Slugs (1987) 8/10

When I was a child I used to spend my days scouring our yard for snails and slugs to smash between my little fingers. Gross I know, but hey, I was a kid I didn't know any better. Had I seen this awesome gorefest, I bet I would have thought twice.

Slugs, directed by Juan Simon of Pieces fame, is about a small town plagued with carnivorous slugs hell bent on eating everyone. Pretty simple right? The best ideas usually are.

Let me begin by saying that this is by no means a "good," movie. It is, however, an amazing schlock fest that tickled this gorehound's funny bone time and time again. First of all, how can a film possibly make slow moving black slugs scary? Its nearly impossible so the characters reactions to this seemingly innocuous creatures is itself hilarious. Beyond that the over the top action in the film is also ridiculous. Case in point, an old man puts on a glove infested with slugs and instead of trying to take the glove off, he simply chops off his hand with an axe. Is that not crazy awesome or what? The acting is dismal but here it really is, so bad its good. The lines of dialogue are also totally silly with memorable lines like:

Inspector, "Sheriff the town is overrun with carnivorous slugs, I want to declare a state of emergency!"

Sheriff, " You don't have the authority to declare happy birthday!"

Classic right? This film is oozing funny lines and satisfying gore. This is a must see for all 80's horror fans, gorehounds, or anyone who has some easily amused friends and a few beers handy. Great flick, watch it now!

Gore- Medium

Nudity - some

Overall - 8/10