The Being (1983)

User Rating:

2.4/10   

Director:

Jackie Kong

Writer:

Jackie Kong (writer)

Release Date:

18 November 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The ultimate terror has taken form

Plot:

Toxic waste dumping in a small Idaho town turns a young boy into horrible mutant monster. The town's...

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Police | Toxic Waste | Mutant | Radioactive

Cast

Martin Landau	...	Garson Jones
Marianne Gordon	...	Laurie
Bill Osco	...	Detective Mortimer Lutz (as Rexx Coltrane)
José Ferrer	...	Mayor Gordon Lane
Dorothy Malone	...	Marge Smith
Ruth Buzzi	...	Virginia Lane
Murray Langston	...	Arn
Kinky Friedman	...	Willis
Johnny Dark	...	John
Kent Perkins	...	Officer Dudley
Ellen Blake	...	Jenny
Roxanne Cybelle	...	Suzie (as Roxanne Cybelle Osco)
Jerry Maren	...	The Monster
Eric Helland	...	Doper #1
Bill Rawlinson	...	Doper #2

Also Known As:

Easter Sunday
Freak
The Pottsville Horror

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | Australia:R | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Boise, Idaho, USA

Company:

Astral Films

Trivia:

This film was made in 1980 as "Easter Sunday," but sat on the shelf for three years and finally received a brief theatrical release as "The Being."

Goofs:

Continuity: In the first scene where the creature is chasing the boy it starts off in broad daylight, but when he reaches the junkyard and steals a car it is night time.

Quotes:

Laurie: But if this thing is actually killing people, then why is the mayor trying to keep it quiet?
Detective Mortimer Lutz: Potatoes
Laurie: Potatoes?
Detective Mortimer Lutz: Around here that means big money.

Movie Connections:

References The Silent Scream (1980)

Whoa!

THE BEING is one bad movie. And it's very funny. There's no point of writing a sensible review of this "movie" because it's sooooooo bad. If you like bad movies, you have to check it out. My favorite scene is the one at the drive-in, where people are watching a movie with a cheesy monster attacking a bimbo, while the "being" attacks people in their cars. The whole thing was almost brilliant! The main actor is very stiff and his voice is dubbed throughout the movie. I guess the actor didn't have a great voice. And Martin Landau plays a scientist of sorts. Boy, did he hit rock bottom with this movie. And then there's Ruth Buzzi. Yes, THE Ruth Buzzi. There's nothing like seeing the name Ruth Buzzi during the opening credits to give a film some star quality. Arf!

Anyway, I like this movie a lot. It's really one of the best "it's so bad it's good" movies.