By Geno McGahee
Bugs are often a problem in horror films. Ants and spiders cause a lot of damage and even friendly frogs can kick ass upon occasion, but this time, we have a 1988 horror gem where slimy slugs declare war on humanity.
Mike Brady (Michael Garfield) is a really cool environmental guy. He is constantly at odds with the Sheriff (John Battaglia) and isn’t afraid to speak his mind. When he comes across a house where a man was eaten alive, a strange theory is given and quickly dismissed. Brady blames slugs.
Brady discovers a huge slug in his garden and brings it down to the high school lab guy to check out and when it attacks and eats a guinea pig, the cause of the deaths in the town is confirmed and the theory is proven, but it is still being met with a great deal of skepticism.
In one of the greatest scenes in film history, a business man is going to close a deal, but he has mistakenly eaten one of these slugs that had made its way into his salad. At the table, he falls to the ground and his eyes explode and he basically falls apart, screaming the entire way. What a great horror film death, but that is not the only notable one. A couple having sex get off the bed and step into an ocean of man-eating slugs, and the two naked teens get devoured in a painful way. These slugs are terrible things…
The cause of the slug uprising is discovered and now they must be stopped, but that fat sheriff isn’t too pleased about it. Brady teams up with a friend and they go into the sewer, where the problem becomes even worse than they had first thought. The slugs are everywhere and they can also reproduce without the help of another slug. All must be destroyed if there is a chance of humanity overcoming them!
SLUGS is a wonderful movie. The acting is over the top and fantastic, the deaths are memorable, and it just got better and better and it progressed. I highly recommend it!
Scared Stiff Rating: 7.5/10
