1986 Directed by Fred Dekker
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.
Jason Lively Steve Marshall Jill Whitlow Tom Atkins Wally Taylor Allan Kayser Bruce Solomon Vic Polizos Dick Miller Ken Heron Alice Cadogan June Harris David Paymer David Oliver Evelyne Smith Leslie Ryan Suzanne Snyder Elizabeth Cox John J. York Robert Kerman Earl Ellis Robert Kurtzman Howard Berger Daniel Frishman
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Everyone has been watching Night of the Creeps lately (it's available on Netflix), so I couldn't help but pay one of my lifelong favorites another visit, for old times' sake. I think it's safe to say that I've probably seen this more than most movies, the only movie I think I've seen more is Heathers.
Night of the Creeps is one of those movies I would rent whenever I was going to a sleepover, I ended up taping it (you know, onto VHS because I'm old) off of Cinemax and that would eventually lead to purchasing it on VHS, then, later, DVD. I remember it being shown on basic cable as well and I have a lot of memories of…
A perfect midnight movie mixture of sci-fi, horror, and comedy—the kind of pulpy B-movie homage hybrid swill with enough heart that never breaks its integrity or descends into spoofy mediocrity—basically the perfect alien slasher zombie slug nightmare.
Like Return of the Living Dead or Night of the Comet, Night of the Creeps is always a perfect choice whenever I watch it... and I can’t help but think about the countless nights during the 90’s/early 2000’s where I popped in this movie late at night just to make the passing time more enjoyable. This goes from a Cannon-esque alien intro to a 50's black & white axe murderer segment, then hits us with some emotional weight before going full on cigarette noir Atkins zombie frat/sorority slug nightmare.
All of that is right the hell up my alley—I adore this movie.
Screaming like banshees!!!!!
Viewed on Crackle
Hoop-Tober #15
Where has Night Of The Creeps been all my life? I loved it!
There are more one-liners than you can shake a stick at...and I'm not even sure what that means.
I've must have seen this cover thousands of times and always wanted to see it and then forgot about, then seeing the cover again and remembering again that I wanted to see it. THAT is a vicious cycle.
This is an instant favourite.
It has a classic eighties theme that a lot of 80's films had of looking back at the 50's. It has Russ #2 from the Vacation films. It has David Paymer. It has Tom Atkins. It has Dick Miller. It has space slugs.
It has many male actors with salon quality hair.
What more could you ask for?
I'm sure that if I grate off all the eighties cheese this film is covered in I could criticise the hell out of it.
I just don't want to. I love slimy alien slugs that turn people into killer zombies which were dropped on earth by alien fetuses carrying laser guns.
I'm weird that way.
Night of the Creeps is a lovingly crafted tribute to B-movie sci-fi horror with an eighties teen comedy twist. The film lays it's cards on the table right from the off, with a wonderfully goofy space alien scene, which then moves into a black and white sequence set in 1959, before settling into the main plot which focuses on a couple of daft college kids that accidently unleash an alien experiment on campus. The main influences are obviously zombie horror movies and Invasion of the Body Snatchers style sci-fi. It's all weaved together nicely and offset by some great practical effects - I particularly like the Shivers style brain invading slug things! The two halves of the film - teen…
An entertaining update on the cheesie '50s B-movie formula, with plenty of cheap fx, awesome one-liners, a great score and Tom Atkins. It is definitely a fun watch (especially when watched with an awesome watch partner*), but I can't help feel that this would have had a lot more impact on me, had I seen this growing up.
*I actually watched this with the president of the Tom Atkins fanclub, who just adores him and his moustache.
So much fun!
Alien slugs, an alcoholic bitter policeman, a nerd who has a crush on the popular girl, a flamethrower and zombies.
I was entertained. A pleasant last entry for hoop-tober.
As a matter of personal taste, horror-comedies are a hit and miss proposition. It is difficult to strike an appealing balance between the horrific elements and the laughs. Of course, there are dark comedies where the mix of elements is subtle or horror films which bear natural comedic moments that do not detract from the film's jolts; but the legitimate horror-comedy, a film equally and organically at home in either genre is hard to pull off well. Happily, Fred Dekker's "Night of the Creeps" succeeds at finding this balance and makes for an experience rich with chills and chuckles.
Dekker's "Night of the Creeps" is an engaging horror-comedy that sends up of 1950s science fiction and horror films, finding a…
What is this? A homicide, or a bad B-movie?
-Detective Cameron
The only thing that could possibly make this a better cult film is if Tom Atkins had an even bigger part in it. Everything that comes out of his mouth is pure Golden cheese (yes that's a thing, cuz I said it was) while never cracking a smile.
I just want to spend the next few days walking around the house acting like him and annoy the shit out of my spouse. Answer the phone with "Thrill me" from now on. Shout "It's Miller Time!" when something is about to go down. Find someway to work this gem into a conversation:
Detective Cameron: I got good news and bad…
Much preferred this to watching Biden lose Florida. Low bar but these are low times.
To any 80's horror fan just discovering this film:
Read that synopsis.
You may think, "Wow. A movie that gets all those elements right would have to be one of the best films ever made. Could it really be as fantastic as it sounds? I mean is such an achievement in cinematic perfection possible?"
The answer to that is,
Yes.
31 Days of Halloween 2020 (10/18/2020)
It's October 18 and I realized I hadn't watched any zombie movies this month, and I'm so glad I chose this one. This was a beautiful surprise, you just gotta love 80's movies, then you add alien slugs and zombies? THANK YOU!
P.S. 2nd movie I watch with alien slugs this month.
