Creepozoids story

movie: Creepozoids (1987) · 1987-10-02

Set in 1998, six years after an apocalyptic nuclear war, a group of five U.S. Army deserters take refuge from acid rain in a seemingly abandoned laboratory complex in the ruins of Los Angeles. They soon discover that the lab was a top-secret government research center, where a hideous (if rather fickle) genetically-engineered monster still lurks.

6 total · 4 major · 2 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
human vs. monster major A strange, genetically-engineered creature was killing one by one the five army deserters who made the mistake of seeking refuge in its abandoned laboratory complex lair.
nuclear holocaust major The film is set in 1998, six years after an apocalyptic nuclear exchange had left the Earth "a blackened husk of a planet".
post-apocalyptic dystopia major The film follows five army deserters who, six years after an apocalyptic nuclear war, take refuge in from acid rain in a seemingly abandoned laboratory complex.
surviving in a wasteland major The film follows five army deserters who, six years after an apocalyptic nuclear war, take refuge in from acid rain in a seemingly abandoned laboratory complex.
humanoid mutant minor The opening text mentioned about wasteland roaming mutants.
speculative genetic engineering minor The army deserters uncovered that the creature that was stalking them had been genetically engineered by government scientists.