This movie from Jack Sholder, the director of Alone In The Dark and A Nightmare On Elm Street (Part 2), begins with an action sequence in which a guy commits murder, steals a fast sports car and wipes himself out, Vanishing Point-style after a wild car chase through the busy streets of LA.
It transpires that there’s an alien creature on the loose which enters and inhabits people’s bodies and then indulges its love of fast motors and very loud rock music.
Hot on the alien’s trail is strange FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher (Kyle MacLachlan in a dry run for his Twin Peaks persona) who is actually an intergalactic cop after the nasty, tentacled slug creature that killed his family.
He’s partnered with tough homicide cop Tom Beck (Michael Nouri), and the action scenes come thick and fast as they throw everything they’ve got at the fleeing creature.
A highlight comes when the alien takes over the voluptuous body of stripper Brenda Lee Van Buren (Claudia Christian of Babylon 5 fame).
Lloyd Gallagher
Kyle MacLachlan
Tom Beck
Michael Nouri
Brenda Lee Van Buren
Claudia Christian
Lt. John Masterson
Clarence Felder
Lt. Ed Flynn
Clu Gulager
Cliff Willis
Ed O’Ross
Jonathan Miller
William Boyett
Sanchez
Richard Brooks
Brem
Larry Cedar
Barbara Beck
Katherine Cannon
Senator Holt
John McCann
Jack DeVries
Chris Mulkey
Carol Miller
Lin Shaye
Michael Buckley
Frank Renzulli
Eddie
Duane Davis
Juliet Beck
Kristen Clayton
Liz
Whitney Reis
Dr Glass
Rick Lieberman
Dr Rogers
Joseph Whipp
Adler
Jason Edwards
Woodfield
Joey Aresco
Agent Stadt
Steve Eastin
Agent Fowler
Ted White
Fielding
Mark Phelan
Roberts
Branscombe Richmond
Avery
Charles Edward Smith
Agent Sardi
Doug Collins
Agent Lowe
Bob Cummings
Agent Graves
Charlie Skeen
Agent Bach
Robert Brown
Director
Jack Sholder