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Nightbeast

  • 1982
  • R
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
4.2/10
2.6K
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Nightbeast (1982)
A creature from outer space crash lands in a small town and starts killing people.
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A creature from outer space crash lands in a small town and starts killing people.A creature from outer space crash lands in a small town and starts killing people.A creature from outer space crash lands in a small town and starts killing people.

  • Directors
    • Don Dohler
    • Dave Geatty
  • Writer
    • Don Dohler
  • Stars
    • Tom Griffith
    • Jamie Zemarel
    • Karin Kardian
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.2/10
    2.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Don Dohler
      • Dave Geatty
    • Writer
      • Don Dohler
    • Stars
      • Tom Griffith
      • Jamie Zemarel
      • Karin Kardian
    • 40User reviews
    • 50Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Tom Griffith
    • Sheriff Cinder
    Jamie Zemarel
    • Jamie Lambert
    Karin Kardian
    • Lisa Kent
    George Stover
    George Stover
    • Steven Price
    Don Leifert
    Don Leifert
    • Drago
    Anne Frith
    • Ruth Sherman
    Eleanor Herman
    • Mary Jane
    Richard Dyszel
    Richard Dyszel
    • Mayor Bert Wicker
    Greg Dohler
    • Greg
    Kim Pfeiffer
    • Kim
    • (as Kim Dohler)
    Monica Neff
    • Suzie
    Glenn Barnes
    • Glenn
    Rose Wolfe
    • Glenn's Girl
    Jerry Schuerholz
    • Hunter
    Hank Stuhmer
    • Hunter
    Fred Gibmeyer
    • Hunter
    Richard Ruxton
    • Governor Embry
    Bumb Roberts
    • Bill Perkins
    • (as Bump Roberts)
    • Directors
      • Don Dohler
      • Dave Geatty
    • Writer
      • Don Dohler
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    5HumanoidOfFlesh

    Cheesy and gory.

    Don Dohler's "Nightbeast" tells us the story about an alien-like beast which is killing people in a small American town.It is a poorly made film with cheap special effects,but still it is enjoyable enough to keep most of the horror fans entertained.The acting is awful,the script is not better,but there's plenty of cheesy gore(like entrails ripping,decapitation etc.)to satisfy undemanding gore hounds.The sex scene between the sheriff and his deputy is a laugh riot!5 out of 10-check it out if you like low budget horror movies.
    MADMANMARZ

    A good time waster !!

    Night Beast is actually quite an entertaining little alien movie. If you can actually find this one on home video rent it. It will entertain you for it's short running time of 80 minutes. If you enjoy low budget and obscure horror. Night Beast is perfect for you. I know I love 80's horror , and this film is just another 80's winner !!
    5Maciste_Brother

    A real B-movie

    I purchased a NIGHTBEAST video for less than a price of a rental, even if I knew nothing about it and I have to say that I'm glad I did. This is a somewhat fun (funny?) horror/sci-fi movie that's rarely dull. The body count is HIGH. One of the highest I've ever seen. The alien starts killing people left and right, with its laser or with its hands and huge toothy mouth. The beast even kills two kids. Now you've got to love that in a B-movie. Many of the killings are gory. The action is really fast and furious at the beginning but gradually peters out halfway through the film.

    Anyway, the acting is spectacularly amateurish and the music often sounds like the one in FRIDAY THE 13TH. So much so that I wonder why haven't the producers of FT13 sued yet? The script is all over the place. As if the alien wasn't enough, the script also includes several competing plotlines, including a story-line about a criminal on a killing spree. And then there's the hilarious love story that blossoms right in the middle of the action between the sheriff and his female deputy. With the alien killing people all over town, the sheriff tries to stop a pool-side party held by the mayor for a state politician (the scene when the people lounging at the pool leave in a panic is hilarious. It's a priceless B-movie moment). The sheriff makes a big deal about the party, saying that there's no time for frivolities when people are dying all over the place and the town should be evacuated BUT the sheriff and the deputy do have time for some lovemaking. Nice to see where the sheriff's priorities are. Anyway, the love scene with the afro-haired sheriff and the blonde deputy with the perky breasts has got to be one of the funniest moments ever put on film. The same could be said for the conclusion of the film. Major guffaws.

    I like these kind of b-movies which were produced by some local folks with no budget starring nobodies with no expectations but to entertain bored people seeing this in a rundown movie theater in the middle of nowhere. We don't see these kind of unassuming (and goofy) films being made and released anymore. It's unfortunate because they're often more fun to watch than anything released on video these days.
    5ethylester

    cool lasers

    This movie was really awesome at the beginning, then eventually got to be pretty boring. The lasers and the alien are really cool. The alien has such a good face and his laser gun looks like a dollar store kid gun. The music and sound effects are the best, I would like to drive around in my car and just listen to them all day! I didn't like how a lot of it was filmed in the dark, the people were gritty enough already. Is the sherrif wearing an afro wig? Why does the biker's girlfriend not button her shirts? Why is the little boy wearing a Montreal ringer shirt? Why is the biker such a dork? Why can about 5 local police officers die and no one cares, but then some local boy dies and everyone is very sad and upset? Why do the laser shots disintergrate humans and cars but not stone walls, trees or anything else they hit? What kind of a name is Wilton? It's a fun movie to make fun of.
    MADMANMARZ

    A good time waster !!

    Night Beast is actually quite an entertaining little alien movie. If you can actually find this one on home video rent it. It will entertain you for it's short running time of 80 minutes. If you enjoy low budget and obscure horror. Night Beast is perfect for you. I know I love 80's horror , and this film is just another 80's winner !!

    Related interests

    Bridget Hoffman in Evil Dead (1981)
    B-Horror
    Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    Horror
    James Earl Jones and David Prowse in L'Empire contre-attaque (1980)
    Sci-Fi

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    • Trivia
      First screen credit of J.J. Abrams. He was 16. Abrams became aware of Don Dohler from the latter's articles in a local film magazine, Cinemagic. After Dohler and Abrams exchanged correspondence, Dohler asked Abrams if he would be interested in scoring the film. While the film was shot in Baltimore, Maryland, Abrams, who lived in Los Angeles, mailed the tapes to Dohler.
    • Goofs
      Suzie's shirt goes from being unbuttoned to buttoned up as she's attempting to leave her house.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Hunter: What the hell was that?

    • Connections
      Featured in Blood, Boobs & Beast (2007)

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    • Release date
      • November 1982 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Troma
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Night Beast
    • Filming locations
      • Perry Hall, Maryland, USA
    • Production company
      • Amazing Film Productions
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    • Budget
      • $42,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 21m(81 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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