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SLUGS
DVD/APPROX. 90 MINS/1988/USA R18+
DVD/APPROX. 90 MINS/1988/USA R18+
3.5
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SLUGS was directed by Juan Piquer Simon the same guy who also created Pieces (1982) which recently got the deluxe makeover by Grindhouse
Releasing, Well what a big step going from a chainsaw campus serial killer to shooting a creature feature called SLUGS.
This movie is roughly about a rural little town that becomes infested by giant black garden slugs. Now these aren’t no average garden slugs, these
particular slugs like to feed on human flesh. As health Inspector Mike Brady, (Michael Garfield) and his wife Kim, (Kim Terry) are called in to try to
figure out the cause of them becoming so aggressive. They soon realise the pipelines in the sewers are clogging up and the slugs have mutated
into becoming aggressive, and more hungry than ever before due to someone secretly dumping toxic waste in the sewer.
Where the hell they actually came up with the concept of having killer slugs being at all scary was a complete joke. Like how friggin scary would a
flesh eating slug be in real life? you can easily outrun them or basically step on them. Hell even grab yourself a friggin broom and your all set. But in
reality you got to think as this film is your typical 80s goofball creature feature flick that really was made to veg out to. The film reeks of bad acting,
a poorly written storyline but surprisingly the special effects is probably what saved this movie from a yawning point. So I am left to guess that this
is all Juan Piquer Simon had left to work with, as he definitely succeeded in his previous film Pieces.
One scene that is very memorable was the love making scene. As two love birds are going hard at it on the bed, not knowing the whole bedroom
floor is covered with these mutant slugs. As she falls off the bed naked, she is quickly covered by dozens and dozens of flesh eating slugs as she
lays screaming and rolling around on the floor in pain. You have a bunch of other scenes that were pretty cool, but I think I have spoiled you
enough with that one scene.
When it all boils down to it, slugs are nothing but slugs. There is nothing scary at all about them whatsoever, Well I guess that’s the 80s for you,
when the movie Jaws (1975) came out filmmakers all over had to cash in on every damn creature in the water or land even right down to the
creepy-crawlies out there. For example we had killer earthworms in Squirm (1976), Rats (1984), cockroaches in the film Nest (1988) just to
name a few. Was that enough, hell no, as usual it was a matter of time until filmmakers had to super size them which birthed titles like Tremors
(1990), Food from the Gods (1976) and Lake Placid (1999) that made them become bigger, mutant looking and scarier.
Anchor Bay Entertainment did the honourable thing by releasing this little slimy DVD to please those who are ‘80s creature feature fans. It might
be a film that you will might end up watching just to refresh your memory once every 10 years, but for those who get a thrill out of watching these
wonderful childhood classics, well you better snag yourself a copy as soon as possible. Because when this DVD goes out of print, I cannot see it
being re-released for a very, very long time.
Releasing, Well what a big step going from a chainsaw campus serial killer to shooting a creature feature called SLUGS.
This movie is roughly about a rural little town that becomes infested by giant black garden slugs. Now these aren’t no average garden slugs, these
particular slugs like to feed on human flesh. As health Inspector Mike Brady, (Michael Garfield) and his wife Kim, (Kim Terry) are called in to try to
figure out the cause of them becoming so aggressive. They soon realise the pipelines in the sewers are clogging up and the slugs have mutated
into becoming aggressive, and more hungry than ever before due to someone secretly dumping toxic waste in the sewer.
Where the hell they actually came up with the concept of having killer slugs being at all scary was a complete joke. Like how friggin scary would a
flesh eating slug be in real life? you can easily outrun them or basically step on them. Hell even grab yourself a friggin broom and your all set. But in
reality you got to think as this film is your typical 80s goofball creature feature flick that really was made to veg out to. The film reeks of bad acting,
a poorly written storyline but surprisingly the special effects is probably what saved this movie from a yawning point. So I am left to guess that this
is all Juan Piquer Simon had left to work with, as he definitely succeeded in his previous film Pieces.
One scene that is very memorable was the love making scene. As two love birds are going hard at it on the bed, not knowing the whole bedroom
floor is covered with these mutant slugs. As she falls off the bed naked, she is quickly covered by dozens and dozens of flesh eating slugs as she
lays screaming and rolling around on the floor in pain. You have a bunch of other scenes that were pretty cool, but I think I have spoiled you
enough with that one scene.
When it all boils down to it, slugs are nothing but slugs. There is nothing scary at all about them whatsoever, Well I guess that’s the 80s for you,
when the movie Jaws (1975) came out filmmakers all over had to cash in on every damn creature in the water or land even right down to the
creepy-crawlies out there. For example we had killer earthworms in Squirm (1976), Rats (1984), cockroaches in the film Nest (1988) just to
name a few. Was that enough, hell no, as usual it was a matter of time until filmmakers had to super size them which birthed titles like Tremors
(1990), Food from the Gods (1976) and Lake Placid (1999) that made them become bigger, mutant looking and scarier.
Anchor Bay Entertainment did the honourable thing by releasing this little slimy DVD to please those who are ‘80s creature feature fans. It might
be a film that you will might end up watching just to refresh your memory once every 10 years, but for those who get a thrill out of watching these
wonderful childhood classics, well you better snag yourself a copy as soon as possible. Because when this DVD goes out of print, I cannot see it
being re-released for a very, very long time.
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