Alan Alda Movie:

		List Price: $24.95		Label: Sony Pictures Salesrank: 3663 Released: October 27, 2009
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		MPAA Rating: Unrated Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:
In this campy chiller, a college couple, in 1959, see an object plummet to Earth like a meteor. The boy accidentally swallows a space-slug that shoots out. In 1986, two freshmen roam the campus and stumble across the corpse of the boy who swallowed the space-slug. Once thawed out, the corpse comes to life.

Night of the Creeps [Blu-ray] Reviews:
A Cult Classic that is HIGHLY Underrated
2009-12-02 - Fred Dekker's Night of the Creeps was ahead of its time. With a little of everything - from aliens to zombies to axe murderers and frat boys - this horror-comedy is still outrageous by today's standards. With enough creepy moments to still be a horror movie and enough laughs to keep you in stitches, you can't go wrong with Night of the Creeps.

"Thrill me."

Well worth the wait brilliant release
2009-11-24 - NIGHT OF THE CREEPS BLU-RAY

***** Out of 5

Release Date- October 27th, 2009

Long out of print Fred Dekker's cult classic Night of the Creeps finally makes it's much anticipated debut on DVD and Blu-ray. Upon its theatrical release, Night of the Creeps despite being made on a low budget failed to turn a profit, which is something that has plagued the career of Fred Dekker with The Monster Squad and RoboCop 3 also being box office failures. When The Monster Squad finally got its due with a SE DVD it gave fans hope for Night of the Creeps would get one and it took a couple of years, but we can throw away our worn out VHS and bootlegs; this is the unrated Director's Cut, but it's the same movie you've seen before except the ending; the ending used was how Fred Dekker originally wanted to end the movie.

THE MOVIE
The very definition of a cult classic; it's funny has some decent suspense and great characters with strong writing and directing. Night of the Creeps is the kind of movie you can watch over and over again it's just that much fun to watch.

PACKAGE DESIGN
Why must studios change the original art work? Night of the Creeps like many pre-90s movies had some great poster art, but like many it was changed for the release. The new artwork is terrible! Anchor Bay and Blue-Underground almost always keep the original art, but the bigger companies almost always change it. The DVD cover is even worse than the Blu-ray artwork. It's not the worst I suppose, but if you've seen the original artwork you'll hate the new cover as much as I do. I'm tempted to slightly lower my rating, but as annoying as it is to have the artwork changed I'll deal with since Night of the Creeps has finally been released.

AUDIO COMMENTARY- Fred Dekker & Michael Felsher
This rates as one of my favorite commentary tracks; Dekker is nothing, but honest and mentions stuff he didn't like about the movie. Michael Felsher is from Red Shirt Pictures and is the producer of the DVD and Blu-ray. Dekker and Felsher work well together and there are never any lulls in the talking and it's also very informative.

AUDIO COMMENTARY- Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow, Tom Atkins
Excellent track and is informative and really funny at times; the cast clearly get along well and are clearly having fun with this commentary.

ORIGINAL THEATRICAL ENDING (HD)- 28-Seconds
This is the ending most people have seen, but this wasn't the intended ending by Fred Dekker; I liked this ending just as much as the other ending; while I wouldn't say this ending was dark, but it wasn't exactly happy either and actually I think the ending used on this release is a little better overall, but if you don't like the ending in the movie you can always watch the theatrical ending on the disc; both are good and while I slightly favor the ending used on this release it's one of those I could probably switch back and forth on, which I like more.

DELETED SCENES (SD)- 7:39
A lot of times scenes are deleted for good reason, but every so often you'll find some excellent stuff and this is one of those times; the deleted scenes are really enjoyable and while their loss doesn't hurt the movie they could have been put back in without hurting the pacing.

THRILL ME: THE MAKING OF NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (HD)- 59:46
This is a 5-part documentary that covers the whole movie; interviews with cast and crew members; Fred Dekker, Tom Atkins, Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow, Charles Gordon, Michael Knue, David Miller, Howard Berger, Robert Kurtzman, Todd Masters, Barry Devorzon. Here's a brief look at what the making of covers;

Birth of the Creeps- 10:40
Excellent feature, which touches upon Fred Dekker's time at UCLA and how the basic concept came about; highly informative with just enough information

Cast of the Creeps- 15:47
This focuses only on the cast and this was possibly my favorite of the features. The cast shares their memories of making the movie and tease each other through out. The one thing made clear is there was a bond between the cast and it shows big time in the film and they all seem to still have a strong bond all these years later. They also talk about their characters and how they related to them; again this was a great feature.

Creating the Creeps- 10:32
This one covers all the F/X of the film and it's a lot of fun and we get some good information. Many of the Make up crew also appear in the film and later appear as zombies and that was done to save time and money.

Escape of the Creeps- 11:34
This one covers the post production and how the screenings didn't go over well it also explained is why the ending was changed and we briefly get into reshoots and how the poor marketing resulted in a box office flop; this was another strong feature.

Legend of the Creeps- 10:59
The last look at the movie goes over the cult status the film has gained and there are also brief interviews with a few fans; Once again this disc delivers this was another winner.

TOM ATKINS: MAN OF ACTION (HD)- 19:54
If you are a fan of Tom Atkins (and really who isn't?) you'll enjoy this one; this has Tom Atkins explaining how he first got into acting and he talks about some of the movies he's done in his career; Shane Black who wrote Lethal Weapon went to UCLA with Fred Dekker and would later write the Monster Squad with Dekker was often on the set of Night of the Creeps and was shopping the script around for Lethal Weapon and wanted Tom Atkins for the role of Riggs, which later went to Mel Gibson; Atkins does appear briefly in the movie; so yeah this was yet another strong feature and again fans of Tom Atkins will enjoy this most.

THEATRICAL TRAILER (HD)- 1:30
No need to explain this.

TRIVIA TRACK
I'm not the biggest fan of trivia tracks, but this one was fairly good I suppose; we get some decent information and the track is constantly popping up through the movie. Nothing I hate more than when its minutes and minutes between.

TRANSFER
Night of the Creeps makes its debut in HD and the picture quality was very sharp; there is some grain and dirt during the movie, which is to be expected, but it's not all that noticeable and as the movie goes on you'll notice it even less in the scenes it does pop up in, but there aren't many scenes with much grain.

I had high expectations for the Blu-ray and I wasn't disappointed at all in the transfer; of all the Blu-ray's I own from movies released in the 80s or prior Night of the Creeps just might have my favorite transfer or the very least top 3. While this movie may not be used as a demo and again there is some grain and dirt, but it never serves as a distraction and the colors are sharp and the movie just looks amazing. I haven't seen the DVD, but odds are they are taken from the same source and differences probably won't be that much different, but due to the higher resolution the BD will be sharper; I suppose for a few extra dollars it's worth buying on Blu-ray even if odds are there won't be a huge difference is picture quality; but again the Blu-ray transfer is top notch and Creeps looks amazing in HD.

AUDIO
I wasn't sure what to expect out of the audio; quite honestly a lot of 80s and pre-80s flicks I don't think always benefit from a new sound mix; while they don't sound bad I do sometimes switch over to the original track, but the sound quality on Night of the Creeps was very good; maybe not great, but no complaints here.

FINAL WORDS ON THE DISC
The wait for Night of the Creeps was more than worth it; this just might be the best release of 2009. The transfer is strong as is the audio and the extras all really deliver big time. In this day and age DVD and Blu-ray releases seem to be getting weaker and weaker, but this disc very much delivers on just about everything there is to know about the movie. And last of all the movie itself is still just as great as ever; this disc comes highly recommended.

The Creeps are back
2009-11-15 - Night Of The Creeps is one of the best 80's horror movies made. Some call it cheesy but I loved those type of movies when I was a kid and to get it on Blu-Ray what a plus. Overall fo a low budget horror movie the picture and sound were very nice. I would suggest if you are a fan of this film get it on Blu-Ray.

Great 80s B-Horror/Cheesey Gem
2009-11-12 - This is a funny and entertaining bit of 80s B-Horror. It's very nice to see that this got a Blu-Ray release. The picture and sound quality are fantastic in this version. Tom Atkins' one liners are very dry and will bring some chuckles for sure. The makeup effects are solid and the mix between dry humor and scares is fun. This movie has tons of cheese so be sure so bring along plenty of crackers and feel free to dip regularly.


Love Love this movie !!!!
2009-11-07 - I remember this movie as a kid This movie is such a cult classic screw the nay sayers of this film its a friggin masterpiece!! I love love it not enough loves