Creepozoids

Creepozoids is a 1987 American science fiction horror film, the first 35mm film directed by David DeCoteau, and starring Linnea Quigley, Ken Abraham, Michael Aranda, Richard S. Hawkins and Kim McKamy (also known as Ashlyn Gere). It was remade in 1997 as Hybrid.

Creepozoids
Movie Poster
Directed byDavid DeCoteau
Written byDavid DeCoteau
Buford Hauser
Produced byDavid DeCoteau
John Schouweiler
StarringLinnea Quigley
Ken Abraham
Kim McKamy
Michael Aranda
Music byGuy Moon
Production
companies
Empire Pictures
Beyond Infinity
Titan Productions
Distributed byUrban Classics
Release date
  • October 2, 1987 (1987-10-02)
Running time
US: 72 min.
UK: 69 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$150,000

Plot

Set in 1998, six years after an apocalyptic nuclear war, a group of five U.S. Army deserters take refuge from acid rain in a seemingly abandoned laboratory complex in the ruins of Los Angeles. They soon discover that the lab was a top-secret government research center, where a genetically-engineered monster still lurks.

Cast
  • Linnea Quigley as Blanca
  • Ken Abraham as Butch
  • Michael Aranda as Jesse
  • Richard S. Hawkins as Jake
  • Ashlyn Gere (credited as Kim McKamy) as Kate
  • Joi Wilson as Woman

Production

In a 2001 interview, Director David DeCoteau, when asked about the movie's production, said "Creepozoids was shot in 15 days in a warehouse in Los Angeles. I think the budget was something like 150k. It was a difficult shoot because of all the FX and monster sequences. Lotsa slime and very ambitious. Linnea Quigley starred in it and we had a great time working together. It was my first feature shot in 35mm. It was theatrically released and a hit on video."[1]

Cast member Ashlyn Gere was a noted pornographic film actress.[2]

Reception

Critical reception for the film has been mostly negative. TV Guide awarded the film 1 star out of 4 calling it an Alien imitation.[3] Editor of Psychotronic Video, Michael Weldon, described the creature effects as "pretty bad", saying the baby monster at the film's end was the "only scary part".[2]

Home media

The film was first released on DVD by Full Moon Home Video on December 9, 2003. Since then it has been released multiple times by different studios.[4]

See also

References
  1. }https://www.joblo.com/interview-david-decoteau/
  2. Weldon, Michael (1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-312-13149-4.
  3. "Creepozoids Review". TV Guide. TV Guide. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  4. "Creepozoids (1987) - Releases - AllMovie". Allmovie.com. Allmovie. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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