pretty the gecko's from hell amateurish at best and though the film seemed to drag in the last 20 minutes I still felt like I had a good visit (as I played Civ III and piddled around the house) to that famed cinema of the mind -- Radition Theatre. You know -- nature gone mad!! In this case little lizards (not geckos, really) have the odd ability to spit blinding poison and reproduce four times in a twenty-four period. Though they are the size of kitten -- they jump very high. Not Godzilla! Not Food of the Gods! But fun, fun, fun none-the-less. Acting, direction and script are really secondary to effects such as old man so and so eaten alive by the critters and the bad guy's head blowing up toward the end.

Pink-haired Pamela Gidley steals money from her Russian mobster boyfriend (Valery Nikolaev) and retreats to a small cabin in wintry Northern town. A blizzard traps her and a friendly local guy (Simon Bossell) there and fast-evolving, fanged mutant geckos (!?) attack. Her ex also eventually shows up to make things worse. A silly premise and occasional hokey creature FX detract from this ALIEN-type movie, but it's humorous, well acted, entertaining, action-packed and lots of fun, with plenty of blood and slime for gore fans. A bit better than expected. It was filmed on location in Wellington, New Zealand.Score: 5 out of 10

As I was sitting with my wife watching "Aberration," I couldn't help but say "why the heck am I watching this? This is the dumbest movie I ever saw!" Then it dawned on me. If it was so dumb, why was I watching it? It seems this movie is so bad it's good and I actually recommend it if you're into that kind of movie.