Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Platypuschow 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

thesar-2 Thanks, Bekah! What a fun time this was!I listen to a horror-movie podcast daily called Shockwaves. On it, 3-4 hosts comment on movies they saw that week and one cohost in particular, Rebekah McKendry, talks about Slugs almost weekly. It's her "guilty pleasure," though they try and shy away from that term.I'm a huge When Animals Attack films fan. Cheese, sure. Realistic, eh. But, when these creature-features cross my path, I just enjoy the sh|t out of them.This movie, I've been told (Thanks, Kevin!) was unintentionally hilarious. In the first few frames, it's rock-solid LOL. One could look at this, in those opening shots on a boat with the male-half being sucked into the water by some 3-inch slugs as a bad-bad film, but because it, and the dialogue, was so hilarious, I was instantly on- board.Apparently, previous toxic waste created these mutated, meat-eating slugs and they proceed to terrorize an "arm-pit" town. Of course, we have our government employees hot on the case to exterminate them!I've seen my share of When Animal Attacks films. They're all pretty much the same, like the ghost stories of late. But, this one stood out. Quite a bit, in fact. There were tons of creature attacks. More than the norm for these 80s horror subgenre films. And in a lot of the cases, the gruesome factor was at 10, like they were really trying. It's bad, sí. But, it's so painfully on target for this type of film, it's thoroughly enjoyable. You MUST like When Animal Attacks movies and bad 80s dialogue to get into it, but if you're like me…you'll slug right past the bad to get to the goods.***Final thoughts: Now, watch Squirm via the MST3k version. The same type of movie, but the MST3k guys really bring that movie to life.

Uriah43 Deep in the sewage system of a small town in America, slugs have become contaminated by toxic waste and begin to consume everything in their path. Unfortunately, because the first victims are so completely devoured, the supervisor of the health department, "Mike Brady" (Michael Garfield) is completely unable to identify the cause. To make matters even worse, once he does suspect what is behind the killings the elected officials of the town are reluctant to believe him. Now rather than reveal any more of this film and risk ruining it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it might be. Although some of the acting wasn't that good and the script could have used some improvement, I feel safe in saying that this is not your everyday killer slug movie. That said, provided the viewer can take the overall story with a grain of salt—or possibly a few beers—a person might be able to enjoy this film to a limited degree. It's certainly nothing special but I suppose if a person has nothing better to do then it may help to fill the time—in a somewhat marginal sort of way. Accordingly, I rate it as just below average.

Michael_Elliott Slugs (1988) ** (out of 4) Gory, dumb but fun "nature attack" movie about a small town coming under attack by mutant slugs. These slugs might move slow but that doesn't mean they don't like to eat some human flesh and it's up to one guy (Michael Garfield) to try and stop them. SLUGS comes from director Juan Piquer Simon who is best remembered for his cult favorite PIECES but this here is every bit as entertaining so we can really give him credit for two of the most fun bad movies of the decade. This one here wouldn't have worked even if Stanley Kubrick or Martin Scorsese had directed it because, really, who on Earth would even try to make a movie about killer slugs? No matter how much carnage they do, the viewer just isn't going to be scared of a bunch of slugs. With that said, instead of scares the director gives us some pretty wild and pretty over-the-top gore scenes and many of them have to be seen to be believed. The highlight of the film has to be a sequence where a couple gets done having sex only to find out too late that the entire floor is covered in slugs. The poor woman who falls on the floor makes for a very gory sight. Other highlights include a very memorable chain of events where one man unknowingly eats a slug. The aftermath has enough gore for two movies. There's no question that the death scenes are the highlight of the film and help it move along. The performances are a mixed bag with most of the cast giving pretty wooden work. Can you blame them considering they're in a movie about killer slugs? The pacing in the film is a bit too slow for its own good but there's no doubt that fans of silly horror films will want to check it out.