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The Stuff
Why this pick
Another Larry Cohen New York nightmare, pairing an outrageously high-concept creature threat with sharp social satire, grisly shocks, and brisk B-movie momentum.
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MOVIE1982 1h 33m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, a winged, dragon-like, female lizard, takes up residence in the art-deco spire of the Chrysler Building, with frequent jaunts in the midday sun to devour various helpless New Yorkers on the rooftops. The resulting bloody mess confounds detectives, Shepard and Powell, who are already occupied with a case involving a series of bizarre ritual murders linked to a secret neo-Aztec cult.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Richard Roundtree
Powell
David Carradine
Shepard
James Dixon
Lt. Murray
Malachy McCourt
Commissioner
Fred J. Scollay
Capt. Fletcher
Ron Cey
Det. Hoberman
Bruce Carradine
The Victim
Larkin Ford
Curator