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Q

Play trailer Poster for Q R,  1982,  1h 33m,  Horror/ Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 70% 27 Reviews Tomatometer 43% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
70% Tomatometer 27 Reviews 43% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
A fleeing gangland flunky (Michael Moriarty) finds the New York nest of Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, the man-eating flying serpent.
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Critics Consensus

Q's campy charms may be lost on audiences who want their monsters frightening, but a game cast and lovingly retrograde visual effects give this kaiju romp some majesty.

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Scott Tobias The Dissolve Aug 27, 2013
4/5
While Q won't give anyone nightmares, there's a throwback charm to it that honors Japanese monster movies more authentically than an expensive Hollywood production ever could. Go to Full Review
Pat Graham Chicago Reader Mar 28, 2007
Cohen's obviously having fun with the cheesy clay animation, and Michael Moriarty delivers an inspired, whacked-out performance as a small-time operater who tries to turn the monster into his own private bonanza, but the rest... is disengaged and sloppy. Go to Full Review
Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness Jan 9, 2006
B+
A freewheeling homage to both King Kong and producer Samuel Z. Arkoff's 1950s creature features that's slyly infected with marrow-deep societal tensions. Go to Full Review
Ray Pride Newcity Aug 16, 2022
6/10
The kind of grubby, berserk movie that roared in the ruins of the Loop movie palaces of its time, then the fleapit neighborhood dollar houses that then dotted the city. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Feb 26, 2022
3/5
Q-The Winged Serpent is just the tonic to make even the most jaded film-goer admit that theres absolutely nothing else quite like this out there Go to Full Review
Josiah Teal Film Threat Mar 11, 2021
8.5/10
I highly recommend this to the legions of monster and cult movie fans. It is a fantastic midnight double-feature to complement any of your classic camp favorites. Go to Full Review
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Ron W Mar 23, 2019 The movie itself is as much a queer chimera as Quetzalcoatl, an inscrutable hybrid part sublime and part horrible, winged and wonderfully weird---or perhaps the 'Q' in the title stands not for the god-monster, for 'Quinn,' the part-time crook, aspiring jazz musician played by Moriarty in a performance that is only better for being so batty. See more
Hermione W Jan 20, 2017 Quite fun story of an ancient Aztec deity flying over the streets of New York City killing people. There is lots to love about this movie...Michael Moriarty's magnificent performance as the sleazy small time crook Quinn being the top of the list. I find it odd that in a city of about 10 million people only one knew where its nest was. Despite the fact that the quetzlcoatl was huge and had been sighted by many people, that none saw it go to its nest in the Chrysler Building (one of the most popular tourist places in the city). Aside from that, this is good fun. The stop-motion animation of the creature was very hit and miss, but the story really shines through its dialog and Moriarty's perormance See more
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Movie Info

Synopsis A fleeing gangland flunky (Michael Moriarty) finds the New York nest of Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, the man-eating flying serpent.
Director
Larry Cohen
Producer
Larry Cohen
Screenwriter
Larry Cohen
Distributor
Anchor Bay Entertainment, Blue Underground
Production Co
Universal Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Horror, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 29, 1982, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 15, 2013
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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