Night of the Creeps Blu-ray Review

Remastered, the ’80s cult classic comes alive on Blu-ray.

Fred Dekker, while a capable director and savvy writer, has never been held in the same regard (and rightfully so) as genre contemporaries Sam Raimi and John Carpenter.

Yet, it’s mind boggling that his 1986 horror film, Night of the Creeps, has gone so unnoticed by the horror community at large for the past two decades. Nobody even batted an eyelash when James Gunn ripped off the story wholesale for his 2006 horror flick, Slither.

(Which, I’m sure, was out of love.)

Sadly, Night of the Creeps has languished on home video, noticeably absent from the market after a meager VHS release decades ago.

And while other cult filmmakers have found sizable audiences with the advent of DVD and the Internet, Fred Dekker has been waiting patiently for the day when someone would call his number.

Well, guess what Fred, today is your day – you’re up.

Finally rescued from obscurity by Sony, Dekker’s Night of the Creeps is a sly, over-the-top riff on ’50s era science-fiction, zombies and creepy crawlies, made all the more impressive by an outstanding performance from Tom Atkins.

And the Blu-ray doesn’t disappoint either, with an excellent transfer, proficient soundtrack and a solid set of supplemental material. It might have been decades in the making, but Dekker’s cult classic finally gets the home video release it so rightfully deserves.

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