

Q
Its name is Quetzalcoatl. Just call it Q. That's all you'll have time to say before it tears you apart!
A fleeing gangland flunky discovers the New York nest of Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, the man-eating flying serpent.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.2M
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- new york city
- monster
- legend
- mexica (aztec)
- ritual murder
- chrysler building
- monster movie
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalRNew York City, New York8 Oct 1982
- TheatricalR29 Oct 1982
BrazilBR
- Theatrical24 Dec 1982
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Market18 May 1982
- Theatrical128 Sept 1982
GermanyDE
- Theatrical16West Germany20 Jan 1983
ItalyIT
- TVItalia 128 Dec 1984
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Q was released on 8 September 1982.
Audience reviews
2- W7/10
Wuchak
11/15/2019
***Amusing Big City monster flick featuring Quetzalcoatl*** As two Manhattan detectives (David Carradine and Richard Roundtree) investigate deaths linked to Aztecan ritual a huge winged serpent begins preying on citizens. A piano-playing street thug (Michael Moriarty) claims to know where its nest is located and makes a deal with the authorities. Could the beast be Quetzalcoatl? Larry Cohen’s "Q" (1982), aka “Q…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
4/4/2022
This could have been so much better if the casting were not so dreadful. As it is, it's only a passable adventure that sees two cops - David Carradine and Richard Rowntree on the case of a murderer who ruthlessly decapitates his victims - usually whilst they are seemingly impregnable on a rooftop, or somewhere equally lofty. Meantime, "Quinn" (Michael Moriarty) is trying to stay one step ahead of some folks he owes m…
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