The kind of grubby, berserk movie that roared in the ruins of the Loop movie palaces of its time, then the fleapit neighborhood dollar houses that then dotted the city.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 16, 2022

Q-The Winged Serpent is just the tonic to make even the most jaded film-goer admit that theres absolutely nothing else quite like this out there

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 26, 2022

I highly recommend this to the legions of monster and cult movie fans. It is a fantastic midnight double-feature to complement any of your classic camp favorites.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Mar 11, 2021

A mix of familiar schlock and unusual invention, Q gets a major boost from Michael Moriarity's Method-style performance as the film's scat-singing anti-hero.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 3, 2020

Cohen and his crew soak the picture in Big Apple atmosphere, and Carradine is disarmingly relaxed as the wisecracking detective. Yet it's Moriarty who really sparks the proceedings with his offbeat characterization.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 28, 2020

Cohen uses a pulpy noir-ish plotline to masquerade in front of the titular dragon-like monster, creating an impressive mix of crime and horror and mystery.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 7, 2019

The scale of what Cohen achieved with his monster on a low budget remains impressive to this day.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 3, 2019

"Q" has no idea what it is, and it shows with a question mark ending that left me giggling more than anything.

| Dec 2, 2013

While Q won't give anyone nightmares, there's a throwback charm to it that honors Japanese monster movies more authentically than an expensive Hollywood production ever could.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 27, 2013

They don't make 'em like this anymore, and that's a shame. It's one of the best grindhouse-type pictures of the '80s.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 26, 2013

...an inspired bit of madness from exploitation writer/director Larry Cohen...

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 30, 2011

Q works because Larry Cohen plays it pretty straight. Guerrilla filming on the streets of NYC helps create a sense of verisimilitude, and the characterisation is both unusual and strong.

| Dec 14, 2010

Larry Cohen once again proves himself to be among the most creative, original, and intelligent American horror film directors in this bizarre masterwork.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 28, 2007

Cohen's obviously having fun with the cheesy clay animation, and Michael Moriarty delivers an inspired, whacked-out performance as a small-time operater who tries to turn the monster into his own private bonanza, but the rest... is disengaged and sloppy.

| Mar 28, 2007

We have no hesitation in awarding Oscars all round.

| Jan 26, 2006

A freewheeling homage to both King Kong and producer Samuel Z. Arkoff's 1950s creature features that's slyly infected with marrow-deep societal tensions.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 11, 2005

Enjoyable monster movie with some pretty decent performances.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 22, 2005

Odd creepy special effects (the kind we don't see anymore) combine with a great performance by Moriarty to make this worth seeing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 4, 2005

The cast also includes David Carradine, Richard Roundtree, and Candy Clark, good actors all, but you have to be awfully good not to be upstaged by the death throes of a dying Quetzalcoatl.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 23, 2004