Parasite (1981)
Average Rating: 2.5/10
Reviews Counted: 9
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 8
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 3
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In this gory sci-fi outing, shot and originally released in 3-D, Dr. Paul Dean (Robert Glaudini) is a scientist living in the near future, after America has fallen under the control of a repressive paramilitary regime. Dean's research causes him to absorb an especially voracious parasitic worm, which feeds inside the human stomach until it becomes strong enough to burst out in search of a new host. In time, Dean is able to extract the creature from his body, but soon it escapes from captivity,
Mar 12, 1982 Wide
Jan 11, 2000
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Robert Glaudini
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Demi Moore
Patricia -
Luca Bercovici
Ricus -
James Davidson
Merchant -
Al Fann
Collins -
Vivian Blaine
Miss Daley -
Tom Villard
Zeke -
Cherie Currie
Dana -
James Cavan
Buddy -
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Cheryl Smith
Captive Girl -
Scott Thomson
Chris -
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All Critics (9) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (8)
Parasite is lethargic between its terror scenes, making it a test of patience for all but the fanatical followers of horror cheapies.
Top CriticUninspired actors intone a banal script, reduced by clumsy pacing to a minimum of suspense.
This is a badly acted B movie without much flair for involving its audience.
About as horrifying as Miss Piggy covered in barbecue sauce.
This is the proverbial bottom-of-the-barrel; it really doesn't get much worse than this.
Makes Demi Moore's later crappy movies look like Casablanca.
Parasite is one of the genre greats and somewhat of a classic, admittedly for all the wrong reasons.
Audience Reviews for Parasite
The acting was crap - nearly by every cast member. Special effects were some of the worst I've ever seen, in particular those involved in explosions and slow-motions. Even some pre-2000 video games have better graphics than that.
This is not a horror movie - this is a cheesefest. I only enjoyed the bit when the giant worm thing bit a guy's head off towards the end.
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Same factory line plot about the future and it does look pretty similar to other films with the same idea but the cast sets it apart. The main role is played by Robert Glaudini who isn't your usual good looking type, he has a face of curiosity, he looks a bit odd, a bit regular and this helps you run with the nonsense. He is helped by Demi Moore in her second screen role before all the money and glitz, which provides a more grounded performance from her.
Its all still cheesy as hell by today's standards and it looks trashy of course (apart from the black Lamborghini) but back in the day I reckon it looked quite good...I'm guessing.
Another feather in Mr Bands cap is the fact he worked with Stan Winston in this film. Yep the mighty Winston created the parasite in question and probably had a hand in the gory effects also. Naturally this helps the film greatly as the effects and makeup are quite good, not outstanding but solid showing promise.
Actually quite a bloody film with some nice gore, plot is old and you can see the 'Alien' rip (which would of influenced allot at the time) a mile off. Overall its not bad and certainly a high point in Mr Band's rollercoaster career which seemed to move into killer doll territory as we all know...for some reason.