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The Being Movie Review
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 2.0: THE BEING (1983)
The Being (1983) Movie Review
- User Rating 6 votes
- Critics Rating 2 critics
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- Release Date: 1983
- Runtime: 82 min
- Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
- Starring: Martin Landau, Marianne Gordon, Bill Osco, José Ferrer ... see all
- Director: Jackie Kong
- Plot: 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,... Read more
User Reviews
Whatever happens, blame it on the stormy whether!
Sep 19, 2007
Coventry - imdb.com
Sep 19, 2007Coventry - imdb.com
Okay, "The Being" is probably one of the absolute crappiest and cheesiest low-budget horror productions the 80's decade ever spawned (and that is saying a lot), but who can honestly bring him/herself to slamming it so harshly and even discourage other... Full review
"I don't want one word of this *leaking* out..."
Apr 17, 2006
Scott LeBrun - imdb.com
Apr 17, 2006Scott LeBrun - imdb.com
A monster spawned by nuclear waste terrorizes a rural Idaho community. A detective (William Osco) and a dubious scientist (Martin Landau, who couldn't possibly have sunk lower than this) team up to stop it. Rock-bottom creature feature, not just a B... Full review
Come on now, lighten up a bit
Oct 01, 2005
TheatreX - imdb.com
Oct 01, 2005TheatreX - imdb.com
This movie is always slammed as being a piece of crap but for some reason I've always enjoyed it, and now it's out on DVD (Media Blasters). The story is not exactly original but the dreary Idaho locations make it interesting... Full review
Whoa!
Nov 19, 2003
Bryce David - imdb.com
Nov 19, 2003Bryce David - imdb.com
THE BEING is one bad movie. And it's very funny. There's no point of writing a sensible review of this "movie" because it's sooooooo bad. If you like bad movies, you have to check it out. My favorite scene is the... Full review
ripoff of some earlier toxic waste monster movies
Jul 01, 2001
silversprdave - imdb.com
Jul 01, 2001silversprdave - imdb.com
This movie is almost like CHUD except not as good. It was somewhat disappointing in its first half, and then I realized that it wasn't going to get any better after that. The movie is on the par with cheap 1950's... Full review
I felt stupid just BEING there watching this movie.
Apr 01, 1999
anonymous - imdb.com
Apr 01, 1999anonymous - imdb.com
Hmmm....well, I was surfing around an internet video store, and I came across "The Being." After reading it's description, I thought this movie would be pretty good, and also full of gore, so I bought the factory sealed tape. Boy, was... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Nov 09, 2007Badmovies.org B-Movie Reviews
"A website to the detriment of good film" ... Full Review
| Sep 13, 2005DVD Talk
Grungy, muddy-looking, entirely cheap, and completely beholden to Alien for all its money moments, The Being (aka Easter Sunday & The Pottsville Horror ) is Z-grade schlock-slinging at its most obvious.....Frankly the flick looks about 10 degrees better than a VHS copy would, but at least the aspect ratio is in proper order .......enjoy the insipid dialogue.....Problem is, in addition to all these things, The Being is just really quite dull ..... ... Full Review
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Director Jackie Kong, who later made the cult favorite Blood Diner (1987), directed this terrible monster movie for exploitation pioneer Bill Osco, who stars under the pseudonym "Rexx Coltrane." ... Full Article