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
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…
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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?
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…
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.
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.
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…
Self-aware, ridiculous, and funny! A male character who can articulate his feelings and emotions, a truly rare skill that isn't portrayed nearly enough these days.
Essentially, imagine a bunch of slug looking alien things sucking the life out of you just to spread themselves around and kill the population. Very much a so bad it’s good flick. The dialogue used here is awful and the delivery is almost as bad, and the script is so fucking stupid. Yet I laughed and enjoyed my time watching this cheesy 80s horror flick. I would recommend a watch with friends, also best with consumption of some drugs.
I identified with JC because I am also a disabled smart ass.
A fuckton of fun. If I ever make a movie, I can only hope that I can capture the pure fun of 80’s horror.
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