Night of the Creeps

1986
R
1h 28m

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6.7/10

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Jason Lively and Jill Whitlow in Night of the Creeps (1986)

In 1959, a college couple see an object plummet to Earth. The boy accidentally swallows a space-slug that shoots out. In 1986, two freshmen roam the campus and stumble across the corpse of the boy who swallowed the space-slug. Once thawed out, the corpse comes to life.

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Parody Teen Comedy Zombie Horror Comedy Horror Sci-Fi

Alien brain parasites, entering humans through the mouth, turn their host into a killing zombie. Some teenagers start to fight against them.Alien brain parasites, entering humans through the mouth, turn their host into a killing zombie. Some teenagers start to fight against them.Alien brain parasites, entering humans through the mouth, turn their host into a killing zombie. Some teenagers start to fight against them.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

27K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Night Of The Creeps Director's Cut: It Was A Zombie

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Trivia
All the last names of the main characters are based on famous horror and sci-fi directors: George A. Romero (Chris Romero), John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper (James Carpenter Hooper), David Cronenberg (Cynthia Cronenberg), James Cameron (Det. Ray Cameron), John Landis (Det. Landis), Sam Raimi (Sgt. Raimi), and Steve Miner (Mr. Miner - The Janitor).

Goofs
The heads of all of the infected zombies split open when the eggs in their brains mature into slugs and they spit them out. But the dog repeatedly spits out slugs and never dies after the incubation period.

Quotes
Detective Cameron: I got good news and bad news, girls. The good news is your dates are here.
Sorority Sister: What's the bad news?
Detective Cameron: They're dead.

Alternate versions
German theatrical and VHS releases were cut for violence to secure "Not under 16" rating from FSK. All cuts have since been waived with the German Blu-ray release with the same "Not under 16" rating.

Connections
Edited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)

Soundtracks
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Written by Jerome Kern (uncredited) and Otto A. Harbach (uncredited)
Performed by The Platters
Courtesy of PolyGram Special Projects, A Division of PolyGram Records, Inc.

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Featured review

7/10

Cult '80's Movie

It's quite good. The lot is here, zombies, aliens, slasher, and slugs, in fact the silliness is that it doesn't know which one to use. The opening scene makes you think it is an alien film, then slugs, then a slasher then zombies.

Fun in parts, but most of all no one seems to care that there is something out there that is killing the fraternity. It's very much an "oh, okay" movie.

For its time, the special effects are exceptionally good although the cat and the dog who have been turned into, well, zombies I think, are quite dodgy. But that's the attraction. It is an 80's B movie that everyone will love to watch. It doesn't take anything serious throughout. Have a laugh and watch it.