
Laserblast(1978)
Happy go-lucky teen Billy Duncan discovers an otherworldly laser gun in the southern California desert, making him the target of a pair of aliens who had recently executed its previous owner.


“If you have the guts...IT WANTS THEM!”
A creature from outer space, nightbeast, crash lands in Baltimore and starts a killing spree that quickly escelates.
Tom Griffith
Sheriff Cinder
Jamie Zemarel
Jamie Lambert
Karin Kardian
Lisa Kent

George Stover
Steven Price
Don Leifert
Drago
Anne Frith
Ruth Sherman
Eleanor Herman
Mary Jane

Richard Dyszel
Mayor Bert Wicker
Greg Dohler
Greg
Kim Pfeiffer
Kim
Nightbeast is a horror, science fiction film released in 1982 exploring themes of sheriff, monster, laser gun, police, alcohol, gun. Directed by Don Dohler, it stars Tom Griffith, Jamie Zemarel, Karin Kardian. A creature from outer space, nightbeast, crash lands in Baltimore and starts a killing spree that quickly escelates.
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