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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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Toxic waste dumping in a small Idaho town turns a young boy into horrible mutant monster. The town's police chief and a government scientist team up to stop the monster, which is quickly killing off the town's citizenry.
Movie Tagline:
The ultimate terror has taken form
Title: Being, The
Release Date: November 18, 1983
Runtime: 82 mins
Genre: Horror
All Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Color
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 2.5
Buried.com Rating: 3.5 - (Rate This Horror Movie at Buried.com)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With B
MPAA Rating: R
Director(s):
Jackie Kong
Cast:
Martin Landau ...Garson Jones
Marianne Gordon ...Laurie
Bill Osco ...Detective Mortimer Lutz (as Rexx Coltrane)
Jose Ferrer ...Mayor Gordon Lane
Dorothy Malone ...Marge Smith
Ruth Buzzi ...Virginia Lane
Murray Langston ...Arn
Kinky Friedman ...Willis
Johnny Dark ...John
Kent Perkins ...Officer Dudley
Ellen Blake ...Jenny
Roxanne Cybelle ...Suzie (as Roxanne Cybelle Osco)
Jerry Maren ...The Monster
Eric Helland ...Doper #1
Bill Rawlinson ...Doper #2
Richard Marcus ...Joe The Lab Assistant
Nancy Osco ...Woman Motorist
Jay Sherlock ...Golf Buddy
James Simmerman ...Golf Buddy
John Elliott ...Golf Buddy
Tracy Barry ...Newswoman
Patrick Cunningham ...Drive-In Cashier
Brian Swain ...Drive-In Manager
Jefferson Jewell ...Prankster
Mary Hold ...Prankster
Cory Germann ...Prankster
Roger Smith ...Tow Truck Driver
Brad Ginther ...Running Boy
Roland Onffrey ...Farmer On Tractor
Larry Babcock ...Policeman At Station
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Producer(s):
Bill Osco
Writer(s):
Jackie Kong
Composer(s):
Don Preston
More Movie Taglines:
- The ultimate terror has taken form
Movie Quote(s):
- Laurie: But if this thing is actually killing people, then why is the mayor trying to keep it quiet? Detective Mortimer Lutz: Potatoes Laurie: Potatoes? Detective Mortimer Lutz: Around here that means big money.
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Movie Trivia:
- This film was made in 1980 as "Easter Sunday," but sat on the shelf for three years and finally received a brief theatrical release as "The Being."
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Keywords:
Monster, Police, Toxic Waste, Mutant, Radioactive ...[more]
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Rating: 3.5 out of 10.0 - 64 votes cast total
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