Leviatán (1984)

Director:

Claudio Fragasso

Writer:

Claudio Fragasso (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

The fear... the terror... the nightmare... they will never forget it!

Plot:

Alice Cooper plays a pop star who takes his band to his hometown to shoot his latest video. They are...

Plot Keywords:

Band | Star | Dog | Pop Star | Animal Attack

Cast

Alice Cooper	...	Vince Raven
Victoria Vera	...	Sandra
Carlos Santurio	...	Frank
María José Sarsa	...	Marilou
Pepita James	...	Angela
Emilio Linder	...	Jordan
Ricardo Palacios	...	Sheriff Morrison
Luis Maluenda	...	Deputy
Barta Barri	...	Old Man
Charly Bravo	...	Townfolk
Fernando Conde	...	Townfolk
Fernando Baeza	...	Townfolk
Nino Bastida	...	Townfolk

Directed by
Claudio Fragasso		(as Clyde Anderson)

Writing credits
Claudio Fragasso		(writer) (as Clyde Anderson)

Produced by
Carlos Aured	....	line producer
Eduard Sarlui	....	executive producer
Helen Szabo	....	executive producer (as Helen Sarlui)
Clark Tyrrel	....	producer

Original Music by
Grupo Dichotomy

Cinematography by
José García Galisteo

Film Editing by
Antonio Jose Ochoa

Art Direction by
Gumersindo Andrés

Costume Design by
María Eugenia Escrivá		(as Eugenia Escrivá)

Makeup Department
Carlo De Marchis	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Roberto Bessi	....	production manager
Jesús García Gárgoles	....	production manager (as Jesús G. Gárgoles)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Gutierez	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Christopher Cruise	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Carlo De Marchis	....	special effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
José Ferrándiz	....	gaffer (as Joe Ferrandiz)
Joe Garcia	....	gaffer
Joe Garcia	....	gaffer
Pedro Ramírez	....	gaffer (as Peter Ramirez)

Music Department
Teddy Bautista	....	music arranger (uncredited)
Teddy Bautista	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Domenico Mancino	....	blacksmith
Victoria Melian	....	script supervisor
John Senovilla	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Continental Motion Pictures Corporation
• M&C Films
• Royal Films

Distributors

• Continental Motion Pictures Corporation (1984) (USA) (theatrical)
• Trans World Entertainment (TWE) (1986) (USA) (VHS)
• Unión Films S.A. (1988) (Spain) (theatrical)
• American Distributors Inc.
• Look Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Otaku Video (????) (Italy) (DVD)
• Otaku Video (????) (Italy) (VHS)
• Video Programme Distributors (VPD) (????) (UK) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Studio Anzellotti (sound effects)

Other Companies

• Penta Studio  titles and opticals

Also Known As:

Los perros de la muerte
Monster Dog (USA)
The Bite

Runtime:

Spain:84 min | UK:81 min | USA:84 min | Japan:89 min

Country:

Spain | USA | Puerto Rico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain

Company:

Continental Motion Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Alice Cooper did not dub his own voice for the English language version. Instead his lines were dubbed by Ted Rusoff.

Quotes:

Vincent Raven: You sure are something; do you know that, Sandra?
Sandra: Do *you* know something, Vince? As soon as we deliver this video job, we're heading straight for Moorea, one of the hundred and thirty Polynesian islands. Floating in crystal clear water; two weeks of nude sunbathing, coconut drinks and making love. I love you, Vince; I can't stand to see you like this.
[they kiss]

Movie Connections:

References Alice Cooper: The Nightmare (1975) (TV)

Soundtrack:

See Me In The Mirror

Could Have Been a Good Movie

I first saw this movie years ago back in 1987 and I remember this movie had an original feel to it and had some memorable atmosphere to the movie but seeing it again just recently has shifted my view on this movie. This movie stars Alice Cooper as a rock star (of course) going back to his families old house to film a music video. He brings his crew (who all seem mentally challenged) and expects to have a good time. What they don't realize is there is a pack of wild dogs slaughtering people along the country side and these dogs are led by the Monster Dog. The main problems with this movie is extremely bad acting, bad music, Alice Coopers voice is dubbed over, and very bad special effects (except a hilarious scene when a bald guy gets the top of his head blown to pieces). But you can over look this because the movie saves itself with some decent atmosphere. I can't place it but this flick can be creepy at times. Anyway, if you know before watching this movie that is it going to be bad than you will probably enjoy this.