Slugs
Slugs
R | 05 February 1988 (USA)
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People are dying mysteriously and gruesomely, and nobody has a clue what the cause is. Only health worker Mike Brady has a possible solution, but his theory of killer slugs is laughed at by the authorities. Only when the body count begins to rise and a slug expert from England begins snooping around does it begin to look like Mike had the right idea after all.

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Perry Kate

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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Spoonatects

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

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Hayden Kane

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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Billy Ollie

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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Platypuschow

A movie about killer slugs? Yet still not even close to the weirdest film I've seen lately.Slugs tells the story of a new breed of carnivorous slug that besieges a small town and the people stepping up to combat them.As ridiculous as the concept sounds the execution makes it really quite convincing and the movie is not for the faint of heart.With some very grisly effects, a lot of gore and that squirming under your skin vibe I was impressed how they made slugs a legitimate seeming threat.Though the movie is entertaining it's sadly not without its flaws, the soundtrack is ridiculous and would be at home in a 70's sitcom but not a serious horror movie like this.Credit where credit is due the folks behind Slugs did a great job considering the subject material, but make no mistake this is the very definition of B-movie.The Good: Effects are quite decent Has aged remarkably well The Bad:Concept is still a stretch Music doesn't fit the movie at all Things I Learnt From This Movie: Slugs are just homeless snails, maybe that's why they were so mad

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Bonehead-XL

Some horror movies have goofy premises. Killer trees, killer worms, killer beds. No list of absurd horror premises is complete without "Slugs: The Movie." Slugs, as a species, are known for being slow and easily killed with salt. They do not inspire terror, unless you're a cabbage. Building an entire horror movie around slugs seems ill-conceived. It is and yet, not only is "Slugs: The Novel" a real thing, so is "Slugs: The Movie." (As opposed to "Slugs: The Collectable Dinner Ware?") There's not much to the story of "Slugs: The Movie." A small town in the rural United States is threatened by a plague of flesh-eating slugs. The slugs were mutated from normal garden pest into man-eating killers by toxic waste. Our heroes are Mike Brady, a health official, and Don, a sewer inspector. The script gleefully indulges in cliché. Despite the dead bodies piling up at their feet, the town politicians refuse to acknowledge the threat, laughing killer slugs of as silly. Go figure. This impedes the heroes, forcing them to do things by themselves. The focus is more on the town then the people. Slowly, very slowly, the slugs claim clumsy, dimwitted victims. Will the heroes stop the threat in time? Or is the town doomed to be destroyed by slimy, slow gastropods? How do you make a horror film about killer slugs? The film compensates for the premise by doing two things. First off, it pumps up the gore. "Slugs" is way bloodier then you'd expect a movie about garden pest to be. A boy is pulled into a lake, blood erupting at the surface. A man swallows a slug, parasites eating him from the inside out, and his eyeball exploding. A fountain of gore flows from a corpse. The slimy creatures latch themselves to their victims, slowly gnawing them to death. If you can overlook the sheer goofiness of the premise, the film can easily be enjoyed for its over-the-top gory special effects.The movie is almost knowingly ridiculous. How would anyone fall victim to a slug? In several different, contrived ways. While a teenage couple has rowdy sex, the slugs unknowingly fill the bedroom. Just one step on the floor and both teens are claimed. (I feel so sorry for the actress who had to crawl around in the nude, covered in fake blood and fake slugs.) A man lays down on a couch without noticing the slug infestation on it. A woman, chased by a masked rapist, leaps into a hole in the ground, unaware of the slugs filling. No scene is more ridiculous then when a single slug explodes a house. Yes, you read that right. While in his green house, an old man is bitten by a slug. Instead of just pulling the critter off, he writhes around in agony. In his blind panic, he crushes a table and pulls down a shelf. Jars of flammable chemicals are smashed, gas filling the air. The singular slug drives the man so nuts he thinks chopping off his hand is a good idea. His clueless wife in the room over lights a cigarette, igniting the gas, and exploding the house in a massive fireball. It is hilarious. Words don't do the scene justice.The movie is actually full of giant explosions. The performances are badly dubbed and hilariously over-the-top, most notably the ridiculous jerk sheriff. When the sheriff starts yelling at his deputy for asking too many questions or the local teens brush off all the recent deaths, you start to wonder if "Slugs" is in on the joke. And yet, that ending is so totally earnest. Oh no, the lackluster teenage Halloween party will be ruined by the murderous slugs unless we blow up the local sewer system and a few houses! Bad movie lovers should walk, not slowly crawl in their own mucus, to watch "Slugs: The Movie." It is totally ridiculous but never boring. The nudity is frequently and bouncy, the sleaze is honest and up-front. The score is 100% serious. In our era of pre-fab B-flick laughers like "Sharknado," "Slugs" is here to remind us of what a hilarious, B-flick can truly be.

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Ghostlyslasher89

I have never been extremely creeped out or even grossed out before. This film tackled that. The skin crawling factor was through the roof. Seriously on being grossed out, I don't get queasy through certain scenes of gore but I had to stop the film and watch it later due to me wanting to eat. I personally found the film enjoyable but what I previously said enhanced the viewing experience. I completely went into this film blind and found something I would like to own. The acting doesn't really stand out but it's fine for what kind of film this is. No one is expecting an Oscar caliber film, but if you like gory creature features, give this a try.

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ma-cortes

It's a monster film's homage with lots of man-eaters slugs and loads of blood , including revolting , repulsive scenes. This chiller with middling budget packs thrills, chills , some good action , gore , horror and few funny moments. It's a hybrid of monster movies from the 50s and modern American production in B series style . People are dying mysteriously and terrifyingly , and nobody has a track what the cause is . Only health inspector named Mike Brady (Michael Garfield) finds a possible origin , but his theory of murderous slugs is laughed at by the authorities . When his wife named Kim (Kim Terry) is attacked , he discovers that spilled toxic waste is being helpfully cleaned up by the slug population and causing countless deaths . Only when the slugs are mutating into blood-thirsty man eaters and the body count begins to rise , the police goes into the action . A slug expert from England begins snooping around does it begins to think Mike had the right idea after all.This humdrum adaptation based on Monster movies from the 50s results to be a special version based on the bestseller titled ¨Slugs¨ by Shaun Hutson with screenplay written by also producer José Antonio Escrivá , Ron Gantman , and the same director Juan Piquer Simón (as J.P. Simon) . The thrilling screenplay is a bit yawn-inspiring but nifty special effects will keep you from dozing off , its author is Emilio Ruiz , he's a nice creature effects designer, a perfect craftsman who made effects , monsters , miniature and matte shots in ¨Pan's labyrinth ,The Devil backbone , Dune , Conan , Cat's eye¨ and many others . There're gruesome killings , rip-roaring action , thrills , chills and results to be briefly entertaining . Plenty of repellent images , it was X classified in England and was banned in the Australian state of Queensland until the early-'90s when the Queensland Censorship Board was disbanded . Average main cast with unknown actors as Michael Garfield and Kim Terry . There appears usual secondary actors seen in co-productions of the 60s and 70s , Spaghetti and Terror genre , as Frank Braña , Manuel De Blas and Patty Shepard . It's a slight fun with acceptable special effects by Emilio Ruiz Del Rio supported by Benito Cortijo and Juan Mirame , passable set decoration , functional art direction and none use of computer generator . The slugs monsters are the real stars of this production , being rightly realized , some of them are authentic Asturias (Spain) slugs and others are made by plastic miniature ; it has numerous "older technique" special effects such as matte paintings, rubber-suited monsters, Piquer uses the standard film technique of reverse-footage to create certain effects .The fable is silly and laughable ,though the effects and action are professionally made . Among the most spectacular of its visuals there are some deeply shrouded caverns , several monsters roaring menacingly towards the camera , the colorful backgrounds of the sewers and slaughters and massacres committed by the horrible slugs . On the whole this is a suspenseful and tense thriller especially at the amazing ending tableau when Michael Garfield and his helper have to tackle the massive slugs at the lair in the final . Some scenes are clumsily shot but the movie has some good moments here and there . Some illogical parts in the argument are more than compensated for the excitement provided by the slugs , though sometimes are a little bit cheesy . Highlights of the story includes a roller-coaster ending , some terrifying frames in a restaurant and many others . Functional cinematography by Julio Bragado , being filmed the interiors in Madrid and exteriors in Lyon , (New York) , a population about 5.000 inhabitants . The motion picture was middlingly realized by Juan Piquer Simon . Piquer who recently passed away was a good craftsman , he owns his own studio and created and/or designed many of the simple special effects sequences you see in any of his many imaginative undertakings . Juan who was director of the Mostra of Valencia (Spain) , displayed a professional career and specialized on all kind of genres as Terror (Slugs, Piezes , Cthulhu ) and Sci-fi (The rift , The new Extraterrestres, Supersonic man) and made some adaptations about Jules Verne novels ("Fabulous Journey to the Center of the Earth" , "Mystery on Monster Island") . While his films have been universally panned by the prestigious reviewers, they have a kind of quality that must be endured to be fully appreciated .

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