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
Die Nacht der Creeps, La Nuit des sangsues, Ночь кошмаров, El Terror Llama a su Puerta, Night Of The Creeps Directors Cut
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.
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…
Much preferred this to watching Biden lose Florida. Low bar but these are low times.
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…
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.
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.
Movie comfort food.
I cherish this movie. Also it’s funny how I’ve always loved using selective colors in B&W and always thought this had it but it’s the title cards in color that I’ll always remember looking so cool (and which I’ve ripped off numerous times since.)
I need Hard-Boiled Tom Atkins as my character sponsor.
And the SCREAM FACTORY special features are SO choice.
Sometimes you just gotta spend New Years eating pizza, drinking wine and watching some classic 80s horror amirite? Oh and chilling with my cat of course! He even picked our first movie Night of the Creeps! (My cat is also a big Tom Atkins fan so I saw it coming tbh).
I hadn't seen this in awhile and got the blu ray for Chrsitmas. This movie is pure 80s fun in the most grandest display of zany in your face hijinks available. From the second I saw those gnarly naked aliens zooming around their spaceship I knew I made the right choice!
Zombies, Alien slugs, spaceships, Tom Atkins, practical FX, college sorority shennanigans- this is like the ultimate shmoregusboard of…
this movie has aliens that look like giant babies. that should interest you. also, the alien that released the slugs is humanphobic, and I respect that.
This is the ultimate ‘80s B movie. It has every cliche that ever existed yet it makes it fun.
This is a super entertaining film. You get a plot that is more typical of 50s horror/sci fi films but with the style and charm of 80s horror films.
These types of horror comedies are really not my thing. The detective character was fun though.
i would think itd be easier to teach someone to use a pistol than a flamethrower
This movie is if Superbad became a comedy-horror featuring zombies-aliens-murderers. PERFECT
Here’s the deal. I had never seen “Night of the Creeps” before, and I am a damn fool for it. This thing lined up perfectly with my style of crazy. It’s a zombie movie. It’s a slasher. It’s a college comedy. It’s an alien invasion sci-fi flick. It’s the worst sort of romance and the best sort of B-movie. It’s all of those things and probably a few more. It also sports one of the great taglines for a film: ‘The good news is your dates are here. The bad news is… they’re dead.’ Amazing.
While there are elements from a dozen types of films within “Night of the Creeps,” the bulk of the story centers around an alien brain…
a tribute to the 80's horror films, made during the 80's.
a film sent from the future
This is what I call a well done movie it takes a while to get going and the bully is cliche but still I found it him funny and this is a well made horror comedy
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