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It started as a secret experiment... It ended up as a new breed of terror.
A boy takes in a stray dog, later finding out that it's an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab. Unbeknownst to him, the dog is being stalked by another escaped creature that's not quite so friendly.
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- Language
- EN
- Country
- CA,US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- $940,173
Wuchak
May 21, 2026 · via TMDB
**_A boy & his dog… and the savage creature chasing them_** This was loosely based on Dean Koontz’ 1987 novel. As usual, readers complain about the changes and how the book is vastly superior. So, what else is new? How much more so if the book’s 512 pages and the movie runs only 1h 31m? It’s an adventure/sci-fi/horror in the tradition of “Terminator” and “Predator,” just with a teenage boy protagonist, played by Corey Haim as Travis. Interestingly, Travis is a 36 years-old former Delta Force operator in the book; and Nora is his romantic interest. Here, Nora is his mother, played by Barbara Williams, with blonde Lala Sloatman as the teenage girlfriend. Lala is very beautiful and I wish her role was bigger. She and Corey dated for a year or two afterward. Michael Ironside is also on hand as a dubious govt agent, a mixture of two characters in the novel, Lem and Vince. Disregarding the changes from the book, the movie worked for me. It’s creative late 80s’ entertainment. No, it’s not great like “Terminator,” or the later “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” but I’d watch it any day over “Predator.” Three sequels followed in 1990, 1994 and 1998. It was shot in May-June 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia. GRADE: B/B-
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Corey Haim
Travis Cornell
Michael Ironside
Lem Johnson
Barbara Williams
Nora Cornell
Lala Sloatman
Tracey
Dale Wilson
Bill Keeshan
Blu Mankuma
Cliff
Duncan Fraser
Sheriff Walt Gaines
Colleen Winton
Deputy Porter
Christopher Cary
TV Newscaster
Don S. Davis
Veterinarian
Lou Bollo
Man By Stream
Jason Priestley
Boy On Bike
Matt Hill
Boy On Bike
Freda Perry
Second TV Reporter
William Samples
Motel Clerk
Suzanne Ristic
Motel Clerk Wife
Frank C. Turner
Salesclerk
Alex Green
Stunts
Danny Virtue
Stunts
David Jacox
Stunts
Ken Kirzinger
Stunts
Kymberly Sheppard
Stunts
Tong Lung
Stunts
Roger Corman
Executive Producer
Damian Lee
Producer
Josephine Massarella
ADR Editor
Joel Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Andy Nelson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dean R. Koontz
Novel
Damian Lee
Screenplay
Se7en
Rear Window
The Usual Suspects
Palimpsest
The Sixth Sense
Chinatown
Jaws
Strangers on a Train
The Wave
Our Hospitality
Dirty Harry
The Experiment
The Man Who Knew Too Much
An American Werewolf in London
Goldfinger
Carrie
Shooter
Galaxy Quest
Bullitt
Starship Troopers
Dawn of the Dead
Equilibrium
Independence Day
The X-Files
Mission: Impossible III
Silent Hill
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime
Arachnophobia
30 Days of Night
Friday the 13th
Idiocracy
Kala
A Boy and His Dog
Dune
Mimic
Jaws 2
The Invincibles
Monstrous
Indigenous
Perfect Stranger
Underdog
Doctor Butcher M.D.
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
Jaws: The Revenge
The Naturalist
The Licked Hand
Twelve Monkeys
Upgrade
The Fly
The X-Files
Resident Evil
Subservience
Wifelike
The Dogs
Assimilate
Alien: Covenant
Alien Resurrection
Tau
Terminator Salvation
Man-Made Monster
Impostor
Alligator
The Kindred
Anon
Doctor X
Open Grave
Hollow Man
The Machine
Splice
Replicant
Dec 2, 1988
