The Deadly Spawn

19831983
RR
1h 21min

The Deadly Spawn (1983)

Alien creatures invade a small town and a group of four teenagers, plus one little boy, try to escape from them.

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Alien creatures invade a small town and four teenagers, along with a young boy, attempt to escape from them.Alien creatures invade a small town and four teenagers, along with a young boy, attempt to escape from them.Alien creatures invade a small town and four teenagers, along with a young boy, attempt to escape from them.

Director
- Douglas McKeown
Writers
- Douglas McKeown(screenplay)
- Ted A. Bohus(story)
- John Dods(story)
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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Two campers in the New Jersey woods have their outdoor fun interrupted by the arrival of a meteorite crashing nearby. They go to investigate the crater, but are suddenly attacked and devoured by alien parasites who have hitched a ride to Earth. After finishing off the campers, the hungry space monsters head for a nearby town, where they make their domain in the basement of an old house soon begin polishing off one hapless inhabitant after another. Four young teenagers, plus one pre-teen boy, try to find a way to stop the angry space monsters before they reproduce and literally eat humanity. —Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>

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Taglines
- They Came To Earth To Feed On Human Flesh!
Genres
- Horror
- Sci-Fi
Certificate
- R
Parents guide

Trivia
Gene Simmons of the band 'KISS' currently owns the prop severed head of the kid's mother. It was given to him by Tim Sullivan when he interviewed Simmons for "Fangoria" in 1983. Sullivan - who was a PA on this film - went on to produce Detroit Rock City (1999) and write and direct 2001 Maniacs (2005) and Driftwood (2006).

Goofs
At the very beginning of the movie when it shows the meteor hitting the earth it is clearly daytime, yet when the campers leave their tent to investigate, it's dark.

Quotes
[after being attacked by an enormous alien mouth]
Kathy: What... the FUCK was THAT?

Crazy credits
As soon as the end credits finish, the words "Don't try it, Gary" appear.

Alternate versions
The UK DVD version for the first time actually uses a "deadly spawn" title screen, instead of the original full title "return of the aliens deadly spawn". the original title is used on the US and Japanese versions of the film despite the fact that later US releases shortend it to "the deadly spawn" (just on the video box and not the film). Also the Uk titles appear over a blue background, instead of a black background like the US and Japanese version. Whats even more odd is the UK titles do appear to have the same "age look" of the film itself, with it looking like it was from 1983 and not recently made

Connections
Featured in Terror on Tape (1985)

Top review

A gory gem straight from the heart.

I'll keep it short and sweet. If you like your horror with a big fat daddy budget, this ain't for you. there's no CGI, There's no a-grade actors, there's no intense orchestral score by Danny Elfman. So, now, for the rest of you that are left - this movie is great. It has the same elements that made Peter Jacksons "Braindead" and "Bad Taste" so good, heart. the people who made this film obviously loved what they where doing and managed to pull off some great special effects and gore whilst doing so. i wish this film had another equally low-budget follow-up because the creatures are really great and after watching it you can almost smell all those 80's creature features looming round the corner. I would be very shocked if the people who made critters hadn't watched this first. So i recommend this anyone who likes mad little flesh eating beasties and lots and lots (and i do mean lots) of gore.

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Feb 26, 2004

Release date
- April 22, 1983 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- The Alien's Deadly Spawn
Filming locations
- Gladstone, New Jersey, USA
Production company
- Filmline
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Budget
- $25,000 (estimated)

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Runtime
- 1h 21min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1

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