Without Warning
Teen campers and two unstable local veterans confront a predatory alien in the forests surrounding a remote California lake.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- eerie
- foreboding
- grim
- late night horror marathon
- cult movie night
What critics said
Critics generally regard the film as an entertaining but derivative low-budget horror picture whose effects and veteran performances outweigh its thin connective material.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The hostile alien targets campers and townspeople around a California lake and forest.
Sandy and Greg become separated from their friends in a remote lakeside camping area.
The film is noted for gross special-effects set pieces involving super-leeches attacking victims.
Joe Taylor obsessively hunts the alien while Fred Dobbs suspects the teenagers are extraterrestrials.
Films like Without Warning, and why
Movie Details
- Director
- Greydon Clark
- Release Date
- 1980-09-19
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Rating
- 5.2 / 10 (145)
Cast
- Tarah Nutter
- Christopher S. Nelson
- Jack Palance
- Martin Landau
- Sue Ane Langdon
- Neville Brand
- Cameron Mitchell
- Darby Hinton
- David Caruso
- Kevin Peter Hall
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, FlixFling
- Rent
- FlixFling
- Buy
- FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Without Warning about?
- Teen campers and two unstable local veterans confront a predatory alien in the forests surrounding a remote California lake.
- What is Without Warning like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Without Warning as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Without Warning violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Without Warning as graphic.
- What did critics think of Without Warning?
- Critics generally regard the film as an entertaining but derivative low-budget horror picture whose effects and veteran performances outweigh its thin connective material.
- Which films are like Without Warning?
- Films with a similar feel include Predator, Alien, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
- How long is Without Warning?
- Without Warning runs 89 minutes.
- Where can I watch Without Warning?
- In United States, Without Warning streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, FlixFling.
