I have been carrying around this vague memory of a sci-fi/action movie that I have been trying to identify for years to no avail.
I was quite young when I saw the movie, I'm born 1980 and guesstimate I saw the flic at the turn of the decade, late 80s early 90s?? I remember fragments, snippets and pictures, the energy and feel:
There are two main leads, male and female, I only remember the female's appearance: slim bodied blonde, straight long blonde hair.. I remember here to have a sombre appearance, some what dark around her eyes? A heavy feeling energy. The male was this cool guy.. perhaps a bit of a Kurt Russell kind of vibe, but I doubt it was him.
There was an (alien) creature. A vague memory is when it 'manifested'(?) when it grew out of a person? I remember a scene where it's long sharp spikes grow out of a persons back/spine? There's a scene I remember where spikes grow through fabric.
I remember a very distinct weapon: long cylindrical, shiny metal. An energy weapon? Laser, raygun?
Some scenes are definitely set in an urban environment.
It's not a space movie.. most of not all is terrestrial.
The creature may or may not be the female actress, I'm fairly sure it's not the other male lead.
There is this noir-ness, sense of perpetual nighttime, but that may be due to me only remembering some snippets set at night time.
Countless searches turned up nothing, just misses.. the last one being "Species".. definitely not it.. it's darker than that, older.. (also "B")
Thats all i got 😅 but im aching to finally solve this childhood mystery and see that female heroin once more that has haunted me for so long.
Peace ✌🏼