Genre: Thriller, Drama, Horror, Monsters, Gore, Thieves, Detectives, Suspense
Tagline: You'll just have time to scream... before it tears you apart!
Plot: A New York loser indebted to the mob finds an unlikely ally in a flying prehistoric creature nesting atop a skyscraper. The NYPD investigates eyewitness accounts of a gargantuan winged serpent in Manhattan and a string a senseless "ritual" killings. Against this backdrop, ex-junkie Jimmy Quinn finds work as a getaway driver for the mafia. One heist goes awry, so Jimmy hides out at the Chrysler Building's apogee. There, he sees "Q" -- an Aztec god-beast that has been feasting on window cleaners and apartment residents. Then Jimmy gets a bloody good idea...
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 An underrated 80s horror film, with a cool plot, but cheesy effects. A good rent if you're looking for something interesting and cheesy. 6/10--FrighT MasteR (UHM)
Typically erratic Cohen fare has his usual campy approach and is competently done but at the same time is somewhat tedious and runs out of steam until the pretty good 'monster on a famous landmark' finale.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
This is one of the great, fun monster films--the cornball special effects and weird situations just make the film endearing, not trying. Q is also one of the best-made monster films, to my mind...  --Jack Witzig (ColdSpot)
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Larry Cohen
The Stuff, It's Alive!, A Return to Salem's Lot |
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| Hilarious stop-motion animation effects and lots of severed heads make for a pretty entertaining, tongue-in-cheek horror film from the great Larry Cohen... -- (eSplatter.com)
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