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Parasite

Play trailer Poster for Parasite R Released Mar 12, 1982 1h 25m Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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A 1992 scientist (Robert Glaudini) fights a parasite he created and which has infected him.

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Variety Staff Variety Parasite is lethargic between its terror scenes, making it a test of patience for all but the fanatical followers of horror cheapies. Mar 26, 2009 Full Review Derek Adams Time Out Uninspired actors intone a banal script, reduced by clumsy pacing to a minimum of suspense. Feb 9, 2006 Full Review Janet Maslin New York Times This is a badly acted B movie without much flair for involving its audience. Rated: 2/5 Aug 30, 2004 Full Review Alan Jones Starburst Exists totally for its 3-D images and getting through the turgid plot in between is really quite a haul. Jul 29, 2022 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com ...a horror film with a few novel ideas, some nasty gore, and a few dashes of humour... Rated: 3/5 Feb 18, 2021 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins It's surprising how rapidly the film devolves, especially when the opening scenes featured amusing nightmare sequences, eerie music, and gruesome gore effects. Rated: 1/10 Sep 6, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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matthew d This movie had featured terrible acting. Even the little creature was a bad actor.....boy how do you screw that up? Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/14/25 Full Review Audience Member A parasite is an organism that lives at the expense of another being. Parasite is a movie that lives at the expense of your time. But it launched a 3D trend in horror and Demi Moore's career. Not bad for a movie they wrote in a week Here's a link to our episode about it anchor.fm/foundonshelfpod/episodes/Parasite-e1iluke Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member This is not a great film at all, but if you are nostalgic for some 1980's VHS gold, this has that kind of charm to it. PROS: Al Fann, Vivian Blaine and James Cavan. CONS: The entire movie. It has very poor dialogue, uninspired acting and the overall pace of the film is terrible. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member I love the future set up in this world. Feels authentic, even if little else here does. Some really great characters sprinkled throughout it though. Much more fleshed out than is usually offered up in this kind of movie. The 3D was actually pretty well done at times, even if it would often just make me go cross-eyed and cause a headache. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/19/19 Full Review Audience Member It's one of the movies that you really need to watch more than once because of the complexity of it. I have a sense that it will gradually grow in the opinions of movie scholars. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review delysid d imagine these italian film makers going to the movies and seeing Alien. they got so inspired by the greatness of that film that they went home and immediately starting work on their own Alien film. the result was not nearly as great as the hollywood version to say the least but their stupid ass films have a special place in my heart Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/17/20 Full Review Read all reviews
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Charles Band

Director

Robert Glaudini

Dr. Paul Dean

Demi Moore

Patricia Welles

Luca Bercovici

Ricus

James Davidson

Wolf the Merchant

Al Fann

Collins

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Movie Info

Synopsis A 1992 scientist (Robert Glaudini) fights a parasite he created and which has infected him.
Director
Charles Band
Production Co
Embassy Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 12, 1982, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 30, 2017
Runtime
1h 25m
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