Not even bad in a good way

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

I saw this movie as an episode of the cult television show Mystery Science Theater 3000; however, I also saw this movies years before it aired on the show as a kid. Suffice to say, it is one of the better films riffed on Mystery Science Theater as it features some very good practical effects and good gore. What it does not feature is a good story or characters. That is this film's downfall and why I can only manage to give this film a score of five. The makers of this film did a wonderful job with the worms here as they actually seem to be overrunning the town in horrific numbers! The deaths are cool too and the makeup done on Roger's character is superb, but you are going to have to sit through a lot of plot points that make no sense and a premise that will have one scratching their head to get to the finale which is pretty cool.The story has a person from New York coming to a small Georgia town to do some antiquing and he is going to be staying with a girl, her sister and their mother. I only assume he is from New York, another reviewer said he was from Atlanta, but Roger makes a joke about New York, the sister says something about New York, and Mick himself says something that suggests that he is in fact from New York. Of course, if this is the case, how in the heck did he ever meet Geri in the first place? It isn't like there was Facebook back then. This is a absurd plot point and one of many. Another is the town's power going out and a line electrifying the ground causing worms to go crazy in the first place. I know this is a horror and you have to suspend your belief, but I am pretty sure a line going down in a way depicted in the film has occurred more than a couple of times and there have never been killer worms so they really needed to come up with a better means of turning the average worm into a flesh eating creature of death. Well, things get off on the wrong foot as Mick just cannot wait in a truck for five minutes and goes into a cafe and gets on the wrong side of the law and the truck that Geri borrowed from Roger had worms and they all escaped during the day and this also makes no sense because why would the worms in the truck feel the effects of electricity going into the ground and go rouge? I mean it is clearly established at the end that when the power is repaired the worms went back to normal so worms not in contact with the ground should not have been affected! Long story short, Mick and Geri try to figure out what is going on, Geri's mom seems to be losing it, Roger seems to be turning into something of a worm after a face biting incident and we finally get to see the worms overrun the town! This made for a great episode of MST3K as they mainly did poke fun at the absurd story and characters. A lot of the awesome effects were cut from the show, but those effects did not need to be riffed because they were good! A saw in the message board where some were saying the score for this was too low and suggested it was just those of us who enjoy MST3K bringing it down and we follow whatever they say is bad, but MST3K did not create the plot holes and idiotic story arcs that are featured in this film. Why would Mick, leave the house and go running through the woods to get plywood? He could only haul one piece, I don't think that would have made much difference. I've already mentioned what is wrong with the electricity being the cause and I could probably go on and on about what is wrong with the plot. The good effects and pretty decent attack scenes cannot cover up all the holes in this thing. MST3K mainly focused on just these issues, just because you have a great makeup artist on your team and you have conjured up a few good scenes does not excuse you if you sport a bad story.So there you have it, it is worth a look and it is a film that I could watch without Mike and the bots and have done so before. I would like to watch it again though just so I can see the parts they had to leave out because they were too graphic. People who have only seen the MST3K version are missing some of the most awesome scenes such as Roger falling in the boat, Mick finding Geri's mom covered in worms and some claim that you can see her still sewing and Roger coming back for one more round after being tossed to the worms. Still, you have to sit through a lot of bizarre story to get there. Is Geri's mother secretly having an affair with Roger, whose skull is it in back of Roger's truck and why would a woman ever want to sleep with that sheriff? Of course, as annoying as most of the characters are, it will make you cheer on the worms as they finally get to have their revenge!

Whew...! I just took off my PCP Goggles (Heh, Bradly Bean, your review intro was GREAT! :) A 'must read' review if you have the chance.Well, my reaction is not quite as colourful as that of the gentleman mentioned above, but I just finished watching the film (in HD no less) and I'm earnestly trying to sort out my impressions at 11 P.M. at night (well, I guess the 'P.M.' part is a giveaway...) Anyway, I did enjoy the film and yes it DID somehow seem to keep my interest throughout it's runtime. Not exactly riveting, but entertaining. I love what ol' Bradly said about the supposed 'Georgia' accents; that was funny! And quite true; as I was beginning to watch the movie with my headphones on, I actually paused it and called my 86 year old Dad over and said you have GOT to hear the absolutely most HORRENDOUS 'Southern' accents that you will ever hear. He agreed (Southern accents are not among his favourites anyway)Mr. Lieberman does indeed have some talent for telling even a silly story like this pretty well, given that the total budget for this film was likely a bit shy of what a family of 4 would spend at a Red Lobster on any given afternoon. But, as my 'Summary' suggests, those pulsating piles of spaghetti were DAMN hilarious! I read here in the Trivia that I guess they did use like hundreds of thousands of worms or something like that, but I personally only saw maybe a few hundred and LOTS and LOTS of squirming spaghetti! Funny... BUT, other than that, I have to admit that with such a silly premise and so little money, the director did rustle up a few effective moments and genuine scares and like I said, SOMEHOW kept our interest at varying levels for about an hour and a half.I've seen Mr. Lieberman interviewed and he is actually quite interesting and funny. I really appreciated his effort and effectiveness in his first short where he was specifically hired to make a cautionary short film about drugs. You HAVE to admire his creative approach. And his following full length movie 'BLUE SUNSHINE' is a blast. And his much later 'SATAN'S HELPER' is a very odd, quirky, but still somewhat intriguing film. Seeing this as his first big screen effort makes me really wish that he had had many more opportunities to develop his talents and abilities, but apparently he has only really made a handful of films. Even with that, he has something of a reputation and a little notoriety. Too bad he couldn't ultimately make more out of it.So, the bottom line is (and I DO enjoy saying 'Bottom') that if you have a STRONG affection for these old Monster Horror films, AND you have a very, VERY forgiving spirit, then you most likely will enjoy this movie at least a little bit...

The electricity from downed power-lines during a freak storm cause the bloodworm population of the rural town of Fly Creek, Georgia to increase by the millions and turn deadly in yet another 1970s "nature runs a muck" horror picture. This is very slow moving and features really dumb redneck characters with the exception of the two likable lead roles, but Jeff Lieberman's offbeat touches and Rick Baker's "wormface" make-up effects save it from being a complete waste of time. Close-up shots of the slimy worms' mouths complete with ugly teeth are quiet effective, but when they're oozing out of shower-heads, gathering in vast numbers in the living room, and chewing down trees, and not to mention most of the dialog, this can sometimes come off pretty inane. Lieberman will go on to direct the exceptional thriller, 'Just Before Dawn', and Rick Baker will eventually prove himself a master of his craft with 'Star Wars' and 'An American Werewolf In London'.

Welcome to Fly Creek, home of 50 Trillion worms (and an antique store) . Probably discouraged and depressed, these super-aggressive worms are stuck in Georgia, after all. Little Mick is about to find out first hand exactly how aggressive these guys can be. Mick has a crush on some girl, who, as you should be able to tell, is in no way, shape or form worth a trip to Georgia, especially all the way from New York City. Nonetheless, this hard-up-for-a-date, city-slicker makes his way, via bus, all the way down to sorry little Fly Creek. What the hell am I talking about? This little gipper should grab a hold of whatever he can get. So, this trip was definitely worth it, although Georgia still sucks (with the exception of Athens, of course). Not much time for Mick and Gerry to catch up, as the backwoods drama begins. Yesterday there was a terrible storm, knocking down the power lines, sending electricity into the ground, giving the local worms even more reason to despise their surroundings. So, yeah, now they're killing people. But Mick and Gerry are on to them, and also, Jethro Bodine's evil twin means business, as he has his sights set on Gerry, and he ain't givin' up without a fight. And if things couldn't get any worse, poor little Mick just got into the poison ivy. I hate you, Georgia.I gotta point out, for PG, this is one awesome, dare I say underrated B-movie. Squirm certainly moves at it's own little pace, yet never gets dull or slow, with just enough humor thrown in. No blood, no gore, not much killin', not much dyin', but Squirm possesses that rare B-charm, found in stuff like Blood Freak, and it's about as odd of a movie as it's rating allows it to be. Squirm also captures life in a very small, lifeless Southern town very accurately. Anyone who digs director, Lieberman should also dig Blue Sunshine. Although, Squirm is far superior. An all-around worthwhile B-movie experience. 8/10