Breeders (1986 film)

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Breeders
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Tim Kincaid
Written byTim Kincaid
Produced byCynthia De Paula
StarringTeresa Farley
Lance Lewman
Frances Raines
Natalie O'Connell
Amy Brentano
CinematographyArthur D. Marks
Edited byBarry Zetlin
Music byDon Great
Tom Milano
Distributed byEmpire Pictures
Release date
  • May 1, 1986 (1986-05-01) [1]
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Breeders is a 1986 science fiction erotic horror film directed by Tim Kincaid, and stars Teresa Farley, Lance Lewman and Frances Raines.

Contents

A remake was released in 1997 under both the same title and Deadly Instincts. [2]

Plot

When five Manhattan women, all virgins, are accosted under mysterious circumstances, the police think they have got a twisted serial rapist on their hands. But as NYPD Detective Dale Androtti (Lance Lewman) and Dr. Gamble Pace (Teresa Farley) soon discover, the reality is much worse. Tracing the source of the attacks underground, they find an unstoppable alien presence that has infested an abandoned subway system and begun to reproduce itself by impregnating human women.

Cast

Release

The film was given a limited release theatrically in the United States by Empire Pictures in May 1986.[ citation needed ] It was subsequently released on VHS by Wizard Video.

The film was officially released on DVD by MGM in 2001. [3]

Production

Breeders was the first film from Empire International Pictures to be distributed direct-to-video. [4] Charles Band said as Empire continued to grow it became necessary to pickup outside productions in order to meet demand and admitted involvement in Breeders and other films of its ilk may have been a mistake in hindsight. [4] Prior to working on Breeders, director Tim Kincaid had been better known as a pornographic director. [4]

Reception

Critical reception for the film has been negative. TV Guide panned the film, criticizing the film's acting, dialogue, and effects. [5] Valeriy Kolyadych from PopMatters gave the film 2/10 stars, calling it "unashamedly exploitative" and criticized the film's acting, dialogue, and finale. [6]

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