Truly the worst movie I've ever seen in a theater

Just so...so bad

In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

There is a usual level of unintended cheesy humor that has become associated by re-watching 80ies science-fiction/horror/comedy films and if you look at some of 'Night of the Creeps's contemporaries they don't tend to age well. After a couple of decades you tend to laugh at how bad the effects are instead of what the filmmakers intended as humor. To it's credit the humor in 'Night of the Creeps' is quite intentional and exceeds most in the genre and keeps the movie quite fresh after three decades. The plot isn't particularly original, the pace is quite slow in places and some of the acting is way too cheesy even for this kind of film but the dialogue is snappy enough to make you not give an ounce of a dingo's kidneys about any of that. Overall the film feels like it was made with a lightness of heart that elevates it most of the time and was made not for frights (of which there are quite a few) but for fun and it admirably succeeds.

Not exactly what you would call an unknown horror comedy, but there is the distinct feeling that it should be better known. As its cult fan base will attest, this is blast of a movie, a homage to the "B" schlockers of lore. Directed by Fred Dekker, the premise sees some alien beings eject a flask of alien slugs down to earth, which lands at a fraternity campus, something which cause mayhem some years later when a frozen body is disturbed at the medical lab and the slugs are unleashed. Cue infestation that turns people into zombies!The pic plays up to the clichés of fraternity based movies, with nerds and nudity on tap, all smothered in a gooey horror comedy sauce. One-liners are ripe, the characterisations also, the latter of which fronted by a glorious Tom Atkins as a hard drinking hard - boiled detective with issues and quips ready to be poured out. It's not genius film making, but given the low budget it deserves its cult status, because it never pauses for breath and it's very aware of what it wants to be - and crucially who its target audience is. 7/10

College freshmen Chris and J.C. (Jason Lively, Steve Marshall) are trying to join a fraternity and are given the initiation challenge of stealing a body from the morgue. In attempting to do this, they unfreeze a cryogenically-frozen body that was inhabited by parasitic alien slugs in 1959. Now the alien slugs are free and attacking the college campus, turning people into zombies. After his friend is killed, Chris tries to stop the slugs & zombies with the help of a detective (Tom Atkins) whose tragic backstory ties into the alien attack in 1959.This terrific '80s horror comedy from Fred Dekker is one of the most underrated movies from that decade. Steve Marshall is great fun as the handicapped best friend of 'the hero.' He gets many of the movie's best lines. Jason Lively and beautiful Jill Whitlow are both good. Allan Kayser (Bubba from "Mama's Family") is the Zabka-esque jock villain. The movie's highlight is Tom Atkins, who gives a memorable performance as the tough and sarcastic detective. The movie's filled with in-jokes and references that genre fans will enjoy. The movie itself is a sort of homage to classic B sci-fi/horror flicks of the '50s. By the way, in one scene Jill Whitlow is making cookies or something in the kitchen with her sorority sisters. She drops a wooden spoon and kicks it under the refrigerator. Then she picks it up and proceeds to put it right back in the bowl. Eww, how gross is that? That made me want to vomit far more than any of the movie's special effects! Give it a shot and I'm sure you'll agree it's great fun and years ahead of its time. Any movie with a Dick Miller cameo can't be that bad.

A vessel containing an intergalactic experiment from an alien spaceship arrives on Earth. Meanwhile, a young couple is making out in their car near where it lands. The guy, after hearing the strange noise it made, goes to investigate. The girl stays behind and is killed by an escaped mental patient with an axe. The guy finds the vessel, which opens up and frees an alien slug. The slug then enters his body through the mouth and takes control of his brain. Thirty years later, Chris (Jason Lively) and J.C. (Steve Marshall) are two college students who, while trying to impress a beautiful young co-ed named Cynthia (Jill Whitlow), are hazed into leaving a dead body on the sorority house doorstep. They only get as far as the morgue where they find a frozen corpse, actually the young man from before, and accidentally thaw him out along with the parasite in his brain. Soon the alien slugs multiply and start taking control of all the students around campus, resulting in a terrifying zombie crisis. Chris and J.C. join forces with the one liner spitting Detective Ray Cameron (Tom Atkins) and must now fight to put an end to this threat from beyond the stars! This is one of the greatest horror films I've ever seen and it sickens me how little known it is. This movie has all the right ingredients for B-movie greatness and is one you will want to watch over and over again. All the characters here really fleshed out and three dimensional. Ray Cameron, played by the always great Tom Atkins, is hilarious and steals every scene he's in. He's easily one of my favorite horror protagonists ever. I just loved him! Jason Lively as Chris makes for a great hero as well and gave a very grounded and credible performance. I could go on and on about the acting but what really makes this movie so perfect is the intricate premise of alien slugs taking over human bodies and making them into mindless zombies. It's like a clever tribute to the sci-fi monster movies of the 50's but with an 80's twist. Another cool treat for horror fans like myself is that most of the characters are named after great horror directors (such as Carpenter, Raimi, Cronenberg, etc.). Night of the Creeps was definitely made for people who love this sort of thing and I applaud the filmmakers for that. I could write an entire novel about what makes this film so great but I'll go ahead and conclude this review by telling you to check it out immediately. You will not be disappointed!