Q (film)
5.6 /10 2 Votes
65% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Horror, Mystery Music director Robert O. Ragland Writer Larry Cohen Language English | 6.1/10 IMDb Director Larry Cohen Budget 1.2 million USD Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date October 29, 1982 (USA) Cast Michael Moriarty (Jimmy Quinn), Candy Clark (Joan), Richard Roundtree (Powell), David Carradine (Shepard), James Dixon (Lt. Murray), Malachy McCourt (Commissioner)Similar movies Mothra vs. Godzilla , Jurassic World , Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster , The Return of Godzilla , Godzilla: Final Wars , Rodan Tagline Its name is Quetzalcoatl. Just call it Q. That's all you'll have time to say before it tears you apart! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Q (also known as The Winged Serpent and as Q – The Winged Serpent) is a 1982 dark fantasy-horror film written and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine, and Richard Roundtree.
Contents
- Theatrical trailer q the winged serpent 1982
- Plot
- Cast
- Effects
- Release
- Critical reception
- Q the winged serpent 1982 fantasy horror full movie english language
- References
Theatrical trailer q the winged serpent 1982
Plot
The Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, a winged, dragon-like, female lizard, decides to take up residence in the art-deco spire of the Chrysler Building, taking frequent jaunts in the midday sun to devour various hapless New Yorkers. The resulting bloody mess confounds detectives Dt. Shepard (David Carradine) and Sgt. Powell (Richard Roundtree), who are already occupied with a case involving a series of bizarre ritual murders linked to a secret Aztec cult. Meanwhile, Jimmy Quinn (Michael Moriarty), a cheap, paranoid crook who wishes to be a jazz pianist, takes part in a botched diamond heist that leads him to the creature's lair atop the building. This causes Quinn's attempts to settle down and turn over a new leaf from crime to be in vain as he decides to extort from the city an enormous amount of money in exchange for directions to the creature's nest, which houses a colossal egg.
The details of the location fall into Shepard's hands, and he leads a paramilitary assault on the Chrysler Building. First, they shoot the egg, the baby attacks and is killed. Later, the creature comes to the tower. After the showdown, the creature, riddled with bullets, falls onto the streets of Manhattan. Finally, Shepard also apprehends and shoots the Plumed Serpent's crazed priest as he prepares to ritually murder Quinn to resurrect his "god". In the final scene, a large egg hatches.
Cast
Effects
The special effects for the flying serpent were done using stop-motion animation by Randall William Cook and David Allen.
Release
The film was given a limited release theatrically in the United States by United Film Distribution Company in October 1982. It grossed approximately $255,000 at the box office.
The film was later released on VHS by MCA/Universal Home Video. It was released on DVD by Blue Underground in 2003.
Shout! Factory released the film on DVD and Blu-ray Disc August 27th, 2013, through their Scream Factory branch.
Critical reception
Roger Ebert gave the film 2 1/2 stars in his original review but was bursting with praise for Moriarty's performance. He relates the anecdote that, when movie reviewer Rex Reed met Q's producer, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Reed told him "What a surprise! All that dreck—and right in the middle of it, a great Method performance by Michael Moriarty!" Arkoff replied "The dreck was my idea."
Q the winged serpent 1982 fantasy horror full movie english language
References
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