Space aliens try to take over the world in 1999's Virus. They use, as a starting point, an ocean-going tugboat. I don't get that either, but it probably contributes to the film's status as a cult attraction. It was likely one of those celluloid aberrations that got mentioned every time friends gathered to watch the film - back when friends could gather to watch a film.
Big names like Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin and Donald Sutherland are in Virus, which makes it seem that we'll be quarantined in good company. Don't get your hopes up too high, though. Critics decried everything about Virus, from the stupid script to the bad lighting.
Those ETs found that a tugboat could get them to any port in a storm, so let's pair a Port with Virus. Real Port comes from Portugal, so wineries in other places should refer to their fortified wines as Port-style, not Port. Try one of the great Ports from Warre's, a label of the Symington family. They have one for every taste.
David Cronenberg wrote and directed Rabid in 1977. This horror movie stars former porn star Marilyn Chambers, just a half decade after she burst into the public eye with Behind the Green Door. She plays patient one in a breakout of a new strain of rabies which sweeps Canada. She infects others by sucking their blood through an appendage that grew in her armpit after an experimental procedure in a hospital. That will make you think twice about expecting a trip to the ER to fix anything.
Cartlidge and Brown made a Rabid Red blend, assembling Foothills Syrah, Monterey Cabernet and Napa Zinfandel in one easy-to-carry bottle. It seems to be sold out at this time, possibly because it took only a $15 bite out of your wallet.
In 1971's The Andromeda Strain, it's an extraterrestrial organism - stowed away in a satellite that crashes to earth - that kills nearly everybody in a small town. How small is it? The mice are hunchbacked. Every time a baby is born, someone else has to leave town. The town doctor has time to poke around on crashed satellites in his office. That small. The special effects were masterminded by Douglas Trumball, whose work you may have gotten high with in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Andromeda Rare Wine and Whisky promises to track down anything that tickles your fancy, the rarer the better. They are not a bargain option, but then there's always the corner liquor store if price or promptness are an issue.
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