Without Warning

Without Warning (1980)

It Preys On Human Fear. It Feeds On Human Flesh.

When a mountain town is besieged by aliens, stranded teens Sandy and Greg team up with a local hunter as a paranoid war vet becomes convinced they're the enemy.

Date of release
1980-09-19
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (146)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Director
Greydon Clark

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $150K

Without Warning is a 1980 American science fiction horror film directed and produced by Greydon Clark and starring Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Tarah Nutter, Christopher S. Nelson, Kevin Peter Hall, Neville Brand, and Ralph Meeker in his final film role. It centers on an alien lifeform that arrives on Earth in order to stalk and kill humans as game. It was released by Filmways Pictures on September 19, 1980.

Production

Dan Grodnik optioned the script in 1978 and hired Bennett Tramer to do a rewrite. Half way through the script, Tramer went to Grodnik and told him he had an epiphany, that he couldn't finish the sci-fi script as he just realized he was a comedy writer. He handed Grodnik the unfinished script with apologies. Grodnik sat down in his living room on an IBM typewriter on top of a TV tray table and finished the script.

This was the final film role for veteran actor Ralph Meeker. Shortly after filming, he suffered a severe stroke that forced him to retire from acting, before his death in 1988. This was also the second-ever film role for David Caruso, who was 24 years old at the time.

Filming took place in Calabasas and Agoura Hills, California, and at the Paramount Ranch. The opening lake sequence was shot at Malibu Creek State Park.

The alien creature effects were designed by Greg Cannom. The alien's head mask was designed by Rick Baker for $19,000.

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