
Monsters, Body & Contagion, Nature
The Being
1983
The ultimate terror has taken form...
Directed by Jackie Kong
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Toxic waste dumping in a small Idaho town turns a young boy into horrible mutant monster. The town's police chief and a government scientist team up to stop the monster, which is quickly killing off the town's citizenry.
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- Director
- Jackie Kong
- Written by
- Jackie Kong
- Produced by
- Bill Osco
- Composer
- Don Preston
- Cinematographer
- Robert Ebinger
- Editor
- Karin Nowarra
- Studio
- Bill Osco Productions
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- The Pottsville Horror
- TMDB
- 4.9/10 (51 votes)
- IMDb
- 4.4/10 (2,008 votes)
Released November 18, 1983
Cast

Martin Landau
Garson Jones

Marianne Gordon
Laurie

Bill Osco
Detective Mortimer Lutz

José Ferrer
Mayor Gordon Lane

Dorothy Malone
Marge Smith

Ruth Buzzi
Virginia Lane
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Murray Langston
Arn

Kinky Friedman
Willis
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Johnny Dark
John

Kent Perkins
Officer Dudley
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Roxanne Cybelle
Suzie

Jerry Maren
Monster

Richard Marcus
Joe the Lab Assistant

Robin Stille
Girl at Drive-In Theater (uncredited)



















