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User Rating:
4.0/10   179 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Don Dohler (writer)
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Release Date:
May 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Plot:
A spaceship containing specimens for an intergalactic zoo crashes on Earth near a small back woods town... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Blood, Boobs & Beast, and DVD News
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User Reviews:
Shows a lot of effort for a low-budget. more (25 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Don Leifert ... Ben Zachary
Tom Griffith ... Sheriff Cinder
Richard Dyszel ... Mayor Wicker
Mary Mertens ... Edie Martin
Richard Geiwitz ... Pete
George Stover ... Steven Price
Eleanor Herman ... Mary Jane Carter
Anne Frith ... Dr. Ruth Sherman
Christopher Gummer ... Clay
Johnny Walker ... Rex
Don Dohler ... Ernie
Dave Ellis ... Richie
Dave Geatty ... Man in Bar
Marie Van Tassell ... Susan
Tony Malanowski ... Ed Miller
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Additional Details

Runtime:
80 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #24922) | Norway:15 (video premiere) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec)
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Trivia:
This film was the third featured movie in the 2009 live show tour of "Cinematic Titanic", featuring "riffing" by alumni of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (1988). more
Movie Connections:
References Jaws (1975) more

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7 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
Shows a lot of effort for a low-budget., 5 July 2003
Author: sketchy from A secret underground lab.

Okay, this is a cheap production, but the creature designs are extremely creative, the monsters and aliens look cool, and the over-all concept of the film is fascinating and never gets boring. The script and direction also show some good effort. Pick up the DVD, it's a creative little monster movie with some decent stop-motion as well. Check it out.

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