You cannot get Night of the Creeps on DVD. Well, not legally, and if you do get a bootleg, it’s likely a copy of a VHS. I’m still trying to figure out where this ranks in crimes against cinema, but I think it’s right around RKO editing The Magnificent Ambersons. Like, just a little bit worse than that.
But fret not – at least if you live in the major Los Angeles metropolitan area. Tonight, Friday and Saturday you’ll be able to see Night of the Creeps Fred ‘Jesus’ Dekker intended it, on a big screen with a crowd of fright fiends at the New Beverly. And if you go on Friday, you’ll get to meet The Dekk himself, as Fred will be doing a Q&A. Maybe Shane Black will come out and the two old buds can finally make up. History could happen!
They’re also showing Monster Squad, but a) you just bought that on DVD and b) Night of the Creeps is so much fucking better I can’t even begin to tell you. First of all, Tom Atkins is in Night of the Creeps. Second of all, these are the names of the characters: Christopher Romero. James Carpenter Hooper. Cynthia Cronenberg. Det. Cameron. Det. Landis. Sgt. Raimi. Third of all, Tom Atkins is in Night of the Creeps.
So come out to the New Beverly – click here for all the important info – and support not just rep theater culture but one of the great horror films you cannot watch at home. I’ll be there on Friday. Assuming somebody gives me a ride. Jesus, I really need a car.
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Seeing this with a geek crowd would be super cool! I envy you L.A. boys. Enjoy.
You'll see me there.
I can give you a ride. I need to return your roommate's Y The Last Man comics anyway.
You borrowed them that night after trivia? Holy shit, I was so drunk you guys could have cleaned out my house and I would have noticed. Abbie puked all the next morning.
in eighth grade, one of my friends was like "i saw this awesome movie the other night." I said: "Oh, was it Night of the Creeps? i saw it on TV too. it's great."
"No," he said. "it was called Night of the Grapes." he then proceeded to describe a movie about worms that ate brains and a guy that answers the phone real awesomely.
I punched my friend in the asshole for wasting my time.
I love Night of the Creeps so much that I added a hommage to Tom Atkins' character in my thesis film in grad school.
Sometimes I curse myself for not living in LA. I fucking love this movie, god damnit.
Hey if you guys can't make it out this weekend and you have HDMovies on Cable or Satellite, Night of the Creeps will be playing in Full HD 1080i on April 17th.. so get that DVR ready to get the best possible version of the film out there.
yo dev, if you need a ride, i can hook it up. i'm also trying to get richard edlund to show up for "the monster squad".
Enjoy it Dev and those that partake. I made my recent New Bev trip to see a double feature of Rio Bravo and The Searchers.
Sorry man, 'Creeps' is alright but 'Monster Squad' kicks its ass.
So they don't want to do a triple bill with 'Robocop 3'…?
This thrills me
Yeah, there's a file floating around on them thar intarwebs of the HD broadcast of Night Of The Creeps. Original "dog" ending though, not the graveyard one. Quality is truly excellent, if you can find it. Forget the bootleg DVD – that one is pretty bad in quality.
They show this on Monsters HD occasionally, I'm sure that's where the version floating around the net is from.
Wow, what a great movie! I saw it for the first time shortly after watching Slither, and there are quite a lot of similarities. Makes a great double feature.
Of all the horror movies I saw as a kid, this one, for some reason, didn't leave much of an impression on me other than I thought it was kind of gross that people/zombies were shooting leeches out of their mouths. I actuallly thought Slither was quite a rip off of the movie. I liked Slither though, but I don't LOVE it. Same with this movie. Ho-hum.
OMG, weird flashback there. I've heard that tagline before. I don't know what movie it was, but some VHS tape I had when I was a kid, back in the dark ages when one was mercilessly forced to sit through trailers for movies in which you had no interest, I guess played the trailer for this movie. I don't remember the movie looking very good, in fact I don't really remember anything but that line being said "Hey girls. The good news is your dates are here. The bad news is they're dead!" I think I was too young to really care about it (I must have been like 8).
Before you get a car, maybe you should get a driver's license? Like every other single solitary responsible adult in their 30s.
Removed of it's nostalgia, Night of the Creeps is quite average, at best.
macram thanks so much!
I won't miss recording it this time,
downloaded a copy off the internet, vhs quality : (
DirecTV
Thu, Apr 17th
5:30 AM ET / 2:30 AM PT
ch. 78 – HDNM
http://www.hd.net/movies_schedule_by_title.html
Everyone – if you know someone who can DVR Night of the Creeps in HD, or if you can yourself, and then get it to me
via mail, FTP, or otherwise, I will GLADLY compensate you for your time.
It's airing 4/17/08 on HDnet Movies. See the HDnet Movies schedule and availabilty here:
http://www.hd.net/movies_schedule_by_title.html
Please email me at SIRWAYNE94 AT GMAIL DOT COM. Thanks so much!
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