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
- English
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- The Pottsville Horror
- TMDB
- 4.9/10 (52 votes)
- IMDb
- 4.4/10 (2,008 votes)
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
Murray Langston
Arn
Kinky Friedman
Willis
Johnny Dark
John
Kent Perkins
Officer Dudley
Roxanne Cybelle
Suzie
Jerry Maren
Monster
Richard Marcus
Joe the Lab Assistant
Robin Stille
Girl at Drive-In Theater (uncredited)
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