Beasties (1989 film)

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Beasties
Directed by	Steven Paul Contreras
Produced by	Steven Paul Contreras Helen Contreras Judi Lynn Morales Antonio Lopez, Jr.
Written by	Steven Paul Contreras
Starring	Eric C. Bushman Denise Mora James Jeffries Brenda Stubbes Hector Yanez Eric Delabarre Janine Miskulin
Music by	Darrell Devaurs
Editing by	Antonio Lopez, Jr.
Distributed by	Cinema Home Video
Release date(s)	1989
Running time	83 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

Beasties is a 1989 film, originally titled Bionaut, by Steven Paul Contreras. It was bought by David DeCoteau, and 200 VHS copies were distributed in 1991.

The film deals with a "Bionaut" (living) vessel having traveled back in time and releasing small reconnaissance creatures that become violent when they get too far away from the Bionaut.

The term "Beasties" is never used in the film, and is clearly designed to invoke Gremlins (which the box cites along with Back to the Future as influences), although the creatures are not the main focus of the film.

Describes the carnage as an extraterrestrial crafts lands on an area with many amorous teens.

There were only 200 copies sold, before it was withdrawn for poor sales. It is mentioned as the worst movie ever made.