**_Run-of-the-mill post-apocalyptic mayhem in desolate SoCal distinguished by the female cast_** A doctor/scientist in post-nuclear America (Robert Glaudini) heads to a remote desert town north of Los Angeles to find a way to eliminate a new strain of parasitoid. He runs into a gang of desperate delinquents (led by Luca Bercovici) and teams-up with a young woman (Demi Moore). But a government-linked “merchant” is on his trail (James Davidson). “Parasite” (1982) is a ‘B’ flick by Charles Band that only cost $800,000, which would be $3 million today (factoring inflation). It takes the che…
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