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.

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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

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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.

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Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel Nov 3, 2020 3.5/5

A mix of familiar schlock and unusual invention, Q gets a major boost from Michael Moriarity's Method-style performance as the film's scat-singing anti-hero.

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 28, 2020 3/4

Cohen and his crew soak the picture in Big Apple atmosphere, and Carradine is disarmingly relaxed as the wisecracking detective. Yet it's Moriarty who really sparks the proceedings with his offbeat characterization.

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C.H. Newell Father Son Holy Gore May 7, 2019 4/5

Cohen uses a pulpy noir-ish plotline to masquerade in front of the titular dragon-like monster, creating an impressive mix of crime and horror and mystery.

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Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Mar 3, 2019 3.5/5

The scale of what Cohen achieved with his monster on a low budget remains impressive to this day.

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Dec 2, 2013

"Q" has no idea what it is, and it shows with a question mark ending that left me giggling more than anything.

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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.

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Mike McGranaghan Aisle Seat Aug 26, 2013 3/4

They don't make 'em like this anymore, and that's a shame. It's one of the best grindhouse-type pictures of the '80s.

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Sarah Boslaugh Playback:stl Sep 30, 2011 6/10

...an inspired bit of madness from exploitation writer/director Larry Cohen...

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Ian Berriman SFX Magazine Dec 14, 2010

Q works because Larry Cohen plays it pretty straight. Guerrilla filming on the streets of NYC helps create a sense of verisimilitude, and the characterisation is both unusual and strong.

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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.

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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.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 11, 2005 2/5

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Kim Newman Empire Magazine Jun 22, 2005 4/5

Enjoyable monster movie with some pretty decent performances.

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Jonathan W. Hickman Entertainment Insiders Apr 4, 2005 3/5

Odd creepy special effects (the kind we don't see anymore) combine with a great performance by Moriarty to make this worth seeing.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Oct 23, 2004 2.5/4

The cast also includes David Carradine, Richard Roundtree, and Candy Clark, good actors all, but you have to be awfully good not to be upstaged by the death throes of a dying Quetzalcoatl.

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Janet Maslin New York Times Aug 30, 2004 2/5

The only movie in which you may ever see a gnawed, bloody skeleton wearing a gold charm bracelet.

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Bob Bloom Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) Jan 7, 2004 3/5

A wonderful throwaway B movie about New York menaced by the title character. Campy at times.

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