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John Stinson | ... | Ted Lonergan |
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Diana Davidson | ... | Jennifer Stanton |
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David Moses | ... | Detective Lou Capell (as Jonathan David Moses) |
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Toni Jannotta | ... | Sherry Carpenter |
| Walker Edmiston | ... | Police Chief Dennis Warren | |
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Pamela Bowman | ... | Janie Richter |
| Mike Muscat | ... | Howard Tindall (as Michael Muscat) | |
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Freddie Dawson | ... | Virgil Watson |
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Tracy Weddle | ... | Kathy Sperry |
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Joleen Porcaro | ... | Kelly - Victim #5 |
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David Daniels | ... | Michael, roller skater (as Joseph Daniels) |
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Stephen Fanning | ... | Scott, roller skater |
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Greer Justin | ... | Sandy, rollerskater |
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An ex-cop, now working as a hack novelist, is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the work of the Syngenor - the synthesized genetic organism! Written by Brian J. Wright <tyrannorabbit@hotmail.com>
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Country:
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March 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$74,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Lone Star Pictures, a Texas based company, picked up distribution of the film and wanted the premier to be in Texas. Director William Malone agreed and flew to Texas only to be shocked that the premier was actually at a Drive-in theater. See more »Alternate Versions
A TV print that aired on USA Network included a scene not included on Media's VHS: a group of teens searching for their lost friend in a parking garage find her body hanging upside down much like a scene in Halloween (1978). See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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This film was a very typical monster movie that incorporated all of the usual dumb cliches. It's got a slow moving, fake looking monster, really stupid victims who deserve to die, and a lame story about the monster resulting from a genetic experiment gone awry. (Why did the professor even make the monster in the first place? It never really says why. I guess that's just what scientists do.) Still, this movie is an okay time-waster if you happen to enjoy bad sci-fi or horror. It's certainly not the best, but I have definitely seen worse. I give it a 5/10 rating.