Release calendarTop 250 moviesMost popular moviesBrowse movies by genreTop box officeShowtimes & ticketsMovie newsIndia movie spotlight
    What's on TV & streamingTop 250 TV showsMost popular TV showsBrowse TV shows by genreTV news
    What to watchLatest trailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily entertainment guideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsEmmysToronto Int'l Film FestivalHispanic Heritage MonthIMDb Stars to WatchSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll events
    Born todayMost popular celebsCelebrity news
    Help centerContributor zonePolls
For industry professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign in
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
  • FAQ
IMDbPro

Attack of the Beast Creatures

  • 1985
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
831
YOUR RATING
Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985)
Horror

Survivors of a shipwreck wash up on an island, and run into small vicious creatures.Survivors of a shipwreck wash up on an island, and run into small vicious creatures.Survivors of a shipwreck wash up on an island, and run into small vicious creatures.

  • Director
    • Michael Stanley
  • Writer
    • Robert A. Hutton
  • Stars
    • Robert Nolfi
    • Julia Rust
    • Robert Lengyel
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.3/10
    831
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Stanley
    • Writer
      • Robert A. Hutton
    • Stars
      • Robert Nolfi
      • Julia Rust
      • Robert Lengyel
    • 33User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Photos17

    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    + 13
    View Poster

    Top cast12

    Edit
    Robert Nolfi
    • John Trieste
    Julia Rust
    • Cathy
    Robert Lengyel
    • Case Quinn
    Lisa Pak
    • Diane
    Frank Murgalo
    Frank Murgalo
    • Philip
    John Vichiola
    • Mr. Morgan
    Kay Bailey
    • Mrs. Gordon
    Frans Kal
    • Pat
    Robert T. Firgelewski
    • Mr. Bruin
    • (as Robert Firgelewski)
    Ronald Haupler Sr.
    • First Sailor
    Robert A. Hutton
    • Second Sailor
    Joanne Stanley
    • Drowning Woman
    • Director
      • Michael Stanley
    • Writer
      • Robert A. Hutton
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews33

    4.3831
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10

    Featured reviews

    8HumanoidOfFlesh

    Island of red Zuni dolls.

    The plot of "Attack of the Beast Creatures" is relatively simple:a group of castaways land on a mysterious and deserted North Atlantic island with trees and deadly acidic water.The island is inhabited by flesh-eating critters that promptly start killing survivors.Badly acted and amateurish horror flick that is strangely compelling and entertaining.There is a lot of walking in "Attack of the Beast Creatures",so patience is needed.The dialogue is outrageously banal,but the attack scenes are hilarious and bloody enough.The tiny wooden dolls are cute and they provide plenty of campy entertainment.They hide in the trees and run through grass like crazy in pursuit of their screaming victims.Nasty little natives,I kid ya not.Give this obscure little creature feature a look.8 out of 10.
    4elo-equipamentos

    Trash movie deserves a look!!

    Totally insane trash movie where a several shipwreck suvivors on a desert island faces strange creatures likes little puppets with black hair who attack them at night and day, this devil puppets are quite well done and disappoint no one as entertainment only, they certainly choose a desert island to saves money of course and this will amuzing everyone, whatever the result after watching deserve a look for those who loves trash movies!! a bit o criticism could be a lack of nudity scenes as appears in this kind of production!!

    Resume:

    First watch: 2018 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD-R / Rating: 4
    3thedavidlady

    Action-packed amateur attack.

    Remember that creepy little Zuni warrior doll that was after Karen Black in the TV-movie TRILOGY OF TERROR? This demented low-budget quickie offers a whole army of them! The one in TRILOGY was supposed to be a wooden carving that came to life, but the ones here are supposed to pass for flesh and blood monsters even though they're ridiculously immobile and nothing about them looks organic. The "beast creatures" look like crude homemade plastic imitations of the TRILOGY doll, painted flat red with no detailing and big plastic eyes that light up. Set in 1920 for no apparent reason, ATTACK has a lifeboat with nine shipwreck survivors (of course we don't see the shipwreck) drift to an uncharted island which has an unexplained pond filled with flesh-melting acid, another pond filled with safe drinking water (and fish), and a tribe of 10-inch-tall Beast Creatures. The carnivorous action figures are very aggresive and jump down out of trees to attack. The puppeteering is terrible and consists largely of off-camera assistants throwing the dolls at screaming actors. When the dolls need to move, you only see the upper halves of them like the Muppets. The only time you see their whole bodies is when stagehands have helpfully placed them in trees to make it look like they're peering down at their prey. None of the amateur actors are very good but they do seem to be giving it their best shot, running and screaming like crazy when the little guys attack. And, to be fair, there are some honest attempts at characterization. None of the protagonists are very bright. They seldom think to arm themselves with big sticks or branches, even after they know the little guys are dangerous flesh-eaters and that they go down pretty easily. One whack with a branch will send a beast creature sailing off into the bushes or smacking comically into a tree. Some of the dialogue is so bad it's hysterical, as when a character watches a guy fall onto a sharpened spike, stagger around screaming in pain, break the end of the spike off where it sticks out of his chest, scream some more, and then collapse, the other end still protruding from his back, and concludes that "He never knew what hit him." Another guy, a master of understatement, looks at a man who has been turned by the acid pit into a completely fleshless, clean white skeleton and calmly informs his companions, "There's nothing we can do for him now." Can't argue with that logic. Perhaps the strangest thing about the script is its total absence of any discussion of what the creatures might be, how they got there, or anything else about which normal people might wonder. Instead the actors say the same things to each other over and over, reciting the usual stranded-in-an-inhospitable-place cliches. At one point we see dozens of the critters gathered around a big carved idol that resembles a gigantic saltine cracker with a face. Nobody says anything about it and it's never mentioned again. So are the beast creatures supposed to be part human? Some species of mutant monkey or cat? Demons from hell? Aliens from space? Nobody in the film ever even speculates, preferring instead to keep yammering on about the need to get to higher ground, although I was never sure why. A couple of survivors are rescued at the end and their rescuers don't seem any more impressed by the discovery of an unknown and very strange new species than the other dullards were. With no real story to tell, the movie usually focuses on long, boring scenes of the characters walking around between the trees, punctuated by the frenzied, violent monster attacks. It isn't good cinema but it would make an excellent party tape to watch with friends. They should have stuck with the more mature shooting title of HELL ISLAND.
    EyeAskance

    Rompin'-stompin' good cheap thrills!!

    A kinetic, out-if-the-ordinary skid-row monster movie that turned out good against all odds(my use of the word "good", mind you, being pertinent to entertainment value as opposed to aesthetic quality). The title terrors are a tribe of screaming, white-eyed, 10"(that's right...ten inch) toothy trolls with long hair, which besiege their prey like a school of spear-wielding land-piranha. Potential victims-to-be are a handful of shipwreck survivors washed ashore on an uncharted tropical island inhabited by the "beast creatures". These unfortunate souls have more to contend with than the monsters alone, namely rivers of acid, hunger, thirst, and each other.

    A perfect example of a no-budget monster movie that managed to get it right...I'd recommend this over the bulk of widely recognized titles any day, and with little hesitation.

    6/10...fun stuff.
    Dethcharm

    "Think About Something Pleasant!'...

    After their ship sinks "somewhere in the North Atlantic", the survivors make their way to a seemingly deserted island. Little do they know, they're not alone. Astonishingly, the group splits up, heading off in several different directions. This proves to be... unwise.

    ATTACK OF THE BEAST CREATURES, in addition to having one of the greatest titles ever, is low-budget, imbecilic terror at its zenith! It wastes no time at all in becoming as ridiculous as possible! The lack of any funding is an asset, allowing for the title "monsters" to emerge, hitting us like hickory planks to our faces! You'll sit wide-eyed and slack-jawed as these killer dolls begin their onslaught!

    The cast, though akin to human furniture, is fun to watch, especially when they die!

    AWESOME SCENES: #1- A man dunks his head into a stream for a drink, and comes up a bit... lightheaded! #2- Another man is completely relieved of his skinsuit!

    I want a BEAST CREATURE doll for my birthday! You will too!...

    More like this

    Maniac Cop
    6.0
    Maniac Cop
    Nightbeast
    4.2
    Nightbeast
    Battletruck
    5.0
    Battletruck
    Deep Space
    4.5
    Deep Space
    Cathy's Curse
    4.5
    Cathy's Curse
    Impulse
    5.9
    Impulse
    Frankenstein's Daughter
    4.3
    Frankenstein's Daughter
    The Wild Beasts
    5.5
    The Wild Beasts
    The Loch Ness Horror
    3.0
    The Loch Ness Horror
    Dawn of the Mummy
    3.9
    Dawn of the Mummy
    Killing Spree
    4.9
    Killing Spree
    Dr. Lamb
    5.9
    Dr. Lamb

    Related interests

    Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    Horror

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      Restored and reissued by the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA). The blu-ray print run sold out almost entirely before its official release date.
    • Quotes

      Philip: You and Mr. Quinn... you both are unnatural since you've come back.

      John Trieste: It's Mr. Bruin.

      Philip: He was in a bad shape, nobody expect him to survive!

      John Trieste: It is the way we found him.

      Philip: Well, how did you find him?

      John Trieste: You don't give up easily, Phil, huh? Well, listen. We didn't wanna worry everyone unnecessarily, so keep this to yourself: when we got to him his body was picked clean to the bone.

      Philip: In such a short period of time? By what?

      John Trieste: I don't know.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Super Why!: Comic Book: Attack of the Eraser (2010)

    Top picks

    Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations
    Sign in

    FAQ12

    • How long is Attack of the Beast Creatures?Powered by Alexa

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • July 12, 1985 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hell Island
    • Filming locations
      • Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
    • Production company
      • Obelisk Motion Pictures
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      • 1h 22m(82 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    Follow IMDb on social
    Get the IMDb App
    For Android and iOS
    Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • License IMDb Data
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.