Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

Night of the Creeps

Play trailer 1:30 Poster for Night of the Creeps R Released Aug 22, 1986 1h 25m Horror Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
73% Tomatometer 22 Reviews 70% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
Fraternity pledges (Jason Lively, Steve Marshall) pull a prank with a frozen body and let sluglike creatures loose on campus.
Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

Where to Watch

Night of the Creeps

Critics Reviews

View All (22) Critics Reviews
Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast Fred Dekker's ode to '50s sci-fi schlock has such an enormous heart that you'd be forgiven for forgetting the fact that you're watching a movie about parasitic alien slugs. Rated: 3.5/5 May 9, 2023 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Filled with creepy crawlies and even slimier elitist fratboys, Night of the Creeps plays genre mix-n-match with dizzying ambition. Rated: 3.5/4 Feb 17, 2022 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a decent (if somewhat lackluster) homage/throwback from filmmaker Dekker. Rated: 2.5/4 Jul 29, 2020 Full Review Joe Lipsett Horror Queers Podcast It's a great mix of wit, character work, genre-blending and, perhaps most importantly, it has a great sense of timing and pacing. Feb 22, 2020 Full Review Tyler Smith Battleship Pretension If the film falls well short of greatness, it is due to the director's inability to step outside himself as a horror fan and deliver a film that is effective on its own terms, rather than simply trading on the past greatness of the classics. Nov 1, 2019 Full Review Patrick King Cultured Vultures Night of the Creeps lacks the cynicism of a typical 80s horror flick, and it's almost wholesome as far as movies about nerds pursuing a hot girl out of their league go. Rated: 8.5 Aug 16, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View All (791) audience reviews
Anton H Here’s a real diamond in the rough. Great body-horror and a heartfelt parody / tribute to 1950s cheese, treat yourself to a wildly fun and rewarding horror-comedy that has much more quality than its surface elements imply. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/08/24 Full Review Justin T This could have been a brilliant, funny and gory zombie comedy but it came out a bit boring. For the most part of the movie I was bored waiting for something to happen. It seemed tame and tacky. Then there were some funny bits and finally quite a gory ending (compared to what I was expecting given how little happens throughout most of the film). It could have been a lot better and is not to be compared to Braindead (1992) in any way. I was also a little disappointed by the lack of aliens except those little ones which reminded me of the far superior ones in Slither (2006). Anyways this is not really worth watching except for style research and occasional laughs. If you ignore the painfully slow start and dodgy eighties style then this is alright. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/01/24 Full Review Raiodesol S This movie has surprisingly great character development, really good makeup and a very interesting story. I can't quite believe it's a B movie, even with its weird and homage-full plot. This movie only suffers from not letting mayhem break loose, something Killer Klowns does really well, but maybe that's due to its budget. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/30/23 Full Review Steve D Absolutely none of it worked for me. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/30/23 Full Review Joseph P Some of the best 80's horror fun you can have! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/26/23 Full Review Cera F just watched it for the first time. on par with gremlins but night of the creeps is probably the most clever movie of the 80s. It's hilarious but the gore is great for the time. loved it!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
Night of the Creeps

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

Night of the Creeps

Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Flamethrower vs. Zombies Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Flamethrower vs. Zombies 1:53 Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Your Standard Flamethrower Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Your Standard Flamethrower 1:28 Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Cops vs. Axe-Wielding Zombie Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Cops vs. Axe-Wielding Zombie 1:04 Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - The Alien Experiment Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - The Alien Experiment 1:05 Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Zombie Boyfriend Breakup Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Zombie Boyfriend Breakup 2:19 Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Trapped in the Bathroom Stall Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Trapped in the Bathroom Stall 1:59 Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Zombie at the Window Scare Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Zombie at the Window Scare 0:59 Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Thrill Me Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Thrill Me 2:53 Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Slug-Infested Zombie Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Slug-Infested Zombie 1:21 Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Good News Is Your Dates Are Here. Bad News Is They're Dead Night of the Creeps: Official Clip - Good News Is Your Dates Are Here. Bad News Is They're Dead 2:22 View more videos
Vamp 40% 49% Vamp Watchlist The Toxic Avenger 70% 64% The Toxic Avenger Watchlist Waxwork 60% 47% Waxwork Watchlist House 57% 46% House Watchlist Class of Nuke 'Em High 20% 49% Class of Nuke 'Em High Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Movie Info

Synopsis Fraternity pledges (Jason Lively, Steve Marshall) pull a prank with a frozen body and let sluglike creatures loose on campus.
Director
Fred Dekker
Producer
Charles Gordon
Screenwriter
Fred Dekker
Distributor
TriStar Pictures
Production Co
TriStar Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Horror, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 22, 1986, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 3, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$562.8K
Runtime
1h 25m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
Most Popular at Home Now