Slugs, muerte viscosa (1988)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Juan Piquer Simón

Writers:

José Antonio Escrivá (writer)
Ron Gantman (screenplay)

Release Date:

February 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

No-one is safe!

Plot:

Killer slugs on the rampage in a rural community.

Plot Keywords:

Slug | Blood | Boy Eaten | Gastropods | Sink

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Michael Garfield	...	Mike Brady
Kim Terry	...	Kim Brady
Philip MacHale	...	Don Palmer
Alicia Moro	...	Maureen Watson
Santiago Álvarez	...	John Foley
Concha Cuetos	...	Maria Palmer
John Battaglia	...	Sheriff Reese
Emilio Linder	...	David Watson
Kris Mann	...	Bobby Talbot
Kari Rose	...	Donna Moss
Manuel de Blas	...	Mayor Eaton
Andy Alsup	...	Officer Dobbs
Frank Braña	...	Frank Phillips
Stan Schwartz	...	Ron Bell
Juan Maján	...	Harold Morris

Also Known As:

Slugs (Philippines: English title)
Slugs: The Movie (USA)

Runtime:

92 min | USA:89 min

Country:

Spain | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | France:-16 | Finland:(Banned) (1988) | Netherlands:16 | Australia:R (Banned in Queensland) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:(Banned) | Iceland:16 (cut) | Norway:18 | UK:18 (cut) | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company:

Dister Group

Trivia:

It was banned in the Australian state of Queensland until the early-'90s when the Queensland Censorship Board was disbanded.

Goofs:

Continuity: Mike Brady says a line before he's supposed to. Towards the end of the movie, he barges into the commissioner's office and tells the secretary, "Will you tell Mr. Phillips that Mike Brady is here to see him?" The secretary replies, "Hey, his office is closed." Brady says, "Yeah, watch me!" but only then the secretary says, "You can't go in there!"

Quotes:

Kim Brady: Did you hear? About Harold and Jean Morris?
Mike Brady: Nope, why?
Kim Brady: They're dead.
Mike Brady: Ah, come on now...
Kim Brady: Yeah, I heard it on the news. There was some sort of explosion in their greenhouse. They were both inside.
Mike Brady: Wha-Wait a second, how'd this happen?
Kim Brady: No one knows.
Mike Brady: Ah, Jesus. They were nice people. I liked them a lot.
Kim Brady: I know, I did too.
Mike Brady: [long pause as Brady looks down at the garden] So what are you doing out here anyway?

Movie Connections:

References Squirm (1976)

Lap up another J. Piquer Simon epic of goo and gore

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!