Main Cast: Linnea Quigley, Ken Abraham, Michael Aranda, Richard L. Hawkins, Kim McKamy
Release Year: 1987
Country: US
Run Time: 72 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
From the prolific (if not particularly inspired) "B"-movie cheese factory of Charles Band, this sci-fi/horror morsel is set during a nuclear/biological war, and involves an AWOL military team (including the ubiquitous Linnea Quigley) as they take shelter from the relentless acid rain in an abandoned research facility. As it turns out, the building is not abandoned at all but the happy home of legions of greasy, oversized rats and an outrageously drippy man-in-a-rubber-suit monster. The K-Y-covered creep is clearly one of Alien's countless bastard offspring... but the similarities don't stop there, as several intrepid troopers take to the air vents to flush out the belligerent beastie. Veteran exploitation director David De Coteau tries to keep things interesting by rounding up practically every science fiction and horror cliche ever invented (there's even a killer baby that's a dead ringer for the It's Alive! tyke) and drenching everything with blood, slime and alien saliva -- but the abundant goop still can't disguise the fact that there's nothing worthwhile underneath. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
Linnea Quigley - Associate Producer, Rozanne Taucher - Associate Producer, David DeCoteau - Director, Thomas L. Callaway - Second Unit Director, Mariam Preissel - Editor, Guy Moon - Composer (Music Score), Jonathan Scott Bogner - Musical Direction/Supervision, Thom Floutz - Makeup Special Effects, David DeCoteau - Production Designer, Royce Matthew - Production Designer, Thomas L. Callaway - Cinematographer, David DeCoteau - Production Manager, David DeCoteau - Producer, John Schouweiler - Producer, John Showalter - Producer, Marty Kasparian - Sound/Sound Designer, John Michael Stewart - Stunts, John Michael Stewart - Stunts Coordinator, David DeCoteau - Screenwriter, Buford Hauser - Screenwriter
Set in 1998, six years after an apocalyptic nuclear war, a group of army deserters take refuge from acid rain in a seemingly abandoned laboratory complex.
They soon discover that the lab was a top-secret government research center, where a hideous (if rather fickle) genetically engineered monster still lurks.
Director's Comment
"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."
