Parasite (1982) - Newspaper Ad

San Francisco Examiner - May 28, 1982

The lower left corner of this ad states that Parasite is screening at the Southland Cinema in Hayward. That is where I saw it. On its opening weekend, no less. I would have been all of 14 at the time and, even then, felt the movie was a turgid and unimpressive slog to sit through. I wanted more of the titular creature, which one critic described as looking like "a Big Mac with teeth," and less of all the wooden performances and meandering padding. So it goes.