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

Before having a hobby of watching crappy horror films I used to read crappy horror books, and I think I might have read all of Shaun Hutson's Slugs books. I can't even remember if I liked them, but if I had to pick one guy to make of a film of Slugs, I would have picked the director of Pieces. That said, this film is in no way as crazy or (to be honest) entertaining as that classic, but it is a fairly straight forward filming of the book, transferring all the stomach churning gore from the book right up there on the screen for everyone to enjoy. Somewhere in America some killer slugs are starting to munch on the population of some town I couldn't be bothered remembering the name of, and it's down the local health inspector and sanitation guy to save the town. As a civil servant myself, I can say that this town is f*cked.As we get to see various people being eaten by those slimy gastropods, we also get to see our hero bursting into an awful lot of offices demanding to see people, other government workers laughing at his crazy ideas, and him telling his wife to stay safe while she's freaking out. Unlike Pieces, there's no random kung fu fights or roller skating here, and as we're dealing with a late eighties cheeseball film, everything's done pretty well. Which is a shame because more random madness could have elevated it to another level.And are slugs covered by animal rights? They sure kill a lot of them for real in this film. I grow my own veg and hate them, so I was just asking, like.

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.

You can't take this movie seriously...certainly the producer, director, and actors didn't. This is a movie crying out for the MST3K treatment, as there are just dozens of funny lines and situations. (One of my favorites is how the second male-lead questions a plan to dump huge amounts of "lithium-based arsenic" into the town's sewer system to make all the slugs explode. After asking, "You're not thinking of doing that, are you?" he basically goes along without any further argument or persuasion. You have to see it to appreciate the 180-degree turn he executes.) The music is unbelievable, too. Much of it sounds like it was stolen from a 1950s Saturday-morning kids' show.There's quite a bit of blood and some graphic sequences, but nothing too disturbing. In fact, there's no real tension at all in the movie. There's also a smattering of nudity, but just enough to hook the high school boys in the 80s.Another one of my favorite scenes in the movie is when Palmer (Phillip MacHale) meets two more couples at a bar near the beginning of the movie. The other couples are fairly young and attractive, as is Palmer. But his wife is (inexplicably) played by Concha Cuetos, a fairly popular actress in her own country. She ought to be playing a matron who is threatened in her home by the slugs. Instead, your first reaction is, "Palmer is dating HIS MOM?!?" Later on, when they start making lovey-dovey conversation, you really can't help but just laugh out loud and squirm a bit.Finally, the one scene that makes the movie totally worth it is the scene where a slug takes a nip at the lead character's finger. I won't tell you where it is in the movie, but be prepared to see the scariest slug ever.I would give this more stars, but some of the secondary characters actually seem to think that they were making a genuinely scary movie.