Thrill me!! Directors referenced: Romero, Carpenter, Hooper, Cameron, Cronenberg, Landis, Raimi, Craven, Bava, & Miner. Writer Director Shane Black has a small role as one of the cops.
Main difference the ending: in the version I've seen before the ending is open too,but less spectacular (the duo snog,she bends down to pet the dog...a slug comes out it's mouth...end creds)🎩
I just watched this and Monster Squad for the first time this past weekend. Both great, and I am having a hard time deciding which one I like more. Tom Arkins and the main kid have surprisingly good chemistry together. Surprising because I thought their dynamic was so interesting. Anyways, I really enjoyed their scenes together.
I never understood to this day why it killed the cat but the dog was a natural vessel for the slugs. It was bigger then the dog. Also the UFO was the Original ending where as the dog approaches Cindy and shoots a slug at her as she screams in the changed version commonly seen on VHS and DVD
Was kicking myself it took so long for me to finally see this film. I can’t remember what the budget was but I know they went over that on the Horror Virgin podcast, and I believe, (if I remember correctly,) they got some extra money and used it to film the scene in the shed with the lawnmower. Also, I believe this film is Tom Atkins’ favorite that he has been in.
I just noticed something @4:54 -4:59 only the the beginning but if you line the two scenes up perfectly it’s almost identical but it reminds me in the beginning of Michael Jackson’s thriller video when they’re driving down that dark road
It's a really fun movie, but it's also a really clever pastiche. It's a sci-fi horror comedy, but it's also specifically a campus comedy and very much a 50s nostalgia film. By 1986 you've had The Thing and Invasion of the Body Snatchers remakes, and the Little Shop of Horrors and The Fly remakes came out that same year. You also had Streets of Fire, The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, Back to the Future, Stand By Me, and Peggy Sue Got Married doing 1950s/60s settings by 1986. In the next couple years you'd have Prom Night 2, Slumber Party Massacre 2, Angel Heart, and The Blob remake, as well. Plus you have prominent 50s elements all over the place, like in Christine, Blade Runner, Cobra, and the countless movie greasers. I think the earnest mid-century nostalgia you see in the 1970s (Badlands, American Graffiti, Lords of Flatbush, Animal House, Happy Days) carries over into the 80s but in a more self-conscious and ironic mode. Night of the Creeps is an homage to 50s sci-horror, but it's also kind of a commentary on where horror is in the mid-80s.
