The Deadly Spawn (Special Edition)

A meteorite crash lands on earth in the woods near a campsite. The friends or homosexual couple out in the woods are both attacked are eaten and we see the shadow of the creature as it begins to grow. The credits role and we hear an awesome theme. We're introduced to an odd family. Charlie the youngest son loves monsters(just like I do), his brother is a scientist/psychology student, his uncle is a psychiatrist/psychologist, and everyone else is just everyone else. Charlies mom and dad are leaving for vacation, his mother goes into the basement and is eaten by the beast, his father goes down and we get our first glimpse of the creature. Later Charlie comes across the beasty and all of it's offspring. The monster regurgitates Charles's mom's head and several baby beasts bite off her skin. The creature's can sense vibration and sound. The aunt leaves to go to a party and the beasties show up at said house. In this fairly disturbing scene a bunch of elderly women are being attacked and bitten by several baby creatures. Mean while Charles's brother's friends show up and bring with them one of the dead creatures. They dissect said thing and can't decide what it is or where it's from. Soon the large mother beast begins to attack the rest of the house hold. The kids come across the uncle who's gotten his eyes eaten and inside and outside his body is swarming with the little beasts. A girl shows up only to be eaten by the big alien creature. Charlie finally kills the large alien. We then cut to a large # of people going through grass and dirt finding the creatures which may have spread around the whole planet. At the very end out from the ground comes a humongous creature much larger than a house and we cut to the end credits and we hear another awesome theme. The creature design is unique and I really like it. The film is a throw back to 50s sci-fi films namely The Blob 1958 and It! Terror from Beyond Space! 1958. The effects are astounding and were made with only 20,000 dollars that's a low budget and it is amazing by how much they were able to achieve. There's plenty of gore and plenty of blood which looks amazing. Most of the acting is descent and the characters are likeable. There's comic on the dvd that gives us the creatures origin, they were biology weapons created by an alien race for war. The film had a sequel but it didn't have much to do with the first film so it became it's own thing the only reason to see the so called "sequel" is for it's special effects which are amazing, the sequel is called Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor released in 1990. This is one of my favorite horror films and one of the best, it's a great low budget film that still holds up today. I payed 14 bucks but I would pay 50 bucks for this fantastic flick. Both the film and dvd get up to 5/5 stars equaling up to 10 stars. Now onto the content of the dvdOnly one disc:Main featureTwo audio commentariesStill galleries, behind the scenes photos, make up effects, and premiere in New York CityA comic style prequel detailing the creatures originAlternate opening sequenceAnimated menusOuttakesAudition tapes& cast & crew biographies.

This is a low budget movie shot on 16mm film. Despite it's budget, I thought the creatures were more lifelike and effective than most big budget CGI creature creations. I would prefer this film over the remake of THE THING any day. The simple story involves a crashed meteor and the creature that emerges from it. It kills a couple of campers, and then the toothy worm like monster takes residence in the basement of an isolated country house. The creature is blind and hears by sound only, and it begins spawning numerous little worm monsters. After it begins killing off the residents in the house, a kid who's a big horror fan tries to destroy it. The film begins quickly with blood and gore. After a couple people are killed in the very beginning, the monster also kills a couple more people as soon as it gets into the basement; but it slows up later and gets a little too talky at times. The gore effects are excellent, but the film contains some unnecessary dialogue scenes that go on for a little too long; I thought if they kept the pace fast at all times, a monster movie like this would've been even better. However, those creatures look great and the replay value is still very good. It's still a great film despite having some small problems. This is mostly an indoors film, so some people may or may not like that. You've got those creatures in the basement and people in the house with that kid who's a horror fan; this is basically the film. It's a gory, very easy to follow monster flick to watch on a rainy day or at night. There's no nudity in the movie.I thought the color and contrast needs a little improvement, but the quality is very good. The animated menu and chapter screens with music are also nice.

Blu Ray Review: Elite Entertainment version. I don't know what people are b****in' about but this Blu Ray release was good. More and likely it's because everyone has a hard on for HD remastering and it's stupid as hell. The picture quality is fine and watchable so up yours. This Blu-Ray contains a lot of s*** like audio commentary, gag reel, actors screening, and other stuff.Movie Review: This is a very well shot film for being very low budgeted. Of course, the story and acting was terrible but that is what defines an 80's horror film and if you can't except it, then die. The parasitic monsters are cool looking, the splatter is actually abundant for an R rated movie, and all that. I highly recommend this movie for B-Grade lovers.Conclusion: 5 F*****G STARS FOR THE BLU RAY and 4 stars for The Deadly Spawn.