Slugs (1988 film)
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| Directed by | Juan Piquer Simón |
| Produced by | Dister Films, José Antonio Escrivá, Francesca DeLaurentiis, Juan Piquer Simon |
| Screenplay by |
Juan Piquer Simon Ron Gantman |
| Based on |
Slugs by Shaun Hutson |
| Starring |
Michael Garfield Kim Terry |
| Cinematography | Julio Bragado |
| Edited by |
Antonio Gimeno Richard Rabjohn |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
Release date | February 5, 1988 (United States) |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
Slugs: The Movie (known under the spanish title, Slugs, Muerte Viscosa) is a 1988 American/Spanish horror film based on the novel Slugs (1982) by Shaun Hutson. Over the years the film gained a small but active cult following
Plot
A rural town becomes prey to a strain of black slugs spawned from toxic waste dumping. It is up to the local health inspector to stop them. People are dying mysteriously and gruesomely. 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 begins snooping around does it begin to appear as though Mike's theory might be right.
Cast
- Michael Garfield - Mike Brady
- Kim Terry - Kim Brady
- Philip MacHale - Don Palmer
- Alicia Moro - Maureen Watson
- Santiago Álvarez - Foley
- Concha Cuetos - Maria
- Frank Braña - Frank Phillips
- Patty Shepard - Sue Channing
Home video
Anchor Bay released a DVD, of the film, in 2000. In 2011, Image Entertainment released a DVD of the film, under the term Midnight Madness Series. In 2016, British home video distributor, Arrow Films, released a special edition Blu-ray of the film, which contained quite a few extra features, including commentary and interviews with several people associated with the film.
Critical reception
On The review Aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film Currently holds a 38% based on 8 reviews.