''Breeders'' is a 1986

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directed by Tim Kincaid, and stars Teresa Farley, Lance Lewman and Frances Raines. A

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was released in 1997 under both the same title and ''Deadly Instincts''.

Plot

When five

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women, all

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, are accosted under mysterious circumstances, the police think they have got a twisted serial rapist on their hands. But as NYPD Detective Dale Androtti (Lance Lewman) and Dr. Gamble Pace (Teresa Farley) soon discover, the reality is much worse. Tracing the source of the attacks underground, they find an unstoppable alien presence that has infested an abandoned subway system and begun to reproduce itself by impregnating human women.

Cast

* Teresa Yvon Farley as Dr. Gamble Pace * Lance Lewman as Detective Dale Andriotti * Frances Raines as Karinsa Marshall * Natalie O'Connell as Donna * Amy Brentano as Gail * LeeAnne Baker as Kathleen *

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as Ted

Release

The film was given a

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theatrically in the

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in May 1986. It was subsequently released on VHS by

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. The film was officially released on

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in 2001.

Reception

Critical reception for the film has been negative. ''

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'' panned the film, criticizing the film's acting, dialogue, and effects. Valeriy Kolyadych from ''

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'' gave the film 2/10 stars, calling it "unashamedly exploitative" and criticized the film's acting, dialogue, and finale.

References

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