The 80s were a great time for horror films. Gorefests, slasher, mutants, monsters, ghosts, and of course the fear of nuclear power reactionary horror film. The 80's wouldn't have been complete without films like The Toxic Avenger, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Class of Nuke 'Em High. The Being fits right along with them.The Being is about a small town nestled next to a nuclear power plant. The plant is dumping waste into the drinking water and of course a mutant creature hell bent on homicide is created. The film features Martin Landau as the evil plant owner. I'm guessing '83 must have been a bad year for the academy award winning actor.
The film moves very quickly with plenty of kills and funny one liners. There's some well done gore and the monster doesn't look half bad either. The acting is terrible but that just comes with the territory. The film "borrows" from The Thing and Alien pretty liberally, especially in the end which heightens the great cheesy feel.
This one's so bad its good.
Gore - medium
Nudity - mild
Overall - 7/10
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