The actual budget for the film was only $19,000. We shot at Tim and Rita Hildebrandt's house, John Dod's house and my house. The backyard was a combination of my girlfriend's mother's house backyard and the Hildebrandts back yard. Just FYI ;-)
Any chance of a sequel or remake please? :) I miss movies like this, the monster was one of the scariest designs I've ever seen in a horror film, genuinely disturbing and the theme tune was creepy as shit. I can't believe how good the effects are considering the budget, crazy.
@@spfxted ... Now I'm more furious at Winnie The Boob: Shit and Money, cause The Deadly Spawn literally should've gotten a $1.5 Million Box Office than that other movie which never used real potential or tried to be a fun movie in the end!
I have to admire the kid in this movie; rather than go tell an adult what he found in the basement (they'd say it's his overactive imagination running a muck), he does the opposite and holds out down there while everyone around him gets eaten alive by the "figment". And then he fights back.
It shows that the kid was really a true monster movie, He observed first the monster to know its weakness plus seeing your mom brutally killed that would trigerred my Rage mode against the monster.
@@Dinosaurianationazation if a true sequel is ever made Charles better Come back as a badass alien Hunter, heck maybe he could even fight the spawn's creators from the prequel minicomic
this movie is seriously an underrated classic! thank you for reviewing this one. The box art alone from back in the rental store days haunted my dreams for years that came
The "fake fake-out scare" is like the scene in Jurassic Park when Ellie finds Arnold while getting the power on. The monster was the level 1 boss in the classic Splatterhouse 2 video game.
This is what i call true passion. The monster here looks more natural than some modern computer graphics. Probably because something made with graphics, no matter how good is not going to achieve the feeling that something is really present in real world.
Surprise he didn’t mention that the creature has made cameos in numerous mediums including inspiring one of the enemies in the Splatterhouse video game franchise namely the boreworm
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I tried to have my mom call all the local video stores looking for it, and they all said they've never heard of it.
Holy shit, what incredibly impressive effects work this is considering the budget - this stuff not only looks great, it's even genuinely creative! Great stuff.
I'd still go with Attack of the Super Monsters. It embodies everything he's reviewed. :p Night of the Lupis or Man's Best Friend are right up there though!
Night of the Lupis goes by the logic that "if rabbits were big enough, they'd totally kill us all". Also Black Sheep is a comedy horror while Night of the Lupis takes itself entirely seriously. :p
I loved this movie once upon a time. You wanna know how low budget this movie is compared to other movies? The Blair Witch Project had a higher budget, even adjusted for inflation. This movie is amazing compared to a lot of other big budget movies of the time when you take that into account.
Love this movie! Really disturbing watching as a kid when it came out. Watched it recently and some of the effects are great! Love how low budget it is
Oh shit, I remember watching this as a kid, being somewhat traumatized by it, but could never remember what it was called whenever I tried to look for it years later. This shit takes me back.
I saw this movie on a shelf in a video store in the 90s. I was little, so I couldn't recall the title, but the cover art. The cover traumatized me for life. Rediscovered it 20 years later and fuckin loved it. What a heartening thing to see something so cheap turn out so good.
Oh i remember the piranha 3d cover traumatized me when i saw it in back then. Sure i wasnt old enough to watch. I could be sad after i watched it years later that it wasnt a terryfing horror splatter but i am happy it is a nice little fun flick.
I know that this vid is 4 years old but here's you a fun fact: As you can see here "Terror of Mechagodzilla" has been called "Distruggete Kong! La Terra è in Pericolo" (Destroy Kong! The Earth is in Danger) in Italy because King Kong was way more popular than Godzilla in Italy, and this movie (just like Destroy All Monsters) came out after Guillermin's King Kong, that was a huge success here. In the movie they tried to give this title a meaning by changing Titanosaurus' name in Titano-Kong (because italians had no idea what "kong" really meant). And as you may know, that's just a small part of the italian "fake sequels tradition".
21st Century distributed this film theatrically and royally screwed over the filmmakers. It made a lot of money, particularly in NY, but they didn't see a dime of it.
Wow for years I've been searching for the name of a movie I thought was like a total fever dream that I made up like a nightmare when I was young...Ive been watching your alien knock off episodes hoping to come across the movie and prove to myself it was in fact real. Turns out it was the sequel to this one that you mentioned at the end, Metamorphosis the alien factor. I am seriously so thankful I found your channel and I'm thoroughly impressed I actually managed to stumble across what I was hoping to find you are awesome man. I love your reviews.
I just watched this movie the other day! It seemed like they spliced together a monster-horror film with some family values show or something. Loved the movie and love your review!
Actually this did play theatrically when it came out. I saw it at some hole in the wall theater in Ridgefield, CT, where I think it only ran for less than a week. And if memory serves, other than maybe four other people, the friend who went with me and I were the only people in the audience.
It did play in theaters, which is why I said it "still managed to be a moderate success", it just wasn't distributed by Paramount (or any other major studio).
Impressive monster movie! The monster design , the story , the effects and the sound is well made. I was hoping for a longer scene of the giant creature.. Funny batman reference at 05:55
Holy shit we had a giraffe just like that when I was a kid. I always called it George. I bought it at a garage sale for a dollar. Classy times those 80s
There is ALOT more info about this movie that people should know about. I recommend the horror guru's review of the deadly spawn which includes videos of the cast making the movie and the fact the creators got fucked over hard as soon as this movie was put into theaters.
Brandon, you ever seen "Prophecy: The Monster Movie"? If not you should check it out. We get to see a duel between 2 guys wielding and axe and a chainsaw, plus it stars Manbearpig (no joke, according to the internet rumor mill the movie's monster served as the inspiration for Manbearpig)
Charles didn't just use electricity to kill the monster, he packed the head with "Flash Powder".. he was just using the cord to ignite it.. and yes, this has been one of my favorite awesomely shitty movies since I was but a wee young warbeasty.. ^_^
you should definitely do the North Korean film Pulgasari its great for this channel, it might be very hard and expensive to find but i guess i can become a patreon subscriber and help out! anyway this was a cool movie and actually not half as bad as many others like it in the era! and always thank you for a great review and making another awesome video.
the metal king 81077 my name is arkham knight rider and also thanks for the comment . It's nice to see that some people respects other people's opinions .
You know, it's really a shame you only have 26k subs, unlike other internet reviewers you actually review stuff... on a regular basis. I'd say you deserve more subs but no one deserves an audience, so I'll say it's a shame so few people get to enjoy your content and in *some* cases get introduced to gems from the past
Yeah. I prefer him to the Nostalgia Critic.... Nowadays NC just reviews crappy movies from the early 2000's I never had an interest for... Brandon has exposed me to cool flicks I never knew existed...
No you don't, it's a pile of crap, an insult to this film and it was made on a £3m budget, more than 10 times the cost, HOW? It's one of the worst horror films I've ever seen. It has none of the charm of the Deadly Spawn, has some of the worst acting ever put onto film, has dialogue that sounds like it was written by a child and the effects are appalling.
The monster reminds me of the first boss in Splatterhouse 2, Bellyache. It even decapitates some monsters in the game like the one in this movie. Look it up if you never seen Splatterhouse 2.
The first three Splatterhouse games have beast creatures that are directly inspired by this monster-go-nuts a go go. 4:28 Did Jurassic Park pay homage to The Deadly Spawn?
I watched this years ago, along with a lot of the other cheapo creepo films that you've reviewed. The ending is both comical and shocking for its originality. Thanks for reminding me of it!
Was this ever on a Monster Vision type show? I remember seeing it on TV, (I don't think my parents would have let me rent something like that in the early '80s) and the scene where she gets bitten from under the couch. That scene gave me nightmares and we had to take the ruffle off of the couch and put a length of cardboard under my bed to protect me from them!
After watching the movie, I noticed you have not mentioned that the monster is blind (well, duh, no eyes) and that is why it does not eat the kid... And also, the the kid practically spends HALF the movie stuck in the basement with the monster.
He needs to do these movies! The Critter series. Reptilicus (its an old movie with a serpant type waterbased monster) Deep Horizon Event Horizon! Puppet Master series! Lastly demonic toys!
You know.....this movie actually looks pretty good. Wish I would have known about it in the 80s when I was a kid. I think I would have loved this when I was younger. I mean, it still looks pretty entertaining now too.
The actual budget for the film was only $19,000. We shot at Tim and Rita Hildebrandt's house, John Dod's house and my house. The backyard was a combination of my girlfriend's mother's house backyard and the Hildebrandts back yard. Just FYI ;-)
Any chance of a sequel or remake please? :) I miss movies like this, the monster was one of the scariest designs I've ever seen in a horror film, genuinely disturbing and the theme tune was creepy as shit. I can't believe how good the effects are considering the budget, crazy.
A True Cult Classic ❗
So it wasn't $25,000?
@@faithslayer202 $19K was the final budget. Maybe a little more, but that's it! :-)
@@spfxted ... Now I'm more furious at Winnie The Boob: Shit and Money, cause The Deadly Spawn literally should've gotten a $1.5 Million Box Office than that other movie which never used real potential or tried to be a fun movie in the end!
If a Xenomorph & The Thing had a offspring together, this would be it.
Agree
I think it looks more like the Audrey 2 & The Thing had a baby.
CorbCorbin I was gonna say the same!!! lmao
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Charles is a kid who loves monster movies, has shaggy hair, and is constantly dealing with a giant monster. Maybe he grew up to become Brandon Tenold.
I have to admire the kid in this movie; rather than go tell an adult what he found in the basement (they'd say it's his overactive imagination running a muck), he does the opposite and holds out down there while everyone around him gets eaten alive by the "figment". And then he fights back.
It shows that the kid was really a true monster movie, He observed first the monster to know its weakness plus seeing your mom brutally killed that would trigerred my Rage mode against the monster.
Yeah Charles is a badass!
@@Dinosaurianationazation if a true sequel is ever made Charles better Come back as a badass alien Hunter, heck maybe he could even fight the spawn's creators from the prequel minicomic
Yeah, he's totally one of the best parts of the movie
@@simonhassnilsson7009 he’d fight the Xenomorphs and Yautja
Hey, I'M A FAN OF SNARKY CANADIANS!
So much better than those polite Canadians.
"H.P. Lovecraft's pubic lice"...I am impressed, sir.
Dee Construction Not exactly believable, is it though?
You usually need to have had SEX to contract pubic lice.
The One and Only Michael McCormick
Usually...but if one sticks their dick into the abyss, they may pull it out with some inter-dimensional pubic lice.
It’s far more believable than YOU ever having contact with a woman considering you’re too stupid to know that Lovecraft was married.
Ghost Dog Married, and notoriously TERRIFIED of sex, women, and having sex with women.
this movie is seriously an underrated classic! thank you for reviewing this one. The box art alone from back in the rental store days haunted my dreams for years that came
DUDE ME TOO
AND I ALSO DO JIU JITSU
ARE WE THE SAME PERSON???
Uno, this movie is so good!
I agree my friend!!!🙏👻
11:45 NO ONE WILL BE SEATED DURING THE "TALKING ABOUT THE CERAMIC GIRAFFE" SCENE
That thing was terrifyingly hideous. I was waiting for it to secretly BE a creature and eat her
@@guybrush1701 just like Giraffes
14:05 Now we know where Stranger Things 3 got that idea from
The "fake fake-out scare" is like the scene in Jurassic Park when Ellie finds Arnold while getting the power on.
The monster was the level 1 boss in the classic Splatterhouse 2 video game.
This is what i call true passion. The monster here looks more natural than some modern computer graphics. Probably because something made with graphics, no matter how good is not going to achieve the feeling that something is really present in real world.
This is actually pretty good with the shock horror
So...review of Metamorphosis? That would be amazing Brandon.
For a low budget movie the practical effects are DAMN IMPRESSIVE!!!😁
that Blonde girl 👧 “WTF was THAT?!” should become a Meme
Surprise he didn’t mention that the creature has made cameos in numerous mediums including inspiring one of the enemies in the Splatterhouse video game franchise namely the boreworm
And in a flash game where you are playing as one
I remember that - wouldn't have thought of it myself, but that's kinda cool.
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I tried to have my mom call all the local video stores looking for it, and they all said they've never heard of it.
Holy shit, what incredibly impressive effects work this is considering the budget - this stuff not only looks great, it's even genuinely creative! Great stuff.
14:10 Wow! That's impressive: a simultaneous DECAPITATION and DEFENESTRATION.
Another movie to add to the list of "movies I've never heard of but want to watch because I saw it on a Brandon tenold review"
Yeah, I'm compiling a list of my own. Brandon does have a way of sparking interest in cult movies.
You should really do a review of "Night of the lepus" (giant killer rabbits!). It's the perfect movie for your channel.
Agreed, though it's gonna be hard topping Rifftrax on that one.
I'd still go with Attack of the Super Monsters. It embodies everything he's reviewed. :p Night of the Lupis or Man's Best Friend are right up there though!
Wim Van der Straeten Did you say "giant killer rabbits"?
Sounds weird. And I saw Black Sheep once.
Night of the Lupis goes by the logic that "if rabbits were big enough, they'd totally kill us all". Also Black Sheep is a comedy horror while Night of the Lupis takes itself entirely seriously. :p
I loved this movie once upon a time. You wanna know how low budget this movie is compared to other movies? The Blair Witch Project had a higher budget, even adjusted for inflation. This movie is amazing compared to a lot of other big budget movies of the time when you take that into account.
What Alitalia battle angel?
4:30 so that's where Jurassic Park got that idea
One day I will make my nothing budget movie about an evil window.
I would love to see the end result. I wish you luck
Make a movie about a killer Mandrill. No one has ever done that
colour me intrigued
@@SuperPeterok Shakma is a movie about a killer baboon, almost the same thing
@@thebible4484 tell me more
you should also mention that James Rolfe reviewed this film in Cinemassacre's Monster Madness, but nobody needs to know that.
Jordan Fazende
I knew that a long time ago!
RIP, George Romero and Tobe Hooper.
And Wes Craven
Dude, I love this flick! Damn good classic in my book!
Love this movie! Really disturbing watching as a kid when it came out. Watched it recently and some of the effects are great! Love how low budget it is
Oh shit, I remember watching this as a kid, being somewhat traumatized by it, but could never remember what it was called whenever I tried to look for it years later.
This shit takes me back.
I saw this movie on a shelf in a video store in the 90s. I was little, so I couldn't recall the title, but the cover art. The cover traumatized me for life. Rediscovered it 20 years later and fuckin loved it. What a heartening thing to see something so cheap turn out so good.
Oh i remember the piranha 3d cover traumatized me when i saw it in back then.
Sure i wasnt old enough to watch.
I could be sad after i watched it years later that it wasnt a terryfing horror splatter but i am happy it is a nice little fun flick.
This is both underrated and unheard of.
#KaijuCritic
#CultClassicCritic
Brandon MclovinIt Strange Beast=Kaiju Critic.
Imao when he said they put Ben from night of the living dead on the fire with the other creatures 😂👌👋
That feeling when Brandon reviews something that I requested a few weeks ago...
Holy hell when the creature peels the woman’s face off I actually gasped in shock. This movie is amazing.
I have forgotten all about this movie Thanks for reviewing it remember seeing it on VHS
I hope he covers metamorphosis: the alien factor
Now I know where splatterhouse got its monsters
I rather have a shirt of you singing "DECAPITATIOOOOOOOOOOON!!!"
I know that this vid is 4 years old but here's you a fun fact:
As you can see here "Terror of Mechagodzilla" has been called "Distruggete Kong! La Terra è in Pericolo" (Destroy Kong! The Earth is in Danger) in Italy because King Kong was way more popular than Godzilla in Italy, and this movie (just like Destroy All Monsters) came out after Guillermin's King Kong, that was a huge success here. In the movie they tried to give this title a meaning by changing Titanosaurus' name in Titano-Kong (because italians had no idea what "kong" really meant). And as you may know, that's just a small part of the italian "fake sequels tradition".
21st Century distributed this film theatrically and royally screwed over the filmmakers. It made a lot of money, particularly in NY, but they didn't see a dime of it.
I love it when a movie with so much hard work and effort be rewarded while not to successful seeing the positive reviews brings a smile to me
I can't get over how they kill the female lead and then have another character replace her in the aame scene.
Also jurassic park stole the arm scene.
They at least did it a little differently. It wasn't getting actively chewed on in JP.
@@TheKyrix82 Strangely enough though, here it felt way creepier. :/
I wonder if he'll review Metamorphosis The Alien Factor some time in the future.
Wow for years I've been searching for the name of a movie I thought was like a total fever dream that I made up like a nightmare when I was young...Ive been watching your alien knock off episodes hoping to come across the movie and prove to myself it was in fact real.
Turns out it was the sequel to this one that you mentioned at the end, Metamorphosis the alien factor. I am seriously so thankful I found your channel and I'm thoroughly impressed I actually managed to stumble across what I was hoping to find you are awesome man. I love your reviews.
All hail Canada and your channel is the one of the best you show Kaija movies and you make them better
I saw this on video many years ago. I never knew it was made on such a borderline non-existent budget. They did really well for what they had.
I just watched this movie the other day! It seemed like they spliced together a monster-horror film with some family values show or something. Loved the movie and love your review!
The Deadly Spawn?
Holy shit, Brandon. I've been waiting for this one for a while...not sure if I'm ready for it yet.
I wasn't really excepting this one but I'm waiting for a movie about a certain Japanese monster with revenge at the end of the title.
I love the deadly spawn, it has so much going for it that it outweighs the bad
Actually this did play theatrically when it came out. I saw it at some hole in the wall theater in Ridgefield, CT, where I think it only ran for less than a week. And if memory serves, other than maybe four other people, the friend who went with me and I were the only people in the audience.
It did play in theaters, which is why I said it "still managed to be a moderate success", it just wasn't distributed by Paramount (or any other major studio).
...and this somehow wasn't made by Roger Corman?
lol everytime at the no one will be seated gag cant stop binge watching these
Bro your videos make RUclips worth watching , you'd be the perfect person to get drunk with and watch old movies with lol
Great review! And speaking of 1983, I think it's time you reviewed Sleepaway Camp.
Impressive monster movie! The monster design , the story , the effects and the sound is well made. I was hoping for a longer scene of the giant creature..
Funny batman reference at 05:55
Did someone say The Room?
Haha, what a story Mark.
Love the effects from this film!
Holy shit we had a giraffe just like that when I was a kid. I always called it George. I bought it at a garage sale for a dollar. Classy times those 80s
You do reviews really well. Very helpful. Thanks~!!!
I just watched this one tonight. What a fun movie.
Aaron H. And you have a fun looking avatar.
This is a compliment, I am really trying to avoid a star wars joke right now.
7:30 I was waiting for the uncle to ask him if he " likes movies about gladiators " or has he " ever been is Turkish prison "
There is ALOT more info about this movie that people should know about. I recommend the horror guru's review of the deadly spawn which includes videos of the cast making the movie and the fact the creators got fucked over hard as soon as this movie was put into theaters.
Lol when I heard the music..stranger things came instantly to mind
Great review! You should review Metamorphosis sometime. Great effects in that one, too, with plenty of painfully slow shit inbetween.
"You ladies may not eat meat, but meat doesn't give a fuck if it's you."
I have Ted Bohus’s autograph on my Deadly Spawn poster.
YES! FONALLY! Thank u! I always wanted u to review this moive!!!!
Give credits to makeup effects artist, John Dods for his work on this movie alongside Nightbeast(1982) and Spookies(1986)
Brandon, you ever seen "Prophecy: The Monster Movie"? If not you should check it out. We get to see a duel between 2 guys wielding and axe and a chainsaw, plus it stars Manbearpig (no joke, according to the internet rumor mill the movie's monster served as the inspiration for Manbearpig)
Charles didn't just use electricity to kill the monster, he packed the head with "Flash Powder".. he was just using the cord to ignite it.. and yes, this has been one of my favorite awesomely shitty movies since I was but a wee young warbeasty.. ^_^
you should definitely do the North Korean film Pulgasari its great for this channel, it might be very hard and expensive to find but i guess i can become a patreon subscriber and help out! anyway this was a cool movie and actually not half as bad as many others like it in the era! and always thank you for a great review and making another awesome video.
I actually liked spawn (1997)
Robert Fox it's not the best, but that's your opinion, and I respect that
the metal king 81077 my name is arkham knight rider and also thanks for the comment . It's nice to see that some people respects other people's opinions .
Not bad, the CGI was just ahead of it's time and the storytelling was somewhat backwards. Then again early Spawn was pretty dang weird.
Another quality review Brandon !
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Me: Worse than Turkey?
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Me: Ohhh, you should of said that first...
Nice review. Not just a bucket of snark, but some honest and earned praise. I like honest reviews that dish out praise when it's deserved/
You know, it's really a shame you only have 26k subs, unlike other internet reviewers you actually review stuff... on a regular basis. I'd say you deserve more subs but no one deserves an audience, so I'll say it's a shame so few people get to enjoy your content and in *some* cases get introduced to gems from the past
AlucardNoir Absolutely agree. Especially compared to other channels Brandon really should have more subs.
Yeah! I prefer this channel to other ones like Channel Awesome!
...but...he's ON channel awesome? Did you mean to say Nostalgia Critic?
Yeah. I prefer him to the Nostalgia Critic.... Nowadays NC just reviews crappy movies from the early 2000's I never had an interest for... Brandon has exposed me to cool flicks I never knew existed...
well, he used to be good.
Fun Fact: the actor who plays Charles is Tim Hildebrandt's son.
"Most homemade" have you ever seen Camp Blood!?
Classic monster design.
I'd love to have that movie poster.
Brandan seems to have missed what I thought was a nice touch, the bucket of red paint, making the red fluids origin ambiguous.
0:01 SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
You need to check out Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor its an unoffical sequel to The Deadly Spawn
No you don't, it's a pile of crap, an insult to this film and it was made on a £3m budget, more than 10 times the cost, HOW? It's one of the worst horror films I've ever seen. It has none of the charm of the Deadly Spawn, has some of the worst acting ever put onto film, has dialogue that sounds like it was written by a child and the effects are appalling.
The monster reminds me of the first boss in Splatterhouse 2, Bellyache. It even decapitates some monsters in the game like the one in this movie. Look it up if you never seen Splatterhouse 2.
This movie was way waaaaay better than it should have been. I wonder what would have happened if this crew had a budget to back their dream.
I still have the Fangoria magazine with this on the cover.
Im a huge horror fan... and i never knew of this movie, thanks for sharing, will most def watch it now!
This was one of my favorite 80's horror movies.
11:06 "space might be the final frontier, but it's made in a hollywood basement"
RHCP - Californication
GODZILLA'S REVENGE! It is your destiny.
You always get me with Tiny Tim.
This reminds me of a flash game where you are a alien you eat creatures and take their powers
I think that was the inspiration for it
The first three Splatterhouse games have beast creatures that are directly inspired by this monster-go-nuts a go go.
4:28 Did Jurassic Park pay homage to The Deadly Spawn?
I watched this years ago, along with a lot of the other cheapo creepo films that you've reviewed. The ending is both comical and shocking for its originality. Thanks for reminding me of it!
Well, I know one thing the makers of the Room didn't spend the money on: acting lessons.
Was this ever on a Monster Vision type show? I remember seeing it on TV, (I don't think my parents would have let me rent something like that in the early '80s) and the scene where she gets bitten from under the couch. That scene gave me nightmares and we had to take the ruffle off of the couch and put a length of cardboard under my bed to protect me from them!
After watching the movie, I noticed you have not mentioned that the monster is blind (well, duh, no eyes) and that is why it does not eat the kid... And also, the the kid practically spends HALF the movie stuck in the basement with the monster.
He needs to do these movies!
The Critter series.
Reptilicus (its an old movie with a serpant type waterbased monster)
Deep Horizon
Event Horizon!
Puppet Master series!
Lastly demonic toys!
klown kamp massacre or any trauma movie really...
Jacob Boston well he's definitely seen reptilicus
The 3rd and 4th critters movies are just fucking crazy
Hey! A new Brandon Tenold video! It's Christmas in . . . August.
You know.....this movie actually looks pretty good. Wish I would have known about it in the 80s when I was a kid. I think I would have loved this when I was younger. I mean, it still looks pretty entertaining now too.
"Nightbeast" would be a good suggestion.
Thanks for listening to me, Brandon!