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1982
Directed by Philippe Mora
Synopsis
He Was On The Verge Of Becoming A Man... Eater!
A horrified teen mutates into a crazed cannibalistic swamp creature, and must uncover the terrifying secret identity of his father before his nasty natural tendencies force him to make jambalaya out of the locals.
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Cast
Ronny Cox Bibi Besch Paul Clemens R.G. Armstrong L.Q. Jones Don Gordon Katherine Moffat Logan Ramsey John Dennis Johnston Ron Soble Luke Askew Meshach Taylor Boyce Holleman
DirectorDirector
Philippe Mora
ProducersProducers
Harvey Bernhard Gabriel Katzka
WriterWriter
Tom Holland
EditorsEditors
Robert Brown Bert Lovitt
CinematographyCinematography
Jack L. Richards
Assistant DirectorsAsst. Directors
Ron Fury Mark Lyon
Production DesignProduction Design
David M. Haber
Set DecorationSet Decoration
Leonard A. Mazzola
Special EffectsSpecial Effects
Thomas R. Burman Fred Cramer Garry Elmendorf
StuntsStunts
Sorin Serene Pricopie
ComposerComposer
Les Baxter
SoundSound
Al Overton
MakeupMakeup
Tom Hoerber Melanie Levitt
HairstylingHairstyling
Ann Wadlington
Studios
Katzka United Artists Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country
USA
Language
English
Alternative Titles
Das Engelsgesicht - Drei Nächte des Grauens (1982), Das Engelsgesicht - Drei Nächte des Grauens, Sangre de bestia, Sangue Amaldiçoado, Les entrailles de l'enfer, 戦慄！呪われた夜, Το Κτήνος στο Κορμί του, A bennemlakó szörnyeteg, Wcielenie, Zver u čoveku, Con la bestia dentro, Odjuret inom dig, Звір всередині, Les Entrailles de l'enfer, 食尸人, Зверь внутри, 공포의 기억, Le démon en lui
Genres
Horror Fantasy Science Fiction
Themes
Horror, the undead and monster classics Intense violence and sexual transgression Gory, gruesome, and slasher horror Graphic violence and brutal revenge Gothic and eerie haunting horror Chilling experiments and classic monster horror Creepy, chilling, and terrifying horror Show All…
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Theatrical limited
12 Feb 1982
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Theatrical
23 Apr 1982
- Germany18
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23 Apr 1982
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12 Feb 1982
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Review by Ian West ★★★★½
Slimy swamp rape, an atmospheric small town well versed in the art of the coverup, muddy swamps loaded with deceased remains, some major Lovecraft/King vibes, and a damn fine transformation scene consisting of a 17 year old turning full fledged cicada—skin churning and bulging, oozing eyeballs, and flesh splitting at the seams as skin sheds and cicada man takes his true form!
The world was never ready for cicada man!
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Review by VIVE_le_FILTH ★★★
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
What's the time? It's time to get ill!
While driving in Naiobi, Mississippi Caroline and Eli MacCleary (Ronny Cox) break down and while Eli goes for help some sort of creature attacks and impregnates Caroline. 17 years later the MacCleary's son Michael goes to Naiobi after getting ill and that's when the townsfolk start dying. (probably not a coincidence?)
Beastie Boy fly the biggest head!If you've ever wanted that Eric Stoltz version of Back to the Future but instead of it being Back to the Future it was Teen Wolf then here you are ... enjoy?
It's a kid with major issues horror with a final transformation that's The Exorcist, The Fly, The Scanners and The Big trouble in little China (Balloon head guy) all rolled into one (very weird!) ... enjoy?
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Review by CinemaVoid 🏴☠️ ★★½
This week on Jerry Springer: My evil were-cicada son has been killing people in order to bring my rapist back to life, but I still love him.
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Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★ 12
Spooktober II: To Hell With the 80s
Another movie where the performances are questionable and there's plenty of meandering and nothing interesting really happens between each death.
Regarding the deaths, most of them are staged really well and the makeup work is superb. Particularly noteworthy was the transformation towards the end, which reminded me very much of Stuart Gordon's earlier work. The premise is also very interesting and the film does its best to keep you intrigued and interested in what is going on, although it does reach a point where you get the idea of what is going to occur, at which point the final reveal is important, and in this context it does an effective job.
The performances…
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Review by Ian West ★★★★½ 7
The Beast Within opens and closes on extremely high notes, but what’s featured in between of Tom Holland’s script kept me engrossed the entire run time. I loved the cast (I counted three actors from the Star Trek universe) AND the performances, I think Paul Clemons as teenager Michael MacCleary struggling with turning into a CICADA was fascinating. Perhaps what I LOVED most about The Beast Within was how everything was played completely straight—the serious in tone nature is a departure from the early 80’s werewolf jams this is oft compared to... making Phillipe Mora’s An American Cicada in Mississip.. I mean The Beast Within quite effective—at least for me.
Despite a fair amount of less than favorable reviews here…
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Review by WraithApe ★★★★ 6
Them cicadas sure are monsters in Dixie.
Philippe Mora's under-appreciated gem channels small-town schizoid slasher jam vibes by way of Cronenberg's rubber factory - buggy prosthetics and bog-eyed mayhem that the original trailer hyped up as 'transformations too disturbing to show'. You have been warned.
Granted, you have to wait a long time for the much-vaunted transformation but while you're waiting, you're treated to a trail of bloody murder and generous spoonfuls of swampy, sweaty, full moon Southern atmosphere to chew on, tension heightened by Les Baxter's nerve-jangling score and the background buzz of cicadas. When it does finally come, it's worth the wait to feast your eyes on the bulging contortions and I can totally understand Michael's family just…
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Review by Ian West ★★★★½ 1
Cicada man!
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Review by PT99 ★★½
He's one sick kid… a.
5/10
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Review by belial_carboni ★★★½ 2
Worth the price of admission for that gnarly transformation scene alone. Holy moly wowy zowy that scene goes hard. Cronenbergs all over the darn place while summoning the beautiful spirit of Henenlotter and a touch of Goonies heyyyy you guysssss. Wanted to see this for awhile and it definitely delivered.
The Beast Within is an atmospheric delight with some great slow burns and plenty of unsuspecting gore. Well acted and ripe with tension you never quite know when shits about to hit the fan. And fans definitely get annihilated by shit. From the jarring opening scene of violence we never quite know when the beast will strike! Or when his head will expand into a giant swollen potato! It does that so keep your eyes peeled!
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Review by Justin LaLiberty ★★★★
easy to write this off as a cash in on American Werewolf in London and/or The Howling (I know that I erroneously did for decades) but it's remarkably different from either film, utterly void of humor and focusing, instead, on tried and true body horror with a story that weaves between the aftermath of sexual violence and the transgressions of our own bodies, and that of our kin -- it's surprisingly patient for an american 80s horror film and much more critical of the country, and culture, it is born from (interesting considering the pairing of writer Tom Holland and french/australian director Philippe Mora) than you'd expect
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Review by 📀 Cammmalot 📀 ★★★
Cinematic Time Capsule1982 Marathon - Film #10
”Hey Billy, can you do the magic like the locusts and the cicadas?”
Step right up and behold one of the unexplained mysteries of the universe!
Is he a man or beast?
This film has been examined by the foremost scientists and pronounced, unequivocally, mostly a bad movie. Begotten by lousy acting and an overly drawn out story, it’s all gone wrong, except for a single wondrously gruesome transformation.
Where did it come from? Is it a beast, or is it a man?
I am prepared to offer you folks one last chance to witness a supreme oddity. If you can muddle your way through 80 minutes of bland horror mediocrity, that’s not fit for modern viewing, you will finally see him transform!
Come on in and find out… Is he a man... or beast?
”What’s with those cicadas, anyway”
We’re Werewolves not Swear-wolvesCinematic Time Capsule - 1982 Ranked
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Review by Heather Santrous ★★★★
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I have been wanting to watch this movie for a long time now. I couldn't find it streaming anywhere and was disappointed that Netflix DVD didn't have it either. While checking recently, I did find it on Tubi. I decided to skip the bottom of my watchlist to watch this one right away. The story has to do with a woman being raped by someone (or was it something?) and then 17 years later, her son is going through some changes that can't be explained. Eli and Caroline head back to the small town where Caroline's rape happened to get some answers. Will they find them in time to stop Michael from transforming?
This was a pretty fun movie. The…
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