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Synopsis: New York police are bemused by a spate of reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, which they assume to be bogus until the lizard starts to eat people. An out-of-work, ex-con piano player is the only person who knows the location of the monster's nest and is determined to turn the knowledge to his advantage, but will his gamble pay off or will he end up as lizard food?
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Larry Cohen
Production: Blue Underground
 
IMDB:
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
R
Year:
1982
93 min
Website
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Wouldn't be the first time in history

that a monster was mistaken for a God.

And you have to figure out

which it was?

A monster or a God?

Some detective.

You don't believe in

any of this stuff do you?

Why don't you turn off

the lights?

In a minute.

Guess that's why

I have to kill it.

If I can kill, it's not a God.

It's a good old fashion monster.

I better take

my birth control pill.

God!

Maybe it's a bird, huh?

- Joanie?

- Yes.

- Come on, open up.

- Oh, okay.

Lock it.

Must've been some wild party.

So where were you all night?

What happened?

Did you get mugged?

Well, I hope you didn't go on the

job appointment looking like this.

There wasn't any appointment.

Well, what happened?

I had an accident.

- Well, I hope you got--

- will you shut up?

Just give me a drink.

Shut up.

You know you shouldn't drink.

Never makes things any better.

I said I was sorry.

And I told you

next time you hit me,

I'll break a lamp over your head

while you're asleep.

Ah, come on, I'm hurting.

Just one drink,

that's all I'm asking for.

Okay?

Just one, all right?

At least you haven't thrown

any punches lately.

And it wasn't my idea.

I go for Chinese with these guys and

they tell me it's going to be easy.

- They said diamonds were easy.

- I don't want another fact.

And I told them, "you know,

I only drive. I don't go in."

They say, "you got to go in."

I say, "no, I'm not going in."

They take the keys.

So what do I do?

I got to go in.

And then I go running around

the city with this.

Now, don't worry,

I never fired a shot.

I just ran.

I left them there.

They are not your friends!

How many times

I got to tell you?

Why do you think you got

to stick your neck out for them?

You know what? They're probably down

at the police station right now

giving out your name

and address.

Probably saying

it's all your idea.

Please, take off your pants

and let me look at your leg.

Oh, no, no.

Just leave me.

I just want to sit here.

I think I'm going crazy.

Preparing your defense

already, huh?

No! I mean, I went way up to on

this building, 75-80 stories up.

And I'm up there,

and I don't believe what I saw.

I saw a body up there. There was

somebody murdered up there.

- What are you talking about?

- Listen to me.

I see this body. I don't know what it is.

Yeah, I think it's a--

I think it's a woman

because there's a bracelet on.

But it has all been torn away.

I've never seen anything

like that before

in my entire life.

Are you back on something?

I knew you'd say that!

And I knew they think that.

So I ran again.

I ran twice in one day, I ran.

And kept running

till I couldn't run anymore.

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Larry Cohen

Lawrence G. "Larry" Cohen (born July 15, 1941) is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known as a B-Movie auteur of horror and science fiction films – often containing a police procedural element – during the 1970s and 1980s. He has since concentrated mainly on screenwriting including the Joel Schumacher thriller Phone Booth (2002), Cellular (2004) and Captivity (2007). In 2006 Cohen returned to the directing chair for Mick Garris' Masters of Horror TV series (2006); he directed the episode "Pick Me Up". more…

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