''Creepozoids'' is a 1987 American

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, the first 35mm film directed by

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, and starring

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, Ken Abraham, Michael Aranda, Richard S. Hawkins and Kim McKamy (also known as Ashlyn Gere). It was remade in 1997 as ''

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''.

Plot

Set in 1998, six years after an apocalyptic

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, a group of five U.S. Army deserters take refuge from acid rain in a seemingly abandoned laboratory complex in the ruins of Los Angeles. They soon discover that the lab was a top-secret government research center, where a genetically-engineered monster still lurks.

Cast

as Blanca * Ken Abraham as Butch * Michael Aranda as Jesse * Richard S. Hawkins as Jake *

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(credited as Kim McKamy) as Kate * Joi Wilson as Woman

Production

In a 2001 interview, Director David DeCoteau, when asked about the movie's production, said "Creepozoids was shot in 15 days in a warehouse in Los Angeles. I think the budget was something like 150k. It was a difficult shoot because of all the FX and monster sequences. Lotsa slime and very ambitious. Linnea Quigley starred in it and we had a great time working together. It was my first feature shot in 35mm. It was theatrically released and a hit on video." Cast member

was a noted

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Reception

Critical reception for the film has been mostly negative. ''

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'' awarded the film 1 star out of 4 calling it an ''

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'' imitation. Editor of ''

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'', Michael Weldon, described the

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as "pretty bad", saying the baby monster at the film's end was the "only scary part".

Home media

The film was first released on DVD by Full Moon Home Video on December 9, 2003. Since then it has been released multiple times by different studios.

References

External links

* * 1987 horror films 1987 films Empire International Pictures films 1980s monster movies 1980s science fiction horror films American post-apocalyptic films 1980s English-language films Films directed by David DeCoteau Films scored by Guy Moon Films set in 1998 Films set in the future Films shot in Los Angeles Films set in Los Angeles 1980s American films {{sf-horror-film-stub