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Night of the Creeps

Night of the Creeps

The good news is your date is here. The bad news is...He's dead.

19866.71h 28m

Overview

In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.

Directed by Fred Dekker
Written by Fred Dekker
Produced by Charles Gordon
Box OfficeBudget: $5.0MRevenue: $591K

Top Cast

Jason Lively

Jason Lively

Christopher 'Chris' Romero

Steve Marshall

Steve Marshall

James Carpenter 'J.C.' Hooper

Jill Whitlow

Jill Whitlow

Cynthia 'Cindy' Cronenberg

Tom Atkins

Tom Atkins

Det. Ray Cameron

Wally Taylor

Wally Taylor

Detective Landis

Allan Kayser

Allan Kayser

Brad

Bruce Solomon

Bruce Solomon

Sgt. Raimi

Vic Polizos

Vic Polizos

Coroner

Dick Miller

Dick Miller

Walt

K

Ken Heron

Johnny

Themes & Keywords

spacecraftmonsterexperimentpolicemorgueundeadalienmurdersororityserial killerzombiecorpsefraternityparasitesatiricalax

About Night of the Creeps

Night of the Creeps is a horror, comedy, science fiction film released in 1986 exploring themes of spacecraft, monster, experiment, police, morgue, undead. Directed by Fred Dekker, it stars Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow. In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.

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