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Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Maleeha Vincent It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Scott LeBrun Veteran B level filmmaker Charles Band surely must have thought that one way that he could outdo "Alien" was to have a similar "chest burster" type creature come right at the camera. And so he did, with this derivative but fairly amusing low budget monster movie, made during the 3D boom of the early 1980s. The whole "raison d'etre" of this thing is to thrust gore and monsters into the viewers' face, and on that level, this is entertaining trash. The script (by Alan J. Adler, Michael Shoob, and Frank Levering) isn't so hot, but with this kind of diversion, that isn't too important a consideration. With limited means, Band creates a somewhat desolate feel, with a limited number of cast members and use of various isolated rural California locations.Robert Glaudini stars as Paul Dean, a scientist creating parasites for a nefarious organization known as The Merchants. Karma intercedes when he ends up with one inside him, and he flees into the desert, taking assorted items, and the other surviving parasite, with him. But he can't do any research / experiments in peace, because local troublemaking punks, led by Ricus (Luca Bercovici), are always being a nuisance. Fortunately, Paul makes the acquaintance of Patricia Welles (ever lovely Demi Moore, in her first starring role), a young farmer living on her own.The cast is mostly good value. Also present and accounted for are Al Fann as Collins, a diner owner, James Davidson as the villainous Wolf, Tom Villard, Runaways singer Cherie Currie and Joanelle Romero as members of Ricus' gang, and Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith in a cameo. Some viewers may wince at seeing Broadway legend Miss Vivian Blaine (as she is billed) slumming her way through this one. Glaudini is appropriately intense and fidgety, while Moore gets by mostly on looks and likability.Charles' brother Richard Band does the terrific score, while Mac Ahlberg, a very busy man during this decade, does fine work as the D.P. There are some fun 3D moments. The highlight (or low point, as the case might be for some people) is seeing a monster burst through Miss Blaines' face. Stan Winston is one of the creature effects creators; the work here might not be among his best, but just think what he could have done with a bigger budget. The coolest thing in the whole movie, however, has to be the amazing looking car that the villain drives.If you enjoy this sort of thing to begin with, you'll probably like this one, too.Six out of 10.

nzswanny Charles Band has made a lot of good movies in his time, but a lot of his movies are bad too. However, if you watch his movies older than 1999, their usually good. This is one of his movies before 1999, and I have to say, it had a brilliant hook at the start of the movie. However, after that it did introduce us that the movie was set in the future, however it kinda dragged a little on about the gangsters and other surroundings in the future. Myself, I think they could be able to shorten that bit five minutes shorter, but then again, slow movies do seem to express how the character's personalities well, and I'm usually quite forgiving. After some 30 minutes of dragging on, they finally get back to the story. Yay, finally. And ever since that, the movie actually started to become really good. So, it is recommended you go see this movie, even if it is a little slow in parts. I rate it 7.4/10.

meader82 A very cheesy early 80's horror movie, and in 3D no less. I've never seen the 3D version of the film but I honestly don't think it would make watching this any better. The main problem with the movie is that it is quite boring. Demi Moore does a good job here, but she is one of the only actors that is halfway decent. Of course nobody watches these kinds of movies to see good acting anyway, so what about the title creatures? They aren't that good either unfortunately. Stan Winston did the effects for this movie and apart from one or two scenes (especially the saloon owner's demise) it doesn't look like he tried very hard on this one, although the lack of funding probably didn't help either. Overall, I would not suggest this movie to anyone unless they really love cheesy Roger Corman flicks. Really, really cheesy Roger Corman flicks.

haildevilman Most people are only interested in this for the then unknown Demi Moore's appearance. Seeing her in her tight shorts made this worth a check.The lack of cast was obvious. It's as if the producers were cutting costs in the middle of scenes. Keep changing the camera direction and maybe no one will notice the two cheap sets they kept using.Robert Glaudini did an OK job with his role. Sometimes it seemed as if he was sleepwalking though. Some rumors flew around at one point that it was really David Carradine slumming, but nope.Demi's acting hasn't changed much. She was a wide-eyed emotional type back then too. But she looked good because she looked NORMAL. Not so much enhancement if you get my drift. But what was her character doing there anyway? Lots of fire and threatening gestures. But the creature itself looked pretty good. And it mostly took place during a sunny day, which was kind of different.But I agree with Chas. Balun. "Worth a look only if you see it in 3-D, FORGET the videocassette."