Night of the Creeps Page #3

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Many of the film's fans have picked up

on a possible gay subtext...

...in Chris and J.C.'s relationship.

Although Fred Dekker

denies it was ever intended...

...he thinks viewers should be free

to interpret the film as they wish.

It is never explained

who owns the guitar...

...although it does seem to be

more on J.C.'s side of the room.

Star Tom Atkins was well-known

to horror and cult film fans...

...from his appearance in such films

as John Carpenter's The Fog (1980)...

...and Escape From New York (1981).

This scene was shot at Castaic Lake

in Castaic, California.

It is often rumored that the killer

in this shot...

...is played by writerldirector

Fred Dekker. The jury is still out.

That was Officer Raimi...

...an homage to director Sam Raimi

(The Evil Dead, Spider-Man).

Tom Atkins has made a career

of playing authority figures.

He concedes he has

been cast as a policeman...

...more than any other type of role.

Wally Taylor plays Detective Landis...

...named for director John Landis

(Animal House, The Blues Brothers).

Taylor also appears in Escape

From New York with Tom Atkins.

The sandwich-munching coroner

is played by actor Vic Polizos...

...who has also appeared in films

such as C.H. U.D. (1984)...

... Prizzi's Honor (1985)

And Eraser (1996).

Bruce Solomon, who plays Raimi,

made his film debut...

...in the cult classic, Children Shouldn't

Play With Dead Things (1973).

In the television version of the film,

there was a scene...

...between Cameron and Raimi

where Cameron schooled...

...the younger policeman on how to

report a murder over the phone.

The residence used

for the sorority house...

...was in a state of disrepair

before filming began.

The filmmakers did such a nice job

cleaning it up...

...that the property owners

decided against tearing it down...

...and today it still stands.

Evelyne Smith plays

the House Mother.

Originally, she was to appear

in the 1950s segment...

...looking exactly the same

as she does in the 1980s...

...but the scene was cut.

Brains...

Why did it have to be brains?

Some of the scenes in the movie

were shot on the UCLA campus...

...where Fred Dekker had graduated

only three years earlier.

Dekker found it rewarding

to return to the campus grounds...

...as a full-fledged filmmaker.

The brief nudity here by Jill Whitlow

was actually her idea.

Whitlow found it too awkward

to remove her bra...

...and get into the nightgown

without being naked.

So she suggested they shoot it

the way it is seen here.

Although decorated differently,

Cynthia's room...

...is the same room as Pam's

in the 1950s segment.

Cameron's brief stop

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