March 18, 2014Though it may lack the technical prowess of the modern monster movies we are used to seeing, Q The Winged Serpent seems a lot more ingenuitive. Through some bizarre human sacrifices, a medical student summons an ancient mythological creature named Quetzalcoatl that builds a nest in the top of the Chrysler building in New York and starts killing people in horrific ways. Meanwhile, small time crook Michael Moriarty gets reluctantly roped into a job as a driver during a jewelry store robbery. The other thieves force Moriarty to take a gun and rob the store with them, and they take their getaway driver's keys (yeah, that makes sense). The heist goes bad and when Moriarty gets outside with the jewels but he can't get in the locked car, he runs and gets hit by a cab. He loses the loot and keeps running, until he finds the nest in the tower. His partners in crime want their stuff, so they come after him and he takes them to the nest where he says he stored the stuff, only for them to be killed by the creature. Moriarty realizes he is sitting on a gold mine of knowledge when the cops can't catch a break in the case of the killings. Asking for a pardon for all past, present, and future crimes he commits, as well as a million bucks, and rights to all the pictures of the creature, Moriarty tells the police where to find the nest. I can't help but love this movie. I also can't really think of a Larry Cohen movie that I don't love. It isn't for everyone, just the smart ones.
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