The Being

1981

Horror / Sci-Fi

5
IMDb Rating 4.4/10 10 2229 2.2K

monster mutant idaho easter slasher woman director

Plot summary

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.

Director

Jackie Kong Photo
Jackie Kong

Top cast

Robin Stille Photo
Robin Stille as Girl at Drive-in Theatre
Dorothy Malone Photo
Dorothy Malone as Marge Smith
Martin Landau Photo
Martin Landau as Garson Jones
Ruth Buzzi Photo
Ruth Buzzi as Virginia Lane
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
752.95 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 22 min
Seeds 2
1.36 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 22 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by thesar-2 5 / 10

Being like C.H.U.D.: Secret of the Ooze

Happy Easter, you One-Eyed Willy Monster.As a bona fide horror fan, especially from the 80s, I'm shocked I missed this one. I've known about it my whole life, but never got to it. And wow, I'm pretty shocked how much they put into this.The biggest positives stem from how many times they showed the penis creature, or at least, parts of the penis creature. Like right from the beginning, every couple of minutes until the great penis monster's climax.Now, the acting, editing at times, continuity and people's unnatural reaction to green ooze all over the town or the monster's appearances are all bad, but I was actually entertained through to the end...even when I couldn't really comprehend how many penis monsters there were, if there were more than one or their powers.I will have to also point out that I suspect the studio invited morons to its test screenings. In the beginning, there were a lot of odd narration (over a radio DJ - hard to hear both!) and voice overs to explain the thoughts of our husky lead detective. I bet they added these in post because, I assume, the test audience had less-than-desirable I.Q.s.Some of the subplots I found amusing: Mayor Spuds Mackenzie and his extremely limited Jaws ripoff scenes and the townsfolk's objection to smut coming into their very Southern-acting town in Idaho. Specifically, they're scared of a massage parlor opening as they might be massaging something else...(Insert penis monster reference here.)It's not perfect, but I would've enjoyed the heck out of this as a kid for how many times we saw the monster in a creature feature. If you're like me with cheesy 80's monster movies, watch this.***Final Thoughts: It was a major coincidence I decided to watch this on Easter-Eve and I didn't even know it was a holiday film. Huh, they should really market this as such. I can't think of another Rated-R Easter Horror movie, other than The Passion of the Christ.
Reviewed by silversprdave 5 / 10

ripoff of some earlier toxic waste monster movies

This movie is almost like CHUD except not as good. It was somewhat disappointing in its first half, and then I realized that it wasn't going to get any better after that. The movie is on the par with cheap 1950's B-movie horror flicks, and is worth a watch on late night TV when nothing else is on. It's main problem is that it is rather un-inspired in its use of the overplayed theme of radioactive waste turning things into monsters, and is slow. It is quite funny, though and frightening in places. I rated it an embarrassingly high 5 -- Hey, so I'm easy to please.
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