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dir. Larry Cohen · 1982
The struggle for survival often leads individuals to make morally questionable choices in a chaotic world.
A series of bizarre reports flood the New York police about a giant flying lizard, but the absurdity of the situation quickly turns deadly as the creature begins to feast on unsuspecting citizens. The film follows an ex-con piano player who knows the monster's lair, caught between his desperation for survival and the chaos unfolding around him. Watching it feels like a wild ride through a city where the line between reality and nightmare blurs, leaving you questioning the nature of belief and the monsters that lurk in the shadows.
New York police are bemused by a spate of reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, which they assume to be bogus until the lizard starts to eat people. An out-of-work, ex-con piano player is the only person who knows the location of the monster's nest and is determined to turn the knowledge to his advantage, but will his gamble pay off or will he end up as lizard food?
