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New York police are bemused by a spate of reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, which they assume to be bogus until the lizard starts to ... See full summary »

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New York police are bemused by a spate of reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, which they assume to be bogus until the lizard starts to eat people. An out-of-work, ex-con piano player is the only person who knows the location of the monster's nest and is determined to turn the knowledge to his advantage, but will his gamble pay off or will he end up as lizard food? Written by Mark Thompson <mrt@oasis.icl.co.uk>

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monster | nest | police | anklet | decapitation | See more »

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It's name is Quetzalcoatl... just call it Q, that's all you'll have time to say before it tears you apart! See more »


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29 October 1982 (USA)  »

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Q: The Winged Serpent  »

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$1,200,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

The film that Larry Cohen was fired from before starting production on this movie was I, the Jury. It cost 8 times as much as Q but only made one quarter as much at the box office. See more »

Goofs

When the police open fire on the monster, the sound effects for their machine guns include science-fiction blaster effects in amongst the sounds of gun fire. Ricochets can also be heard when there is nothing for the bullets to be bouncing off from to make such a noise. See more »

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Jimmy Quinn: Eat 'em! Eat 'em! Crunch crunch!
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References The Flying Serpent (1946) See more »

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"Dancing Too Close to the Flame"
Written by Robert O. Ragland and Robert J. Walsh
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Not At All Bad
3 May 2005 | by (Tampa, FL United States) – See all my reviews

When the Empire State Building was being constructed, another high-rise skyscraper, the Chrysler Building was its rival. As far as I know, this is the only film to pay homage to the Chrysler Building.

The Q stands for Quetzacoatl, a winged serpent from Aztec mythology. Outside of that, the Aztec connection isn't that great. But the idea of a monster living in seclusion in New York, feeding on sunbathers and the like, is rather bemusing.

The film is a rarity: a police-procedural monster film. The only other that comes to mind is Them!, with the giant ants. This one is truer to form, though not as taut.

Entertaining. A good rainy-day film.


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