The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 14m.
Synopsis
A small town in Texas finds itself under attack from a hungry, fifty-foot-long gila monster. No longer content to forage in the desert, the giant lizard begins chomping on motorists and train passengers before descending upon the town itself. Only Chase Winstead, a quick-thinking mechanic, can save the town from being wiped out.
Ratings
IMDb3.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes20%
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
59 audience votes
Key crew
- Ray KelloggDirector
- Jay SimmsScreenplay
- Jack MarshallOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Don SullivanChase Winstead
- Fred GrahamSheriff Jeff
- Lisa SimoneLisa
- Shug FisherOld Man Harris
- Bob ThompsonMr. Wheeler
- Janice StoneMissy Winstead
- Ken KnoxHoratio Alger 'Steamroller' Smith
- Gay McLendonMom Winstead
- Don FlournoyGordy
- Cecil HuntMr. Compton
- Stormy MeadowsAgatha Humphries
- Howard WareEd Humphries