Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

"C.H.U.D." is a tedious horror movie with an undeserved cult following.It is like a more horror-oriented version of "Ghostbusters", which was released the same year. It has a similar "average guys vs. the government bureaucracy" plot, but without any laughs.Daniel Stern makes a surprisingly good off-beat hero, but after all these years since I first watched the movie, I had completely forgotten John Heard was in it. This is not a good thing, considering he is the protagonist.It's an odd movie which has a protagonist who is basically unnecessary to the plot, but that seems to be the situation here. They should have had greater faith in Stern and let him carry the film.The plot concerns a government cover-up of mutant homeless people living in the sewer. There is an obvious allegory here about our treatment of the homeless, sweeping this problem under the rug where it just might get worse... though maybe not this worse, but you get the idea.Anyway, there is surprisingly little violence in "C.H.U.D.". It's also not in the least scary. With a plot this silly, you'd expect some humour, but there is also very little of that. What you get is long stretches of tedium and then some sub-par violence, and a pretty goofy looking monster.

Cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers or C.H.U.D's are the hideously deformed mutants living in the sewers of New York City. Although back in the eighties it wasn't that much better on the surface. Like many of the 80s horror movies I've reviewed this one has also become a cult classic. From its B-movie style monsters to its dirty and sleazy depiction of the big rotten apple.George Cooper is a fashion photographer who lives with his girlfriend/model Lauren in a small apartment in the city. She gets pregnant and they have the should we or shouldn't we talk about weather to keep the baby. They give a very strong pro choice message and she chooses to keep the baby and that's all were ever hear about it. Professionally George is in kind of a rut and is looking to break out of it. He got his start in photography by documenting homeless people in the sewers. So he decides to revisit his roots and meets A.J. , played by Daniel Stern, a young and energetic soup kitchen owner. People have been disappearing and they set out to find answers. This movie made me think a lot about the Clive Barker story then movie "Midnight Meat Train" which has a similar plot involving a NYC photographer discovering horrifying people within the endless sewer tunnels. Although Barker's story is pretty hardcore and violent, while "C.H.U.D" has more of a comical side to it.George and A.J. find out that the nefarious city employees have been storing nuclear waste in these tunnels until they can move it somewhere else. Its too late as it has started to change the sewer people into the C.H.U.D.'s who hunger for human flesh. When the C.H.U.D's start appearing on the surface the city they must be dealt with. The C.H.U.D's themselves look like guys in big slimy latex suits with glowing yellows eyes and are kept mostly in the shadows for obvious reasons.With the NYPD now on the job we go inside a cafe and meet a couple of New York's finest eating breakfast with one of them being played by the yet to be famous John Goodman. The city plans to gas the sewer to kill off the C.H.U.D's but our heroes are still down there. Will they survive both the C.H.U.D's and the NYPD? This is a fun and schlocky movie from the 80s horror vault that is available for your viewing pleasure on Netflix watch instantly.

A bizarre series of murders in New York City seems to point toward the existence of a race of mutant cannibals living under the streets.This is a pretty good 1980s horror film, though there seem to be fewer elements of horror and more elements of a corrupt government. Always a popular theme, and addressed in sort of a light way here. I do not get the impression that anyone was trying to be critical of the real government or make some kind of political statement. The corruption elements are not unlike the films of Larry Cohen, though here it seems to be simply a plot point rather than what Cohen would have done, making some social commentary on nuclear waste or bureaucracy.What works well is how New York City acts as a character in its own right. The background is often grimy, dirty, unpleasant. Production designer William Bilowit did what he could to keep as much of the shooting on location; the only major set built was the sewer, which was actually constructed inside a 10,000 square foot apartment. (Bilowit is quick to point out, however, that such underground systems really do exist in New York -- one could travel anywhere in the city without seeing daylight.)John Caglione and his crew were brought on to design the creatures. Although Caglione is not the biggest name in makeup and creature design, he already had a solid background with "Saturday Night Live" and Woody Allen, not to mention his work on "Amityville 3", "The Hunger" and "Friday the 13th Part 2". There was a great deal of discussion about just how mutated the CHUDs would be, and there was a tendency to push the boundaries. Caglione has reflected that if they ever got to a "CHUD 6", he would have loved to see how far it could have been pushed.Allegedly, stars Daniel Stern and Christopher Curry were displeased with mystery novelist Parnell Hall's rewritten script, and rewrote it extensively, adding the character of the Reverend and the alternate C.H.U.D. acronym. They claim that about 50% of the finished film is their rewrite and chose to remain uncredited. This is disputed by the producer, who gives Hall all the credit. And there is some indication that Stern and Curry were being sarcastic. Which story is true? Who knows? But regardless, the finished product is pretty great, so I have to thank whoever was the hand behind the pen.As a bonus, we get early appearances by both John Goodman and Jay Thomas as police officers. Goodman is especially interesting because he seems to have a thick accent, which is completely uncharacteristic of him in later roles.The Arrow Video Blu-ray comes loaded with goodies. On top of a great-looking new, high-def transfer, we also have plenty of behind-the-scenes features. Leading the way is an audio commentary (carried over from an earlier release) with director Douglas Cheek, writer Shepard Abbott, and actors John Heard, Daniel Stern and Christopher Curry. While it is mostly them cracking jokes at each other's expense, it may be amusing for fans of the "Mystery Science Theater" brand of commentary. There is a new 20-minute interview with production designer William Bilowit, who had already worked on "Sleepaway Camp", "Creepshow" and "The Prowler" alongside Tom Savini by this point. And Oscar winner John Caglione talks about the changing design of the creatures. The disc also has an extended shower scene, in case you want to see a naked body double. And doing the job that would usually be filled by Sean Clark, horror ambassadors Ted Geoghegan (director, "We Are Still Here") and Michael Gingold (Fangoria) give us a tour of New York City filming locations. This is interesting just for how much New York has changed in thirty years -- it is almost unrecognizable!

This review contains spoilers. C.H.U.D is a classic monster movie. It is my all time second favorite monster movie. All deaths are off screen but the remains of the victims are shown. Spoilers. The only on screen deaths are one of the C.H.U.D.s by decapitation. Another is of Victor who is shot in the neck. Then Wilson by getting shot in the chest. They are not that gory but the remains are usually gory and gross. The C.H.U.D.s themselves are very cool looking and can be very menacing. The plot is good and I found it interesting. A very suspenseful movie. Two villains. The C.H.U.D.s by attacking people for food and Wilson trying to cover the problems that are going on under the city at any cost. This is a good movie.