The Creeps come out at night…
If you make it past the first 5 minutes where the "aliens" are setting up the plot, you might get a good chuckle or two out of Night of the Creeps. The problem with the beginning is that these aliens are obviously little midget people in fat suits running around in a manner that implies they might be searching for the short bus. There is dissension among their ranks, and just before it gets bloody, one of the aliens expels something that looks like a pod from the bowels of the ship. Hhhhmmm......
Break away to 1952. Two college kids are out parking. (Do kids even do that these days?) Typical for B-movie needs, the guy takes off into the woods for a leak. In his absence the chick in the convertible car gets visited by an escaped psycho who axes her to death. While this is happening, the guy in the woods stumbles upon where the alien pod landed. We learn the thing that the alien was carrying is some slug like creature that breaks out of the pod and propels itself into the mouth of the guy.
Fast forward to 1986. Big hair; bad clothes; great music..... ahhhh the memories.......
Here we have college kids trying to fit in and trying to get laid, picking on nerdy kids, and providing gratuitous boob shots that have become a staple of B-movie worthiness. The acting was laughable, the cast was mostly no name actors, the script was so obviously memorized.... all in all, this was turning out to be a GREAT movie!
We see the main boob character, Chris, taking a shine to sorority girl Cindy, who tries to win her over by pledging to a fraternity. His mission? Steal a body from the morgue and leave it at a designated spot on campus.
Now apparently the dude from 1952, the one with the alien slug in his body, was cryogenically frozen and being kept unsafely locked away at said morgue, so when smart boy Chris and his buddy CJ end up unfreezing said dude (hey - it's a body, right?) they discover he isn't really "dead" and run away like the scared little sissies they were. In a matter of a minute, 1952 dude slug-infects the dumb science guy who had him unsafely locked away, then wanders out into the night to wreck more havoc on the town.
Before you know it, the campus is overrun with zombie-inducing slugs and it doesn't take long for them to connect with bodies. Frat bodies. The used up cop on the case, ironically the same cop on the case from 1952, announces their arrival with a classic one liner: "Girls, the good news is that your dates are here. The bad news is that they are all dead!"
Who could have predicted that this movie would turn out to be such a gem? Writer/director Fred Dekker is to thank for this masterpeice, and this movie isn't his only nugget of delight. He actually has a small number of them to his credit.
Things to know about this film ahead of time however (so you on't be disappointed when you see it) are the following:
- The zombies in this film don't eat people. They spew out those damned slug things into your mouth.
- You never find out why the 1952 guy was cryogenically frozen, or if the government ever knew about the slugs or pod or any of it.
Like so many movies I watch, this one is not for everyone. But if you enjoyed Shaun of the Dead or Idle Hands, you will probably love this one every bit as much as I did. Even if the zombies don't eat the nerdy cool kids.
//out parking// What is that? Sorry I missed you by just minutes last night. Also, as a rule do you not comment on your own blog?
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Out parking means studying. Yeh. That’s the ticket (and you are probably to young to get that one too… (sigh). ) Anyhoo I totally comment on my own blog, its just that lately no one posts comments. Must be the zombie breath or something.
Haha – I wish I knew where I could rent these. I love the B movies. Speaking of – my sister was in this movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451201/ – its total trash I guess, and she told me not to watch it because she did naughty things. If you find it, lemmie know how bad it is!
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No one? NO ONE? What am I, chopped liver?
I think I get it. And I definitely get ‘that’s the ticket’! We need more Jon Lovitz! Of course now I can’t think of him without thinking Little Nicky and getting harrassed by a giant bird.
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I always comment. Sometimes I am the ONLY comment. She’s lying RB. She never answers. She used to, but now she just watches movies and drinks Tequila. But she has pretty eyes, don’t you think?
Well, I guess I’ll go parking. Claire sent over a new load of porn.
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This is a great movie, but I don’t think the acting was bad at all. I’ve been hearing that as a criticism a lot, but I don’t see it. If they didn’t react well, or if it sounded like they read their lines, I’d understand the critique but I didn’t notice any of that in this one.
Regretful – I am so gonna check out that movie and will do a review just for YOU when I do. I will be sure not to mention any unmentionables of your sis, tho I won’t know which one she is so you might be in for more info than you can handle.
RED – I always comment back. Sometimes life gets in the way however and its not in as timely a manner as Mr. Max would prefer.
MAX – why is Claire only giving porn to you? I want Claire porn!
Enemy – I typically view bad acting as a GOOD thing – it means the movie is exactly up my alley. My problem is that my hubby comments though the whole thing about this or that so I try to view it from all aspects. I confess that he does make me react more critically than I would normally. Keeping the peace and all that.
Claire pron? where?
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Those slug things make me a tiny bit suspicious of my friend Snail.
I am glad you liked my movie Catnip Reefer Madness!
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RED – control yourself!
DAISY – Your movie is perfection! But I am biased. I adore everything you do!
I just came back for another look at Zeus’ ass. Thanks.
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That’s cuz its sexy (he’s bringing it back, ya know!)