Slugs
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Slugs |
| Original title | Slugs, muerte viscosa |
| Country of production | Spain United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Juan Piquer Simón |
| script |
Ron Gantman , José Antonio Escrivá , Juan Piquer Simón |
| production |
Francesca DeLaurentiis , José Antonio Escrivá , Juan Piquer Simón |
| music | Tim Souster |
| camera | Julio Bragado |
| cut | Richard E. Rabjohn |
| occupation | |
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Slugs (Original title: Slugs, muerte viscosa ) is an American - Spanish animal horror film from 1988 by Juan Piquer Simón . The film is based on the novel of the same name by Shaun Hutson .
action
Strange deaths are common in a small town. After the police initially suspect rats, Mike Brady, together with sewage specialist Don Palmer, discovered the cruel truth: the sewage from a nearby chemical plant was drained into the sewer system for years, creating a kind of voracious, carnivorous nudibranch . As hermaphrodites they can also fertilize themselves and without natural enemies they multiply rapidly. However, nobody believes him.
Together with a chemist, they succeed in creating a substance that can be channeled into the sewer system and can destroy the snails. Mike and Don manage to center the snails at their breeding site, but Don dies while trying to escape from the sewer system. Eventually they divert the chemicals into the sewers. This leads to numerous explosions in the city. But a snail survived ...
background
The film was produced in both Spain and the USA. Most of the indoor shots were shot in the Spanish studio, while the outdoor shots were recorded in the New York town of Lyons . At the same time, Frank Loggia's film The Fantastic Journey into the Hereafter was made, partly on the same backdrops .
The literature is the first success of the British author Shaun Hutson, who also wrote the film novel for Terminator .
The film was released in the United States on February 5, 1988. It had its video premiere in Germany on January 16, 1989. Both versions were uncensored despite the sometimes violent splatter effects .
The film was shown on August 17, 2018 in the Tele-5 film series The Worst Films of All Time .
The film won a Goya in 1989 in the "Best Special Effects" category.
Reviews
The film became a cult film because of its obscurity. The website Moviebreak.de judged: “Death lurks in the lettuce. Lovable nonsense that generates its residual quality through its ambitious handling of its own abilities and inabilities. Not good, but rarely. "
Web links
- Slugs in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for slugs . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2004 (PDF; test number: 61 061 DVD).
- ↑ a b Dia: Slugs (1988). In: Evil-Ed.de. Accessed April 2, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Slugs in the online film database . Retrieved April 2, 2020
- ^ Slugs, muerte viscosa: Awards. In: IMDb. Retrieved April 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Meagan Navarro: Unearthing 30 Years of Gross' 80s Horror 'Slugs'. In: Bloody Disgusting! February 15, 2018, Retrieved April 2, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Slugs - review | Film 1988. In: Moviebreak.de. October 30, 2015, accessed April 2, 2020 .