- The Deadly Spawn
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name = The Deadly Spawn
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director =Douglas McKeown
producer =Ted A. Bohus John Dods Tim Hildebrandt
writer =Douglas McKeown
special effects =John Dod
starring =Charles George Hildebrandt Tom DeFranco Richard Lee Porter Jean Tafler Karen Tighe James Brewster Elissa Neil Ethel Michelson John Schmerling
cinematography =Harvey M. Birnbaum
music =Paul Cornell Michael Perilstein Kenneth Walker
editing =Marc Harwood
distributor =
released =April 22 , 1983
runtime = 78 min
language = English
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0087998The Deadly Spawn is a 1983 horror film directed by Douglas McKeown and starring Charles George Hildebrandt.
It follows the story of a crash-landed alien that finds refuge in the basement of a house and grows to monstrous proportions, eating those unlucky enough to venture down. A handful of teenagers try to survive the onslaught of the creature and its vile young.
Production
The film's title was changed in some places to "Return of the Aliens: The Deadly Spawn" or "The Return of the Alien's Deadly Spawn" as original attempts to cash in on the success of the Ridley Scott film Alien.
It has been suggested that the character of Ellen (Jean Tafler), Pete's girlfriend, was killed off because the actress got another job, but screenwriter McKeown disputes this. He decided early on to shatter the conventional expectations of the audience and maybe the rules of the genre, in order to justify Pete's subsequent breakdown. The horrific effect on the audience of such randomness was to be a bonus. In any case, Ellen's fate is a spectacular shock, and Kathy (Karen Tighe), the "second lead," winds up being the one who survives.
External links
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* http://www.deadlyspawn.net/ Official Site
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