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Writer:
Jeff Lieberman (writer)
Release Date:
30 July 1976 (USA)
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Tagline:
An avalanche of killer worms...writhing across the land in a tidal wave of terror! more
Plot:
At the beginning of the film, we learn from one of the characters that earthworms can be called to the surface with electricity...
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Worm
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Storm
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Fishing
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Small Town
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Animal Attack
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Squirm is the very best of the (uniquely 1970's) "nature gets even with humanity for messing her up with its garbage" genre.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Don Scardino | ... | Mick |
 | Patricia Pearcy | ... | Geri Sanders |
| R.A. Dow | ... | Roger Grimes |
 | Jean Sullivan | ... | Naomi Sanders |
| Peter MacLean | ... | Sheriff Jim Reston (as Peter Mac Lean) |
| Fran Higgins | ... | Alma Sanders |
| William Newman | ... | Quigley |
| Barbara Quinn | ... | The Sheriff's Girl |
| Carl Dagenhart | ... | Willie Grimes |
| Angel Sande | ... | Millie |
| Carol Jean Owens | ... | Lizzie |
| Kim Iocouvozzi | ... | Hank |
| Walter Dimmick | ... | Danny |
| Leslie Thorsen | ... | Bonnie |
| Julia Klopp | ... | Mrs. Klopp |
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Runtime:
92 min | USA:93 min (uncut version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:NC-16 |
UK:X (original rating) |
Iceland:16 |
West Germany:18 (cut) |
Italy:VM14 |
Australia:M |
France:-16 |
Norway:16 |
UK:18 |
USA:PG |
USA:R (original rating) |
Germany:BPjM Restricted
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According to director Jeff Lieberman, the reason actress Jean Sullivan spoke with such an exaggerated southern accent was because she was a fan of Tennessee Williams and was playing homage to him.
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Continuity: As Geri and soaked-shirt Mick leave for Beardsleys', and they get out of the car to follow an upset Roger, Mick's shirt is dry. When they join Roger and Willie by the truck, his shirt is soaked again.
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Squirm is superior to its brethren primarily because of its use of worms as the "beast". Being at the top of the food chain, as we humans are, there is little risk of any of us being eaten alive by wild animals (e.g. "Jaws") during our little sojourns into nature. Director Lieberman realized this and took this horror sub-genre to a higher level by combining the best elements of "nature in retaliation" cinema with our innate fear of death i.e. literally our fear of being "eaten by worms". Kudos to Rick Baker's make-up design which was probably the inspiration for a countless number of shoddy Halloween make-up kits. He cut his teeth on movies such as "Squirm" and "Incredible Melting Man" and continued his greatness in "Videodrome" and "Ed Wood". Credit must also go to director Lieberman. Whether it was his choice to use sparse lighting in the night scenes or it was merely the lack of a budget, the effect is unnerving nonetheless. In too many horror films night scenes are lit so that you can virtually see everything. In short, they are unrealistic. When the characters walk through the dark, in Squirm, you feel a sense of unease because you can't see what is in the outer edges of the frame. American International Pictures were responsible for the production of many great obscurities like "Squirm" and "Food of the Gods". I hope AIP's films will be rerun on late night TV ad infinitum, and be given their due recognition well into the next millennium!