Shadow Creature

Shadow Creature

Mutating horror that will not die!

1995 · 90 min · ★ 4.1 · Horror

Detective Brighton investigates a series of unusually gruesome murders and is soon caught in a web of intrigue involving a mad scientist, a beautiful woman, a power mad politician, and one very ferocious monster. Their secret lies in a mysterious formula which could unlock the secrets of immortality... and on a less positive note, also cause the mass mutation of all life on earth! The bodies pile up as everyone scrambles for possession of the formula. It culminates in a climactic showdown whose outcome will determine the fate of all mankind!

Directed by James P. Gribbins · Written by Jason Wolthuizen

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Shane Minor Detective Brighton
Tracy Godard Jacky
Dennis Keefe Professor Melvin
Anthony Chrysostom Mayor Greenspan
Kathy Imrie Deputy Carla
Scott Heim The Creature
Magilla Schaus Fredrick
Claudia Catalano Tamara
John Hunt Len
John Schaller Chief
Joe Attobello Joe the Mob Boss
John Swangler Goon #2, Hitman

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