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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 03/26/2009
Parasite is lethargic between its terror scenes, making it a test of patience for all but the fanatical followers of horror cheapies. Go to Full Review
Derek Adams Time Out 02/09/2006
Uninspired actors intone a banal script, reduced by clumsy pacing to a minimum of suspense. Go to Full Review
Janet Maslin New York Times 08/30/2004
2/5
This is a badly acted B movie without much flair for involving its audience. Go to Full Review
Alan Jones Starburst 07/29/2022
Exists totally for its 3-D images and getting through the turgid plot in between is really quite a haul. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 02/18/2021
3/5
...a horror film with a few novel ideas, some nasty gore, and a few dashes of humour... Go to Full Review
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 09/06/2020
1/10
It's surprising how rapidly the film devolves, especially when the opening scenes featured amusing nightmare sequences, eerie music, and gruesome gore effects. Go to Full Review
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matthew d Mar 14 This movie had featured terrible acting. Even the little creature was a bad actor.....boy how do you screw that up? See more 06/13/2022 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 See more 12/09/2020 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. See more 11/19/2019 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. See more 11/13/2019 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. See more delysid d 06/09/2018 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 See more Read all reviews
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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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