Slugs, muerte viscosa

*SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT* You're probably wondering how they could make a giant slug movie scary. Well, rest assured, they didn't. You see, slugs are slugs. There is nothing scary about a squishy, slow moving, five inch slug. So to make up for the lack of fear caused by a slug, the filmmakers went for gore and sleaze. Works for me! I never imagined that slugs could be so destructive. How shortsighted I was. "Slugs" surprised me with its bloodshed level. It was high. "Slugs" is not a scary movie but they did the best they could with what they had. What they had were slugs. I enjoyed it. My favorite scene was... *EXPLOITATION SCENE SPOILER* the sex scene. As the young couple was grinding away, the slug army massed on the bedroom floor. The naked girl falls onto the floor, rolling and screaming in pain amongst the slugs. See a bloody naked woman roll around with carnivorous slugs! Scream in ecstasy! Another triumph for B-movies!

Slugs was a great movie, for fans of gore/campy films as well as fans of comedy. Not really. All these slugs and people and creative ways of getting rid of all of them. There are a few scenes that will make anyone cringe. And there's the "something's biting my hand" scene that will make you laugh. But it is a great movie, and you won't want to fast forward through much of it unless you are wanting to show someone a cool part like the dude with the headache.

This is a cautionary tale about the folly of mankind, and the slow-moving doom brought upon our species. Flesh-devouring SLUGS have commenced their fiendish flensing, and no one is safe! Health Inspector, Mike Brady (Michael Garfield) soon finds himself on the slime trail of these slippery slayers. Can he uncover the cause of this plague before our dear planet is crawling with these wiggly bringers of death? Packed to capacity with robotic characters spouting dialogue that was apparently made up on the spot, this is the most spectacular movie about rampaging terrestrial gastropods ever conceived! BEST SCENES: #1- The greenhouse self-annihilation scene! #2- The post-coital massacre, complete with black floor tarp standing in for slugs! #3- The "big healthy salad" aftermath scene! #4- The town-exploding, final sewer showdown! Drop everything and watch this immediately!...

Juan Piquer Simon's "Slugs" is a surprisingly gross horror film based on the book by Shaun Hutson.The action takes place in a small town in upstate New York,where some citizens are killed by tons of mutant flesh-eating slugs.The gore is nasty and quite excessive,particularly a memorable scene in which two * lovers are literally ripped to bloody bits in a bedroom full of slimy horrors.Fans of gross-out cinema will still want to give it a try for a tasteless scene in which a restaurant patron's eye blows out,revealing swarming baby slugs.The special effects are gruesome,the acting is fine and the plot is easy to follow."Slugs" is campy enough to be fun and one of my guilty pleasures.Check it out.

Why isn't Juan Piquer Simon celebrated for the repulsive cinematic magic he has created? No only did he makes "Slugs", he made "Pieces", too, and even took a crack at Jules Verne's "Journey To The Center of the Earth". I read Shaun Hutson's "Slugs" long before I experienced the movie, and I even read the sequel, "Breeding Ground", before seeing the movie. In three words, it is thoroughly disgusting entertainment, with echoes of Jeff Lieberman's great "Squirm". The Spanish/Mexican blending of scenes doesn't really work, but who cares? The film, like any Ed Wood or Rene Cardona film, is entertaining. The slug attacks are gory and unrestrained and Simon's direction of the little critters is better than his direction of the actors. Lap it up!