Night of the Creeps

Night of the Creeps
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFred Dekker
Written byFred Dekker
Produced byCharles Gordon
Starring
CinematographyRobert C. New
Edited byMichael N. Knue
Music by
Distributed byTri-Star Pictures
Release date
  • August 22, 1986 (1986-08-22)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$591,366 (US)[1]

Night of the Creeps is a 1986 American science fiction horror comedy film written and directed by Fred Dekker in his feature directorial debut, starring Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow, and Tom Atkins. The film is an earnest attempt at a B movie and an homage to the genre. While the main plot of the film is related to zombies, the film also mixes in takes on slashers and alien invasion films. Night of the Creeps did not perform well at the box office, but it developed a cult following.[2]

In the film, a college student and his best friend steal a cadaver from a cryogenics lab, as part of an initiation rite in a local fraternity. The "corpse" is an undead body from the late 1950s, and is under the control of an extraterrestrial organism. Soon, several other people are infected with these alien slugs.

  1. ^ "Night of the Creeps". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. ^ Gingold, Michael (3 November 2009). "NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (DVD/Blu-ray Review)". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 5 November 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2014.