Directed by:
Larry CohenScreenplay:
Larry CohenCinematography:
Fred MurphyComposer:
Robert O. RaglandCast:
Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine, Richard Roundtree, James Dixon, Mary Louise Weller, John Capodice, Larry Pine, Eddie Jones, Nancy Stafford (more)Plots(1)
When a number of New Yorkers are brutally decapitated while sunbathing on their tenement building roof, two NYPD detectives are assigned to solve the case. Meanwhile, paranoid jewel thief Jimmy Quinn (Michael Moriarty) flees a botched heist and hides out on the roof of the Chrysler Building, where he unwittingly discovers the nest of the huge dragon-like creature that has been responsible for the deaths. As Quinn bargains with the police for a financial reward for his information about the creature's nest, a mysterious Aztec cult in the city start making human sacrifices to call on the creature they believe is Quetzalcoatl, the Plumed Serpent. Can the police get the location of the nest before more people are killed? And, once there, can they destroy the monstrous creature? (Anchor Bay Films)
(more)Cast
Michael Moriarty
USA
Best movies:
Holocaust (1978) (series)
James Dean (2001) (TV movie)
Taken (2002) (series)
Candy Clark
USA
Best movies:
Zodiac (2007)
American Graffiti (1973)
Niagara, Niagara (1997)
David Carradine
USA
Best movies:
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
North and South (1985) (series)
Richard Roundtree
USA
Best movies:
Se7en (1995)
Roots (1977) (series)
Man Friday (1975)
James Dixon
USA
Best movies:
God Told Me To (1976)
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
Black Caesar (1973)
Mary Louise Weller
USA
Best movies:
Serpico (1973)
Animal House (1978)
Evil (1978)
John Capodice
USA
Best movies:
The Doors (1991)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Wall Street (1987)
Larry Pine
USA
Best movies:
Dead Man Walking (1995)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Sunday (1997)
Eddie Jones
USA
Best movies:
Trading Places (1983)
Seabiscuit (2003)
A League of Their Own (1992)
Nancy Stafford
USA
Best movies:
I'm Not Ashamed (2016)
Q (1982)
Christmas with a Capital C (2011)
Fred J. Scollay
USA
Best movies:
Death Wish (1974)
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Stanley & Iris (1990)
Shelly Desai
India
Best movies:
Thelma & Louise (1991)
For Love of the Game (1999)
Denial (1998)
Malachy McCourt
USA
Best movies:
Green Card (1990)
The Molly Maguires (1970)
Two for the Seesaw (1962)