History Film / NightOfTheCreeps

* ActorAllusion: Dick Miller plays Walt, named after his character from ''Film/ABucketOfBlood''.

* MultipleEndings: There are two versions of the film's ending. The version tagged onto the theatrical and subsequent VHS release ends with [[spoiler:Chris and Cynthia watching the sorority house burn down when the dead dog returns. The scene ends when the dog opens its mouth and a slug jumps out at the camera, presumably infecting Cynthia]].\\
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This was not what Dekker intended, however. The ending he wanted: [[spoiler:The scene of Chris and Cynthia standing in front of the burning sorority house moves to the street where cop cars race down the street. We then see the charred and zombified Cameron shuffling down the street when he suddenly stops and falls to the ground, his head explodes and the slugs scamper out and head into a cemetery. However, the spaceship from the beginning of the film has returned with the aliens intending to retrieve their experiment.]] This version is on the official DVD release.

** PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler:"Detective, Thrill me."]]. In this case it is [[spoiler:Chris]] referring to [[spoiler:Detective Cameron's impending HeroicSacrifice]].

* [[TheCanKickedHim The Can Hurled Brain Slugs At Him]]: J.C. is attacked by a zombie carrying slugs when he goes off to take a leak.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Chris, being attacked by zombies in a gardening shed, comes out with... a lawnmower? He pivots it towards a crawling zombie, says [[PreAsskickingOneLiner "Later, dude!"]], lifts the front wheels of the mower up and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome rams the spinning blades]] [[YourHeadAsplode into the zombie's face]].

The classic B-movie ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' is first referenced and then later watched by a character in the film. According to TheOtherWiki, this is an intentional reference to the fact that the plot of this film is itself similar to ''Plan 9''. The film finally saw release on DVD and Bluray in October 2009 after years of fan demand.

* {{Badass}}: Detective Cameron.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Chris, being attacked by zombies, runs into a gardening shed and comes out with... a lawnmower? Getting the [[RuleOfCool engine to start with just one tug of the cord and NO priming]], he pivots it towards a crawling zombie, says [[PreAsskickingOneLiner "Later, dude!"]], lifts the front wheels of the mower up and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome rams the spinning blades]] [[YourHeadAsplode into the zombie's face]].

** Type 1 occurs with the sorority sisters initially failing to realize that there's something seriously wrong with their dates before Detective Cameron steps in to correct their mistake.

** PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler:"Thrill me, Detective"]]. In this case it is [[spoiler:Chris]] referring to [[spoiler:Detective Cameron's impending HeroicSacrifice]].

'''''Night of the Creeps''''' is a 1986 horror film written and directed by Fred Dekker. ''Night of the Creeps'' stars Tom Atkins, Jason Lively and Jill Whitlow. The film is notable as both an earnest attempt at a scary horror film as well as a comedic spoof of the genre. While the main plot of the film is related to zombies, the film also mixes in takes on slashers and AlienInvasion films.

* AliensAndMonsters: The slugs are alien specimens that managed to escape from some alien scientists.

* ApocalypticLog: James Carpenter 'J.C.' Hooper leaves an audio recording for his friend explaining how the alien leeches get into your head and incubate [[spoiler:before he kills himself such that he doesn't become a zombie]].

* DyingDeclarationOfLove: J.C. confesses his love to Chris in his ApocalypticLog.
* {{Flashback}}: Detective Cameron has a few of these when remembering a old case about a escaped mental patient. They're DeliberatelyMonochrome, too.

* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler: J.C. not only figures out what destroys the zombie creatures, but uses his last time to inform Chris and to lure as many away as possible]]

* JerkJock: Brad.

* MakeOutPoint: Where the axe murders happened.

This was not what Dekker intended, however. The ending he wanted: [[spoiler:The scene of Chris and Cynthia standing in front of the burning sorority house moves to the street where cop cars race down the street. We then see the charred and zombified Cameron shuffling down the street when he suddenly stops and falls to the ground, his head explodes and the slugs scamper out and head into a cemetery. However, the spaceship from the beginning of the film has returned with the aliens intending to retrieve their experiment]].

* OrificeInvasion: The slugs' preferred method of taking over their host.

* RaisingTheSteaks: '''Zombie cats and dogs'''

* StraightGay: J.C. Hooper

* TooDumbToLive: The sorority's house mother who just sat and stared as [[spoiler:the reanimated corpse of the axe-killer breaks through the floor and eventually kills her]].

* TheNicknamer: Detective Cameron refers to Chris and J.C. as [[TheLittleRascals Spanky and Alfalfa]] respectively.

* DescriptionCut: When the cryogenically frozen maniac's body goes missing, Detective Cameron exasperatedly exclaims "Corpses that have been dead for twenty-seven years do not get up and go for a walk by themselves!". Cut to the corpse doing exactly that.

* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler: J.C. lures as many of the zombie slugs away as possible]]

* FanNickname: Detective Cameron refers to Chris and J.C. as [[TheLittleRascals Spanky and Alfalfa]] respectively.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Slither''

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Director Fred Dekker originally wanted ElmerBernstein to score the film. Though Bernstein was interested in scoring the film (and had planned to make it one of his more experimental scores), the studio wouldn't pay him his full salary and Bernstein moved on. [[Film/TheWarriors Barry DeVorzon]] ended up scoring the film.

* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler: J.C. lures as many of the zombie slugs as he can]]

The classic B-movie ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' is first referenced and then later watched by a character in the film. This is an intentional reference to the fact that the plot of this film is itself similar to ''Plan 9''. According to TheOtherWiki, the film finally saw release on DVD and Bluray in October 2009.

->'''Detective Cameron''': "I got good news and bad news, girls. The good news is your dates are here."\\
'''Sorority Sister''': "What's the bad news?"\\
'''Detective Cameron''': "They're dead."

''Night of the Creeps'' is a 1986 horror film written and directed by Fred Dekker. ''Night of the Creeps'' stars Tom Atkins, Jason Lively and Jill Whitlow. The film is notable as both an earnest attempt at a scary horror film as well as a comedic spoof of the genre. While the main plot of the film is related to zombies, the film also mixes in takes on slashers and AlienInvasion films.

The classic B-movie ''Plan9FromOuterSpace'' is first referenced and then later watched by a character in the film. This is an intentional reference to the fact that the plot of this film is itself similar to ''Plan 9''. According to TheOtherWiki, the film finally saw release on DVD and Bluray in October 2009.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Director Fred Dekker originally wanted ElmerBernstein to score the film. Though Bernstein was interested in scoring the film (and had planned to make it one of his more experimental scores), the studio wouldn't pay him his full salary and Bernstein moved on. [[TheWarriors Barry DeVorzon]] ended up scoring the film.

* DetractorNickname: Detective Cameron refers to Chris and J.C. as [[TheLittleRascals Spanky and Alfalfa]] respectively.