Night of the Creeps
- R
- Year:
- 1986
- 88 min
- 868 Views
Night of the Creeps was the debut
of writerldirector Fred Dekker.
was for the original story...
...on the movie, House (1986).
The title sequence was designed
by Ernest Farino...
...who was also responsible for
the title sequences for such films as...
... The Abyss (1989)
And Terminator 2 (1991).
This was the first feature film
for producer Charles Gordon...
...who would later go on to produce
Field of Dreams (1989)...
... Die Hard 2 (1990)
And Waterworld (1995).
If you look closely, you can see that...
...the alien carrying
the container of creeps...
...has in fact been "creeped" himself.
His eyes are the dead giveaway.
The score for the film
was composed by Barry DeVorzon.
His other credits include The Warriors
(1979) and Exorcist III (1990).
He is also an accomplished
rock musician.
Ken Heron, the actor playing Johnny,
is the only actor to appear...
...in both the 1950s and
Excluding dream sequences,
of course.
Alice Cadogan, who plays Pam,
can also be seen...
...in the original Beverly Hills Cop
(1984) as a hotel clerk.
Originally there was a scene here
that introduced Johnny...
...to the other girls in the sorority.
It aired on the television version
of the film.
Cameron is Dave Alan Johnson...
...who would later go on to create...
...the television series,
Doc and Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye.
This segment is filled
with classic '50s music, including...
..."Put Your Head on My Shoulder"
and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. "
On the radio is "The Stroll"
by The Diamonds...
...which is repeated
at the end of the film.
It was chosen by Fred Dekker
due to its eerie and hypnotic quality.
The movie is chock-full of homages to
other horror movies and their makers.
Corman University is named after
legendary B movie producer...
...Roger Corman, who created
many of the films...
...that influenced
Night of the Creeps.
Roger Corman has produced
hundreds of films...
...in a career that spans over 50 years
in the business, including...
... Little Shop of Horrors, Battle
Beyond the Stars and Carnosaur.
The creeps in this film were created
by David B. Miller...
...and were made of vinyl.
Hundreds were used in the film.
What looks like a direct hit with
the ax is a forced-perspective shot.
The actor is actually much further away
from the car than he appears...
...and the ax never came close
to the actress.
Jason Lively is famously known
as the second Rusty...
...in National Lampoon's
European Vacation (1985).
He comes from a family of actors.
His father is actor Ernie Lively,
and his sisters are...
...Blake Lively (Gossip Girl)
And Robyn Lively (Teen Witch).
physically impaired. Just FYI!
The characters of J.C. And Chris
were actually featured...
of Fred Dekker's.
He carried them over
to the Creeps script.
J.C. Is James Carpenter Hooper
and Chris is Christopher Romero...
...an homage to horror filmmakers
John Carpenter (Halloween)...
...and George Romero
(Night of the Living Dead).
Actress Jill Whitlow had just
come from a starring role...
...in the film, Thunder Run (1986)...
...and had been featured briefly
in the classic comedy, Porky's (1982).
The actor playing the mono-browed
Steve is David Oliver...
...who appeared in the horror film,
The Horror Show in 1989...
...which was released as
House III overseas.
A deleted moment occurred here
as J.C. Valiantly hits on a girl...
...only to be shut down. It was featured
in the television version of the film.
The film's director of photography
was Robert C. New...
...who lensed the original Prom Night
(1980) and went on to such films as...
... Lionheart (1990), Riding the Bullet
(2004) and Demon Hunter (2005).
The film's soundtrack includes
numerous 1980s confections...
...from such artists as
Intimate Strangers and Stan Ridgway.
Cynthia Cronenberg is named after
Canadian filmmaker...
...David Cronenberg (Scanners,
Naked Lunch, The Fly).
The film's editor, Michael Knue,
found this film coming back...
...in a strange way to him
later on in his career.
He was selected
...to edit his film Dead Silence (2007)
Because he was such a fan...
...of his work
on Night of the Creeps.
Knue has since gone on to edit Wan's
latest film, Death Sentence (2007).
Knue also cut the sci-fi classic,
The Hidden (1987)...
...and the fourth entry in the Nightmare
Brad is played by
actor Allan Kayser...
...who is best known as Bubba from
the TV series, Mama's Family.
Interestingly, due to the rather
off-putting nature of the character...
...Fred Dekker instructed
the other actors...
with Kayser as possible...
...to help create the on-screen tension
between Brad and our heroes.
However, all the actors and Dekker...
...found Kayser to be
friendly and professional.
The song playing in
the background of this scene...
...is "Caught Up in the Crossfire"
by The Charm Kings.
It is also featured in another
cult classic from 1986...
...Hal Needham's Rad.
Many of the frat guys are played by
members of the makeup FX crew.
Since so many of the fraternity brothers
were going to become zombies...
...it was decided that it would save
time to just have the makeup team...
...play as many of the frat guys
as possible.
Playing the lab assistant here,
He would go on to appear in the film
...for which he was nominated for
an Academy Award (R) in 1993...
...for Best Supporting Actor.
He has also become
one of Hollywood's...
...most notable character actors,
appearing in such films as...
... The American President (1995),
Payback (1999)...
...and In Good Company (2004).
Paymer recently returned
to the horror genre...
...with a major role in director Sam
Raimi's Drag Me to Hell (2009).
Another key member
of the production team...
...was production designer
George Costello.
He had previously worked as
an art director on such films as...
... Evilspeak (1981) and
the original The Terminator (1984).
production design duties...
...for Problem Child (1990) and
Alligator Il:
The Mutation (1991).He recently returned
to the horror genre...
...with the horrorlcomedy
My Name Is Bruce (2008).
"This gives me the creeps!"
Is one of many lines of dialogue...
...that reference the movie itself.
While it may appear that
actor Ken Heron is naked...
...he is actually wearing underwear.
The icy frost around
his midsection on the tube...
...is what gives the impression
otherwise.
It is never explained why Johnny
was placed in a cryogenics facility...
...or who did it.
Fans have speculated on the
back-story...
...saying that the U.S. Government
knew about the meteor landing...
...and was using Johnny's body
for experimental purposes.
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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