Overview

A horrified teen mutates into a crazed cannibalistic swamp creature, and must uncover the terrifying secret identity of his father before his nasty natural tendencies force him to make jambalaya out of the locals.

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Box office
Grossed $7.74M worldwide
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Based on
Based on The Beast Within
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Music
Music by Les Baxter
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Details

Director: Philippe Mora
Writer: Tom HollandWriter
Status: Released
Release date: February 12, 1982
Original language: English
Revenue: $7.7M
Countries: United States of America

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Production

Katzka

Cast

Ronny CoxEli MacCleary
Bibi BeschCaroline MacCleary
Paul ClemensMichael MacCleary
R.G. ArmstrongDoc Schoonmaker
L.Q. JonesSheriff Pool
Don GordonJudge Curwin
Katherine MoffatAmanda Platt
Logan RamseyEdwin Curwin
John Dennis JohnstonHorace Platt
Ron SobleTom Laws
Luke AskewDexter Ward
Meshach TaylorDeputy Herbert
Boyce HollemanDoc Odom