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Alien creatures invade a small town and four teenagers, along with a young boy, attempt to escape from them.Alien creatures invade a small town and four teenagers, along with a young boy, attempt to escape from them.Alien creatures invade a small town and four teenagers, along with a young boy, attempt to escape from them.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Tom DeFranco
- Pete
- (as Tom De Franco)
James L. Brewster
- Sam
- (as James Brewster)
Elizabeth Marner-Brooks
- Barb
- (as Elissa Neil)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGene Simmons of the band 'KISS' currently owns the prop severed head of the kid's mother. It was given to him by Tim Sullivan when he interviewed Simmons for "Fangoria" in 1983. Sullivan - who was a PA on this film - went on to produce Detroit Rock City (1999) and write and direct 2001 Maniacs (2005) and Driftwood (2006).
- GoofsAt the very beginning of the movie when it shows the meteor hitting the earth it is clearly daytime, yet when the campers leave their tent to investigate, it's dark.
- Crazy creditsAs soon as the end credits finish, the words "Don't try it, Gary" appear.
- Alternate versionsThe UK DVD version for the first time actually uses a "deadly spawn" title screen, instead of the original full title "return of the aliens deadly spawn". the original title is used on the US and Japanese versions of the film despite the fact that later US releases shortend it to "the deadly spawn" (just on the video box and not the film). Also the Uk titles appear over a blue background, instead of a black background like the US and Japanese version. Whats even more odd is the UK titles do appear to have the same "age look" of the film itself, with it looking like it was from 1983 and not recently made
- ConnectionsFeatured in Terror on Tape (1985)
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I first saw this in the mid 80s on a vhs.
Revisited it recently.
The initial kills r offscreen with jus blood on the ground, on the spectacles, on the bulb n on the wall with lots of slurping noise but the film does get gory later but nowhere tensed or fast paced.
A woman's face gets munched upon by an alien suffering from bruxism.
An old uncle gets devoured by the aliens offscreen.
A teenager gets decapitated by an alien's teeth n the aftermath defenestration scene of the rubber body will make u lol.
The salad scene from the film Slugs was inspired by a similar scene from this film.
Inspite of the running time only 82 mins, the film gets tedious considering the old ladies' chit chat n the teenagers conversations.
- Fella_shibby
- Jun 13, 2019
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- Also known as
- Return of the Alien's Deadly Spawn
- Filming locations
- New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA(the basement scenes)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $25,000 (estimated)
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