This movie was produced by Edward Montoro and Dick Clark for Film Ventures. I've always loved this movie since I first saw it back in the early 80's.
The movie opens with the brutal killing of a young woman walking alone at night. According to the police her head has been ripped off. Enter her father, a writer named Roy Warner (William Devane) who demands action from the police.
The officer in charge of the case is Dave Mooney (Richard Jaeckel) who sent Roy to prison in the past. Warner rides Mooney as the killings continue and the police seem powerless to stop them.
A beautiful TV news reporter Zoe Owens (Cathy Lee Crosby) is on the story for the press and she, along with Roy, do their own investigation and discover that the killer isn't even human.
This film had Tobe Hooper start directing and the John Cardos took over, hence the fact that it seems like two different stories molded into one. I started out as a zombie story and morphed into an alien with laser beam eyes.
I still like this movie a lot and always will. It's one of my favorites. The rest of the cast includes Biff Elliot, Keenan Wynn, Warren Kemmerling, Casey Kasem, John Bloom and Vivian Blaine.
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