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Writer:
Larry Cohen (writer)
Release Date:
29 October 1982 (USA)
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Tagline:
You'll just have time to scream... before it tears you apart! more
Plot:
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...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Moriarty | ... | Jimmy Quinn |
| Candy Clark | ... | Joan |
 | David Carradine | ... | Shepard |
 | Richard Roundtree | ... | Powell |
| James Dixon | ... | Lt. Murray |
| Malachy McCourt | ... | Commissioner |
| Fred J. Scollay | ... | Capt. Fletcher |
| Peter Hock | ... | Det. Clifford |
| Ron Cey | ... | Det. Hoberman |
| Mary Louise Weller | ... | Mrs. Pauley |
| Bruce Carradine | ... | The Victim |
| John Capodice | ... | Doyle |
| Tony Page | ... | Webb |
| Larkin Ford | ... | Curator |
| Larry Pine | ... | The Professor |
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Runtime:
93 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Australia:M |
France:-12 |
Norway:18 |
UK:15 (re-rating) (1982) |
UK:X (original rating) |
USA:R
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With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the jewel store that the bad guys rob in the early part of the film is called "Neil Diamonds."
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Quotes:
Jimmy Quinn:
Eat 'em! Eat 'em! Crunch crunch!
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References "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962)
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Soundtrack:
Dancing Too Close to the Flame
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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.