‘Even if you kill them, they’re still deadly’
Creepozoids is a 1987 sci-fi horror film about a group of survivors try to avoid the battles of World War III. When they try to escape to the quiet lands, they encounter something much more deadly.
This was the first 35mm movie directed by David DeCoteau (Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama; Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy; the 1313 movies, and many, many more) from a screenplay co-written with Dave Eisenstark [as Burford Hauser] (Blood Nasty).
The score was composed by Guy Moon (Howling: New Moon Rising; Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama).
The film was remade in 1997 as Hybrid, directed by Fred Olen Ray.
David DeCoteau: “Creepozoids was shot in fifteen 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.”
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The movie stars Linnea Quigley (Witchtrap; Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama; The Return of the Living Dead), Ken Abraham (Vampire Knights; Terror Night; Hobgoblins), Michael Aranda (El Chupacabra) and Kim McKamy [later known as Ashlyn Gere] (Willard; Evil Laugh; Lunch Meat), Joi Wilson.
Plot [includes spoilers]:</strong
Set in 1998, six years after an apocalyptic nuclear war, a group of five military deserters, including a soldier named Kate and her boyfriend, seek refuge from the toxic environment in an abandoned laboratory. They hope to find shelter and supplies to survive in the harsh new world.
As they explore the underground facility, the group discovers signs of previous experiments and unethical scientific practices. Soon, they realize they are not alone. Strange and horrifying creatures, the result of a genetic experiment gone wrong, begin to stalk and attack the survivors.
Trapped in the underground facility with limited resources, the group must confront not only the mutant creatures but also the dark secrets of the lab. Tensions rise as trust issues and personal conflicts surface among the survivors. They must band together to face the mutant threat and uncover the truth behind the experiments that led to the creation of the Creepozoids.
” …when one of his movies misses its target and misses wide – as Creepozoids most certainly does, despite a gloriously sick climax involving a new born mutoid baby being strangled with its own umbilical cord – DeCoteau’s films can display an unwillingness to entertain that sometimes verges on the sociopathic.” Empire of the ‘B’s book
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Cast and characters:
Linnea Quigley as Blanca
Ken Abraham as Butch
Michael Aranda as Jesse
Richard S. Hawkins (credited as Richard Hawkins) as Jake
Ashlyn Gere (credited as Kim McKamy) as Kate
Joi Wilson as Woman
Filming locations:
Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey, California, USA
Tech specs:
1h 12m (72 min)
Mono
Aspect ratio: 1.85: 1
Soundtrack score:
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