The Deadly Spawn

1983
R
1h 21m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

5.5K

YOUR RATING

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.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

5.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

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)

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Highly awaited..by me at least

Thank god for DVD, I was waiting for a chance to see this film since I was but a wee pubescent gore fiend way back in the mid '80's when I saw a clip of it when I rented "Terror on Tape" (which was and still IS a much better compilation of horror films then the much better known "Terror in the Aisles, but I digress), while sleeping over my Aunt's house. This film's plot is just alien eats and eats and eats some more people. So was it worth the decades long wait?? Well for the most part a resounding YES. I knew it was going to be low budget and I knew it would have bad acting. But it was still a really fun movie for gore lovers. And i wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to fellow low-budget horror film fans.

Synapse DVD Extras: 2 commentary tracks (the first with the director and a few cast members and the second with the Producer); alternate opening; audition tapes; stills gallery; outtakes; a 15 page comic book style prequel; and theatrical trailer

My Grade: B