18. Louis Gosset Junior as Jerry in Enemy Mine
Sometimes movies get the reputation of being called a guilty pleasure and yet still become influential to those who it affected more than others. Enemy Mine was one of those movies for me in my youth and it's still as enjoyable today. The movie starred Louis Gossett Jr. as Jeriba Jerry Shigan, who is from a race of aliens called Dracs, and Dennis Quaid as a solider named Willis Davidge. They both end up crash landing on another planet during a battle between their races and end up having to rely on each other to survive. The look of Louiss character is reptilian in appearance as well as in its speech pattern, but still has some human qualities that Denniss character is able to relate to which helps them form a bond. Chris Walas' make-up design successfully makes Louis seem very unique and not like other aliens species already created for movies and T.V. shows during that time. With its characteristic of giving birth like a male seahorse, it also almost resembles one with its scaly textured skin and yellow feline eyes that stands out against its brown complexion. Even though the movie was not as successful as it should have been, it still has a fan base to those willing to admit how much they enjoy watching it. 17. Jeff Goldblum As The Brundle Fly in The Fly
With David Cronenbergs The Fly, enough time was given between the 1958 classic and his own interpretation which helped solidify Cronenbergs version as a classic in its own right. The plot of the movie resembles the original in some aspects, but goes off in its own direction with Jeff Goldblum as a scientist named Seth Brundle who discovers a new method of transportation in the form of teleportation. He succeeds in making teleportation work after a few hiccups in the programming, but even after his own successful teleportation there were still dire consequences. The make-up for the transformation of Seth into the so called "BrundleFly" was done by Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis who both won an Oscar for the effects. They managed to conceive a look that resembles undercooked chopped meat that has been patted together over Seths body for the transformation scenes were he slowly becomes the fly. Its really quite a difference from the original movie but it works in achieving the reaction it needed from an audience desensitize to the classic horror movie effects. Throw in the added effect of having Seth vomit on his victims before he eats them and you have some pretty gruesome scenes that are pretty hard to stomach but fun to watch. Too many movies now try to go to the extreme with their special effects for the sake of pushing the envelope, but this movie pushed just enough to help make it its own classic.