Night of the Creeps
1986 · Movie · R · 88 min · ★ 6.8 · 69% critics
A strange alien experiment crashes to Earth and lies dormant for years, until a college prank accidentally unleashes it. As parasites spread across campus and turn people into violent undead, a small group scrambles to survive the chaos and stop the outbreak from growing.
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Details
- Years
- 1986
- Release date
- 1986-08-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (578 votes)
- Box office
- $591,366
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an easy, campy sci‑fi horror romp with gooey creatures, zombies, and lots of laughs, like Slither or The Blob; Not for you if you want serious, nonstop scares or subtle humor.
Pros: fun horror-comedy balance; quotable one-liners; fast, rewatchable ride | Cons: effects can look dated; uneven early pacing; familiar genre mashup
Themes
- spacecraft
- monster
- experiment
- police
- morgue
- undead
- alien
- murder
- sorority
- serial killer
- zombie
- corpse
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Jason Lively
as Christopher 'Chris' Romero
Steve Marshall
as James Carpenter 'J.C.' Hooper
Jill Whitlow
as Cynthia 'Cindy' Cronenberg
Tom Atkins
as Det. Ray Cameron
Wally Taylor
as Detective Landis
Allan Kayser
as Brad
Bruce Solomon
as Sgt. Raimi
Vic Polizos
as Coroner
Dick Miller
as Walt
- KH
Ken Heron
as Johnny
Directed by Fred Dekker