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1.9/10   443 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Fred Olen Ray (screenplay) &
Martin Nicholas (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1 June 1980 (USA) more
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Tagline:
They're consuming every living creature in sight! more
Plot:
A meteor strikes a houseboat in the swamps near a southern town populated by Yankees with fake accents... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Buster Crabbe ... Sheriff Kowalski
Ray Roberts ... Tom Corman
Linda Lewis ... Shawn Michaels
George Kelsey ... Emmet Michaels
Mike Bonavia ... Miller Haze
Dennis Underwood ... Deputy Campbell
John Leirier ... Paisley
Rich Vogan ... Krelboin
Martin Nicholas ... Doc Ellerbe (as Martin Alan Nicholas)
Norman Riggins ... Mr. Griffith
Nancy Kranz ... Mrs. Griffith (as Nancy Karnz)
Ellena Contello ... Mae Hawkins (closing credits) (as Ellena Contella)
Shelley Youngren ... Angry Wife
Fred Olen Ray ... Pool Player
Chuck Sumner ... Gordon
Bernice Kelsey ... Farmer's Wife
Ken Triplet ... Farmer
Jocelyn Davies ... Girl Swimmer
Donn Adrian ... Hunter #1
Bob Wagner ... Hunter #2
Wesley Place ... Second Deputy
Edi Stroup ... Grocery Cashier
Bonnie Irvine
Albert Davies
Lena Blanton
Steve Kaplan
Carl Bowman
Terry Stephenson
Ray Duckworth
James Christian
Barbara Barrs
Mary Jane Kelsey
Nancy Ray
Terry Drean
Jim Cartwright
Bobby Conwell
Elton Kemper
Freddy Frei
Mike Domansky
Michael Smith
John Ray
Michelle De Gurse
Joe Lang
Denise Thompson
Noli Lagrossa
Ron Liburn
John Green
Chris Robinson
Rene McCune
Phil Cardwell
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Directed by
Fred Olen Ray 
 
Writing credits
Fred Olen Ray (screenplay) &
Martin Nicholas (screenplay) (as Martin Alan Nicholas)

Produced by
Henry Kaplan .... executive producer
Fred Olen Ray .... producer
Chuck Sumner .... producer
Shelley Youngren .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Franklin Sledge 
Chuck Sumner 
 
Cinematography by
Fred Olen Ray 
Gary Singer 
 
Film Editing by
Mark Barrett 
 
Makeup Department
Allen Duckworth .... special makeup designer
 
Special Effects by
Fred Olen Ray .... special effects
 
Visual Effects by
Bart Mixon .... outer space animation effects
 
Music Department
The American Bluegrass Express .... composer: additional music
Paul Jones .... composer: additional music
Sugar Lee .... composer: additional music
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
It Fell from the Sky
Swamp of the Blood Leeches
The Alien Dead (UK) (video title)
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Runtime:
USA:74 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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Continuity: An old lady gets stabbed with a three-pronged pitchfork and four prongs come out of her back! more
Movie Connections:
References A Bucket of Blood (1959) more

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Unfortunately this movie is not rare enough, 19 February 2007
1/10
Author: andybob-3 from Massachusetts, USA

Here's another 80's gem from the king of cheese director Fred Olen Ray, in which one suspects the most costly item in its production was having the artwork made for its rental box. A meteor strikes a house boat deep in the swamp killing everyone aboard, but soon thereafter they come back to "life" as poorly made-up living corpses to munch on the living, whom for the most part just stand there and let them do it.

The script, editing, acting and makeup effects are breath taking in how awful they are, yet its way too long and tedious to be unintentionally funny, life is too short to waste it watching a film like this. Only note worthy thing is that former "Flash Gordon" Buster Crabbe almost ended his career like a dying scream doing this one, fortunately it can at least be said that this wasn't his last film.

1 out of 10, even fans of movies like "Plan 9 from Outer Space" will be appalled by this one, avoid it at all costs.

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