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It sits within the topics 1980s exploitation films, 1980s monster movies and 1982 American films.
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Film · TMDB
5.5A 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.
Released: 1982-02-1298 minDir: Philippe MoraHorror, Fantasy, Science FictionBox office: $7.7M
Cast
- Ronny Cox as Eli MacCleary
- Bibi Besch as Caroline MacCleary
- Paul Clemens as Michael MacCleary
- R.G. Armstrong as Doc Schoonmaker
- L.Q. Jones as Sheriff Pool
- Don Gordon as Judge Curwin
Themes
- mutation
- psychotronic
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Ratings
IMDb
5.6/10
4,762 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
17%
Metacritic
42/100
- Year
- 1982
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Horror
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Philippe Mora
- Screenwriter
- Tom Holland
- Cast member
- John Dennis Johnston
- Composer
- Les Baxter
- Producer
- Harvey Bernhard
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 354140
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1984-01-13
- title
- The Beast Within
- distributed by
- United Artists
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 4.3/10
- different from
- The Beast Within
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Categories
1980s exploitation films1980s monster movies1982 American films1982 English-language films1982 films1982 horror films1982 science fiction filmsAmerican body horror filmsAmerican exploitation filmsAmerican monster moviesAmerican science fiction horror filmsAmerican supernatural horror filmsAmerican teen horror filmsEnglish-language science fiction horror filmsFilms about cannibalismFilms about grave-robbingFilms about insectsFilms about rapeFilms about social classFilms about spirit possessionFilms based on American horror novelsFilms directed by Philippe MoraFilms scored by Les BaxterFilms set in 1964