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Slugs review by Lee Peterson
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ooze. They slime. They kill." Toxic waste, that old reliable monster movie bugbear, has caused a small town's population of garden-variety slugs (snails, sans shells, in other words) to grow trout-sized, develop rows of sharp teeth and a taste for meat. After offing an unlucky boater in the pre-credits sequence, they proceed to chomp their way through town (albeit very slowly--they are snails, after all). Our erstwhile hero, health inspector Mike Brady (no relation to the famous architect, I presume), is the first to discover the toothsome little critters, and since he's pretty much the only bright bulb in town, spearheads a man-against-slug showdown in the underground sewer system. The sparse plot is just mean-spirited enough to make you forget how ridiculous the premise is (did I mention that they're killer snails?!). Economical but effective gore effects provide plenty of gross-out highlights (including a restaurant diner barfing up a mess of baby slugs, and the unfortunate death of--sob!--a pet hamster). A cheesy stock-music score and no-name acting talent that ranges from uninspired to truly awful (the atrocious dubbing job doesn't help) firmly ground the proceedings in '50's drive-in movie territory, albeit with an '80's gore-film sensibility. Anchor Bay's letterboxed dvd transfer (1.85:1, 16 X 9 enhanced) is stunning. The picture is sharp, the print is almost entirely free from wear, and the colors are bright and gaudy. It's doubtful this movie has ever looked this good, even in a theater. Now if Anchor Bay would grab the rights to Simon's slasher classic Pieces ... Pretty much a bare-bones release, a Slugs theatrical trailer is included, along with a nice reproduction of the original poster art. If you're a fan of carnivorous-critters-run-amok flicks (and you wouldn't be watching a movie called Slugs if you weren't), then ooze right into your favorite chair, grab yourself a heaping plate of escargot (don't forget the salt!) and party 'till the slugs come home. Official
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