“Its name is Quetzalcoatl. Just call it Q. That's all you'll have time to say before it tears you apart!”
New York police are bemused by reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, until the lizard starts to eat people. An out-of-work ex-con is the only person who knows the location of the monster's nest and is determined to turn the knowledge to his advantage, but will his gamble pay off or will he end up as lizard food?
Larry Cohen
Larry Cohen
Larry Cohen
Fred Murphy
Robert O. Ragland
Michael Moriarty
Jimmy Quinn
Candy Clark
Joan
David Carradine
Shepard
Richard Roundtree
Powell
James Dixon
Lt. Murray
Malachy McCourt
Commissioner
Fred J. Scollay
Capt. Fletcher
Peter Hock
Det. Clifford
Ron Cey
Det. Hoberman
Mary Louise Weller
Mrs. Pauley
Bruce Carradine
The Victim
John Capodice
Doyle
... and 17 more
Wuchak
***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 nes...
CinemaSerf
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, o...
Larry Cohen on Q THE WINGED SERPENT
Featurette • YouTube
Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) - Trailer
Trailer • YouTube
Larco Productions
Arkoff International