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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
213 Views


Okay, captain.

Yeah, we all love you, Shepard.

So you don't think

it's a lot of baloney.

No, I think there

was basis in fact.

See, there was some

kind of giant bird creature.

And it would appear again

in nature.

But I doubt if new yorkers

would mistaken it as a God.

Why not?

If they come to fear it enough.

What else is God but an

invisible force that we fear.

For centuries we've tried

to make it into our image.

Give God two legs, pair

of hands, lips, eyes.

Perhaps it's only our vanity.

I mean, we're only living in one small

second of time in history of man kind.

Look at the tablets

of ancient Egypt.

The Babylonians,

go all the way back.

The figure of that serpent

keeps turning up all the time.

The flying serpent in places

as far away as Egypt, Mexico,

and deep in the interior

of China.

You know, perhaps at one time

the whole world was covered

with these kinds of birds.

And then they became extinct

or almost extinct.

I want to thank you

for the information.

I don't know what good

it'll do me.

I can't even pronounce

this Quetzalcoatl

much less spell it.

Well, God is a much

shorter word.

Just what do you believe?

Who knows?

I do know I'd like to get my hands

on that thing once it's dead.

What an exhibit.

Remember the lines for the king

tut over at the metropolitan?

Gods stuff and mounted.

Try not to damage it too much

in the taking.

Are you kidding?

Thanks for the information.

You scared the hell out of me.

Of the dozens of witnesses,

most admitted under questioning

that they saw only a shadow

or some unidentifiable form.

Open up, Quinn!

...a huge bird

might escape detection

by maintaining high altitude.

We want to talk to you.

I said get your ass out here!

Open up, Quinn!

Hey, Quinn, you got goods

that belong to us.

No, I don't.

No, listen, I got hit by a cab.

And all the stuff went under a truck.

I don't have a thing.

Well, then there's no reason for

you to be scared to talk to us.

Come on out!

Okay, I warned you!

Now stay away!

I still got a gun!

Ha! You got a gun,

huh, Quinn?

Hey, Quinn, they don't sell guns

with nerve.

You got to use your own.

And I'll use it!

This time I'll use it!

Open up, Quinn!

We won't hurt you.

What do you do

what you do

to make my baby fear?

What do you do

what you do to make

my baby fear?

Go away evil dreamer

you better quit

messing around

because I'm gonna

get myself a gun

you better quit

messing around

because I'm gonna

get myself a gun

after I shoot you to pieces

right under the evening sun

I'm gonna shoot you

to pieces

right under the evening sun

Listen! Listen.

Let me tell you something.

The diamond company reported

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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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