Q The Winged Serpent

Rated R; 93min; Director:Larry Cohen (1982)
Alamo Website:  GROSSLY OVERDUE DAVID CARRADINE MEMORIAL SCREENING!  A carnivorous prehistoric monstrosity takes roost in New York’s famed Chrysler Building, spending its afternoons decapitating innocents and spraying the city with human blood. Exploitation megalord Larry Cohen (IT’S ALIVE, GOD TOLD ME TO) presents the tale of the Quetzalcoatl, an enormous pterodactyl with a ceaseless craving for rooftop tanners and window washers, which creates some unwanted overtime for winded cop David Carradine. The only man who knows Q’s secret hideout is the less-than-cooperative Jimmy Quinn, an out of work pianist played to the jazz-scatting, self-loathing hilt by Michael Moriarty. Also featuring Richard “SHAFT” Roundtree as bird lunch. The body count rises as the hideous insatiable beast once again eclipses the sun to continue its reign of terror. Probably based on a true story. (Zack)