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The Being
DVD/APPROX. 82 MINS/1983/USA R18+
DVD/APPROX. 82 MINS/1983/USA R18+
In the small town of Pottsville, Idaho, quite a large number of people have gone missing. Also, the news has been covering the outrage people are
experiencing due to the fact that Pottsville is the number one dumping ground for radioactive materials. What people don't know is that a toxic
waste-spawned mutant is terrorizing and killing innocent people in the town, leaving behind only a trail of green slimy ooze and the victims’ blood.
Police chief Rexx Coltrane (Bill Osco) and a government scientist named Garson Jones (Martin Landau) team up to find out exactly what they are
dealing with and how they can stop it.
Many of you may vaguely remember watching this film back in the day. The Being is somewhat of a rip-off of the mother of all creature feature sci-fi
films, Alien, though this film does have some awesome scenes. One example is the Easter egg hunt scene, which is a classic. Colored eggs are
hidden around the outside of the local town’s church for the children to find, with a special prize being offered to the child who found the large
Easter egg with a painted picture of the Easter Bunny on it. While the children are running around looking in bushes and in the long grass, a young
toddler comes across a large hole containing the creature along with the large prize egg. This scene had me sitting on the edge of my seat, waiting
expectedly for the little kid to get pulled right into the hole and ripped to shreds. Even though this doesn’t happen, I loved just how deep I was
pulled into that scene.
Even though that scene doesn’t contain gore, there is still a good amount of scare scenes with blood and guts. For example, a woman is sitting in
her bedroom naked, rubbing cream on her legs when suddenly the monster comes flying though the window and starts raping and eating her at
the same time. Plus, there is another scene where two stoners are at the drive-in sitting in their car. They have the windows up and are puffing
away on a few joints while the creature is standing outside the driver’s window. The guy beside him spins around and says, "What the fuck is that
at your window!". The guy turns around, laughs and says, "That's just some guy in a monster suit so it makes the drive-in more enjoyable. Just
wait and I'll tell him to fuck off." The stoner rolls down his window and the creature reaches in and rips the fat fucker out of the driver’s window
and starts eating him right then and there. Fucking awesome scene that one was!
The Being itself looks like a light bulb with one eye, has long, razor sharp teeth with saliva drooling from its mouth, a prehensile tongue, huge
fucking claws, drips green slime all over the place, and has superhuman strength. They obviously had a bit of money to spend on the special
effects for the creature, but I ain't talking thousands and thousands of dollars, just enough to make the creature look scary and somewhat like a
toxic mutant. Still, the film has a low budget feel it, but I think that's mainly due to the acting.
Media Blasters/Shriek Show brings The Being to a decent anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) picture that is relatively clean looking. It’s only audio
selection, Dolby Digital 2.0, is fairly clear. In the extras, you have a trailer for The Being, along with production stills. Interviews with Martin Landau,
William Osco, director Jackie Kong plus a good handful of other trailers like Anthropophagus (2002), Just Before Dawn (1981), and Devil Dog
(1978) are also included. Also you get to see previews of Fangoria International DVD releases including Rojo Sangre (2004), Plaga Zombie Zona
Mutante (2001), Choking Hazard (2004), and Hiruko (1990).
The Being is a film you are either going to love or hate. I can see myself watching this DVD more than once to tell you the truth. It definitely does
have its good moments and closer towards the end the movie gets far better. If you enjoy films like Alien, The Deadly Spawn and Slither, you will
definitely get a kick out of this movie. I recommend you rent or buy this on DVD the next time you have a bit of spare cash in your pocket.
experiencing due to the fact that Pottsville is the number one dumping ground for radioactive materials. What people don't know is that a toxic
waste-spawned mutant is terrorizing and killing innocent people in the town, leaving behind only a trail of green slimy ooze and the victims’ blood.
Police chief Rexx Coltrane (Bill Osco) and a government scientist named Garson Jones (Martin Landau) team up to find out exactly what they are
dealing with and how they can stop it.
Many of you may vaguely remember watching this film back in the day. The Being is somewhat of a rip-off of the mother of all creature feature sci-fi
films, Alien, though this film does have some awesome scenes. One example is the Easter egg hunt scene, which is a classic. Colored eggs are
hidden around the outside of the local town’s church for the children to find, with a special prize being offered to the child who found the large
Easter egg with a painted picture of the Easter Bunny on it. While the children are running around looking in bushes and in the long grass, a young
toddler comes across a large hole containing the creature along with the large prize egg. This scene had me sitting on the edge of my seat, waiting
expectedly for the little kid to get pulled right into the hole and ripped to shreds. Even though this doesn’t happen, I loved just how deep I was
pulled into that scene.
Even though that scene doesn’t contain gore, there is still a good amount of scare scenes with blood and guts. For example, a woman is sitting in
her bedroom naked, rubbing cream on her legs when suddenly the monster comes flying though the window and starts raping and eating her at
the same time. Plus, there is another scene where two stoners are at the drive-in sitting in their car. They have the windows up and are puffing
away on a few joints while the creature is standing outside the driver’s window. The guy beside him spins around and says, "What the fuck is that
at your window!". The guy turns around, laughs and says, "That's just some guy in a monster suit so it makes the drive-in more enjoyable. Just
wait and I'll tell him to fuck off." The stoner rolls down his window and the creature reaches in and rips the fat fucker out of the driver’s window
and starts eating him right then and there. Fucking awesome scene that one was!
The Being itself looks like a light bulb with one eye, has long, razor sharp teeth with saliva drooling from its mouth, a prehensile tongue, huge
fucking claws, drips green slime all over the place, and has superhuman strength. They obviously had a bit of money to spend on the special
effects for the creature, but I ain't talking thousands and thousands of dollars, just enough to make the creature look scary and somewhat like a
toxic mutant. Still, the film has a low budget feel it, but I think that's mainly due to the acting.
Media Blasters/Shriek Show brings The Being to a decent anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) picture that is relatively clean looking. It’s only audio
selection, Dolby Digital 2.0, is fairly clear. In the extras, you have a trailer for The Being, along with production stills. Interviews with Martin Landau,
William Osco, director Jackie Kong plus a good handful of other trailers like Anthropophagus (2002), Just Before Dawn (1981), and Devil Dog
(1978) are also included. Also you get to see previews of Fangoria International DVD releases including Rojo Sangre (2004), Plaga Zombie Zona
Mutante (2001), Choking Hazard (2004), and Hiruko (1990).
The Being is a film you are either going to love or hate. I can see myself watching this DVD more than once to tell you the truth. It definitely does
have its good moments and closer towards the end the movie gets far better. If you enjoy films like Alien, The Deadly Spawn and Slither, you will
definitely get a kick out of this movie. I recommend you rent or buy this on DVD the next time you have a bit of spare cash in your pocket.
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