Night of the Creeps

First is “Night of the Creeps,” which is a delightful combination of the slasher, alien invasion and zombie subgenres. In “Night of the Creeps,” aliens accidentally launched a canister on a course to eventually reach Earth. When it reaches a man on Earth 27 years later, a small slug-like creature leaps out of it and into his mouth. Unfortunately, this man is soon killed by an axe murderer. The former’s body remains housed as a cadaver in a university lab, until two students, on a dare, unthaw it. The corpse grabs the students, who run away as fast as possible. The slug-like creatures, starting from the cadaver, replicate across the university campus, zombifying their victims. “Night of the Creeps” is the epitome of a B-movie, with its memorable characters and dynamic yet risible plot. The whole movie was actually meant to be a parody, with its characters’ names being homages to famous horror directors. Director Fred Dekker intentionally included every B-movie trope he could. And that is all in a script that was written in only a week!