La Nuit des Sangsues

1959. Illinois cornfield hums under starlight. Frozen hands twitch inside a crate. A thawed alien pod releases slug-like creatures into a 1986 college town. Fraternity initiates become hosts, their bodies twisting—then hunting. Dan O’Bannon by way of John Hughes.

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Fred Dekker directed La Nuit des Sangsues in 1986. See Fred Dekker's full filmography, where to start with Fred Dekker, or where to go after you've seen everything by Fred Dekker.

La Nuit des Sangsues was released in 1986 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 88 minutes.