The Being

The Being (1983)

The ultimate terror has taken form...

Toxic waste dumping in a small Idaho town turns a young boy into horrible mutant monster. The town's police chief and a government scientist team up to stop the monster, which is quickly killing off the town's citizenry.

Date of release
1983-11-18
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (52)
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Director
Jackie Kong

Casting

Interesting facts

The Being is a 1981 American horror film written and directed by Jackie Kong in her directorial debut, starring Martin Landau, José Ferrer, Dorothy Malone, comedian Ruth Buzzi, Marianne Gordon, and exploitation film producer Bill Osco, who is billed as "Rexx Coltrane" in the opening credits and "Johnny Commander" in the closing credits. It focuses on a detective who is trying to solve a string of grisly murders and disappearances in a small Idaho town.

Production

Kong, a recent college graduate, was given a $4.5 million budget from then-husband Bill Osco to write and direct a film, despite the fact that she had no professional film-making experience. She stated that she impressed Osco with storyboards and shot breakdowns. Kong wooed Martin Landau by pretending to be an actor interested in his theater workshop, and using the opportunity to give him her script.

Principal photography was originally intended to occur in eastern Oregon, but instead began in 1980 in Boise, Idaho. The film was shot under the working title Easter Sunday. Some additional post-production filming took place in Utah and Los Angeles.

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