I don't know what happened with horror movies in 1983, but I'm yet to find one that actually blew me away. The best by far were 'Cujo' and 'Videodrome'.
I'm still sitting here wondering what the hell I just watched; that being 'The Deadly Spawn'. This movie is at the bottom of the barrel of bad horror movies, with B-movie acting at its worst, B-movie visuals almost at its worst, and B-movie props also incredibly bad! On top of this the movie has weird dialogue with the characters saying and doing the strangest things. Speaking of characters, I didn't care about any of them. There's no clear protagonist - just a bunch of uninteresting, bland, two-dimensional characters. A young boy, Charles, comes to the rescue during scenes towards the end, but he doesn't have protagonist trademarks and didn't feature much during the film.
'The Deadly Spawn' is more comedy than horror, but it certainly ain't funny - it's just bad in every way. In fact, it was laughably bad - and that's no laughing matter! The creatures were lifeless, mechanical things. And what an absolutely stupid climax! This is an 80's horror movie you'd want to avoid - unless you enjoy laughing at badly made vintage movies...
Would I watch it again? There's no chance...!
I'm still sitting here wondering what the hell I just watched; that being 'The Deadly Spawn'. This movie is at the bottom of the barrel of bad horror movies, with B-movie acting at its worst, B-movie visuals almost at its worst, and B-movie props also incredibly bad! On top of this the movie has weird dialogue with the characters saying and doing the strangest things. Speaking of characters, I didn't care about any of them. There's no clear protagonist - just a bunch of uninteresting, bland, two-dimensional characters. A young boy, Charles, comes to the rescue during scenes towards the end, but he doesn't have protagonist trademarks and didn't feature much during the film.
'The Deadly Spawn' is more comedy than horror, but it certainly ain't funny - it's just bad in every way. In fact, it was laughably bad - and that's no laughing matter! The creatures were lifeless, mechanical things. And what an absolutely stupid climax! This is an 80's horror movie you'd want to avoid - unless you enjoy laughing at badly made vintage movies...
Would I watch it again? There's no chance...!