Night of the Creeps (1986) - Thrill Me
This will be an addition to a fresh revisit tonight. User comments from October 2008
Events that occur in 1959 come back to haunt a campus of college kids, in 1986, when a cryogenically frozen body with alien crawlies inside his brain is accidentally released by pals, Chris(Jason Lively)and JC(Steve Marshall)trying to fulfill a fraternity prank. An escaped lunatic/ax murder in 1959, killed by young cop Ray Cameron, will haunt him years later as he has progressed into a much older, bitter, alcoholic Detective(Tom Atkins, in one of the signature roles of his career) called on the case to solve the mysterious deaths of open faced corpses which explode the alien leeches after their incubation cycles have completed. Once these alien crawlies enter into the mouths of their hosts, the human ceases to live, only becoming a host for the leeches to grow within the their brains. It's love-at-first-sight for Chris who falls head-over-heels for Cynthia(Jill Whitlow), quite a virginal cutie, currently dating the head honcho of the most renowned fraternity, Brad(Allan Kayser). Brad, of course, is a real jerk who never planned to allow Chris and JC to join their fraternity anyway. Soon the campus and neighboring town will be crawling with these alien leeches and zombies will be on the horizon, specifically after a serious wreck leaves many dead. And, a certain ax-wielding corpse will rise from his burial spot to strike again.
The young leads of Lively, Marshall & Whitlow are likable, but this is certainly Atkins' show. He has the best lines and delivers his performance with gusto. Obvious homage to 50's sci-fi horror and zombie flicks, this is derivative because of the the themes represented..but this film emulates those past flicks lovingly. Dick Miller has a very amusing cameo as Walt, the man who operated the weapon exchange for the police department. I'd lie if I didn't admit that this film is special to me, like many other fans, for nostalgic purposes..you know the 80's sensibilities and the way it spoofs past influences. This deserves an appropriate DVD release..it does have quite a fervent following.
Events that occur in 1959 come back to haunt a campus of college kids, in 1986, when a cryogenically frozen body with alien crawlies inside his brain is accidentally released by pals, Chris(Jason Lively)and JC(Steve Marshall)trying to fulfill a fraternity prank. An escaped lunatic/ax murder in 1959, killed by young cop Ray Cameron, will haunt him years later as he has progressed into a much older, bitter, alcoholic Detective(Tom Atkins, in one of the signature roles of his career) called on the case to solve the mysterious deaths of open faced corpses which explode the alien leeches after their incubation cycles have completed. Once these alien crawlies enter into the mouths of their hosts, the human ceases to live, only becoming a host for the leeches to grow within the their brains. It's love-at-first-sight for Chris who falls head-over-heels for Cynthia(Jill Whitlow), quite a virginal cutie, currently dating the head honcho of the most renowned fraternity, Brad(Allan Kayser). Brad, of course, is a real jerk who never planned to allow Chris and JC to join their fraternity anyway. Soon the campus and neighboring town will be crawling with these alien leeches and zombies will be on the horizon, specifically after a serious wreck leaves many dead. And, a certain ax-wielding corpse will rise from his burial spot to strike again.
The young leads of Lively, Marshall & Whitlow are likable, but this is certainly Atkins' show. He has the best lines and delivers his performance with gusto. Obvious homage to 50's sci-fi horror and zombie flicks, this is derivative because of the the themes represented..but this film emulates those past flicks lovingly. Dick Miller has a very amusing cameo as Walt, the man who operated the weapon exchange for the police department. I'd lie if I didn't admit that this film is special to me, like many other fans, for nostalgic purposes..you know the 80's sensibilities and the way it spoofs past influences. This deserves an appropriate DVD release..it does have quite a fervent following.
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