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Night of the Creeps (1986)
Director: Fred Dekker
Writer: Fred Dekker
Cast: Jason Lively, Tom Atkins, Steve Marshall
Genre: Comedy Horror Sci-Fi
I liked this, what a fun movie! This is my idea of a fun horror to watch on Halloween. It was witty with some great one liners, that made me laugh. I loved the way the dialogue was flippant and had a cool vibe to it.
Right at the start I loved the opening title credits, and I could tell the film had oodles of style. Then boom...right into a crazy space battle with some odd looking aliens...and they were naked! ha...Then we're plucked down in 1959 with all those cool cars and B&W film too, I loved this opening sequences.
It had good production values, everything looked pretty damn good. And for 'no name actors' the cast was actually good and likable.
It had a lot of different story components which shows the writer wanted to be creative and not just churn out a product. I mean we get all these different story elements besides the zombies. Besides the two teen boys who could have been in Weird Science, we get a tough as nails cop, who's haunted by his past and is a bit of a bad ass to boot.
I noticed when the older lady was watching TV, an old Ed Wood movie was playing, I think it was Glen or Glenda, then it cut to Plan Nine From Outer Space...Oh, if all that wasn't cool enough there's Dick Miller from Roger Corman B horror movie fame. He's the cop in the weapons cage that hands over the flame thrower. Then there's 'Corman University'. Lots of neat stuff for a movie buff to love here.
But besides all that, the story worked for me I was engaged and I had fun watching it!
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Director: Fred Dekker
Writer: Fred Dekker
Cast: Jason Lively, Tom Atkins, Steve Marshall
Genre: Comedy Horror Sci-Fi
"Alien brain parasites, entering humans through the mouth, turn their host into a killing zombies. Some teenagers start to fight against them."
I liked this, what a fun movie! This is my idea of a fun horror to watch on Halloween. It was witty with some great one liners, that made me laugh. I loved the way the dialogue was flippant and had a cool vibe to it.
Right at the start I loved the opening title credits, and I could tell the film had oodles of style. Then boom...right into a crazy space battle with some odd looking aliens...and they were naked! ha...Then we're plucked down in 1959 with all those cool cars and B&W film too, I loved this opening sequences.
It had good production values, everything looked pretty damn good. And for 'no name actors' the cast was actually good and likable.
It had a lot of different story components which shows the writer wanted to be creative and not just churn out a product. I mean we get all these different story elements besides the zombies. Besides the two teen boys who could have been in Weird Science, we get a tough as nails cop, who's haunted by his past and is a bit of a bad ass to boot.
I noticed when the older lady was watching TV, an old Ed Wood movie was playing, I think it was Glen or Glenda, then it cut to Plan Nine From Outer Space...Oh, if all that wasn't cool enough there's Dick Miller from Roger Corman B horror movie fame. He's the cop in the weapons cage that hands over the flame thrower. Then there's 'Corman University'. Lots of neat stuff for a movie buff to love here.
But besides all that, the story worked for me I was engaged and I had fun watching it!
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