Slugs: The Movie (1988) Slugs, muerte viscosa (original title)

Director:

Juan Piquer Simón

Writers:

José Antonio Escrivá
Ron Gantman (screenplay)
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Release Date:

5 February 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

No-one is safe!

Plot:

Killer slugs on the rampage in a rural community.

Plot Keywords:

Slug | Topless Female Nudity | Female Nudity | Male Rear Nudity | Spanish Horror

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
Lucía Prado	...	Jean Morris
Patty Shepard	...	Sue Channing
Miguel de Grandy	...	Mr. Riggs
Tammy Reger	...	Pam
Glen Greenberg	...	Danny Palmer
Jay R. Ingerson	...	Ricky Palmer
Harriet L. Stark	...	Mrs. Fortune
Toby Gold	...	Dino
Nazzareno Natale	...	Chef
Carla M. Fox	...	Julie
Isabel Prinz	...	Mayor's Secretary
Laura Notario	...	Mr. Phillips' Secretary
Daniel Jones	...	Teenager 1
Kristin L. Kilian	...	Girl 1
Edward Trathen	...	Teenager 2
Erik Swanson	...	Boy in Boat
Karen Landberg	...	Girl in Boat
Aníbal Blas	...	Waiter
Laramie G. Evans	...	Mr. Moss
Nevada Killips	...	Mrs.Moss
Larry Bornheimer	...	Policeman 1
Wally Frazer	...	Ambulance Driver

Directed by
Juan Piquer Simón		(as J.P. Simon)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
José Antonio Escrivá		(as Jose A. Escriva)
Ron Gantman		screenplay
Shaun Hutson		novel "Slugs"
Juan Piquer Simón		(as J.P. Simon)

Produced by
Francesca DeLaurentiis	....	producer
José Antonio Escrivá	....	producer (as Jose A. Escriva)
Juan Piquer Simón	....	producer (as J.P. Simon)

Cinematography by
Julio Bragado

Film Editing by
Antonio Gimeno		(as Antonio Jimeno)
Richard E. Rabjohn

Casting by
Bill Williams

Art Direction by
Gonzalo Gonzalo

Set Decoration by
Gonzalo Gonzalo

Costume Design by
María Eugenia Escrivá		(as María Escrivá)

Makeup Department
Pedro Camacho	....	assistant makeup artist
Manu Moreno	....	hair stylist
Manu Moreno	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Larry Ann Evans	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vito Hughes	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Ángel Arriola	....	assistant set decorator (as Angel Arriola)
Vincente Cervantes	....	construction manager
Kari Christensen	....	property master
José Tomás Cuadrado	....	painter
Vicente Jesús	....	assistant set decorator (as Vincente Jesus)
José Lizana	....	head carpenter (as Jose Lizana)

Sound Department
Julio Bartolome	....	boom operator
Alan Brett	....	dubbing editor
Luis Castro	....	foley artist
Nigel Edwards	....	dialogue mixer
Colin Martin	....	dubbing mixer
Ivan Martin	....	boom operator
Orestes Matacena	....	boom operator
Enrique Molinero	....	sound re-recording mixer
Phil Pearle	....	sound mixer
Edward Tise	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Basilio Cortijo	....	special effects
Carlo De Marchis	....	special effects supervisor
David Johnson	....	special effects technician
Roy Knyrim	....	special effects foreman
Emilio Ruiz del Río	....	special effects (as Emilio G. Ruiz)
Patrick Tantalo	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Paco Alvez	....	stunts (as Francisco Alves)
Maryluz Esteban	....	stunts
Juan Maján	....	stunt coordinator (as Juan Majan)
Rodolfo Montero	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Fred Armstrong	....	best boy
Carlos Bustamante	....	still photographer
Joaquin De Diego	....	assistant camera
Casimiro Dengra	....	gaffer
Mark Foggetti	....	camera operator: second unit
Salvador Gómez Calle	....	focus puller (as Salvador Gomez)
Salvador Gómez Cuenca	....	clapper loader (as Salvador Gómez Jr.)
Francisco Jurado	....	electrician
Laureano López	....	electrician (as Laureano Lopez)
Juan Mariné	....	cinematographer: second unit (as Juan Marine)
Diego Molina	....	crane operator
Fernando Moreno	....	electrician
Steve Nitzberg	....	gaffer
Donald Sutherland	....	key grip
Donald J. Sutherland	....	key grip
Andrés Torres	....	focus puller: second unit
José Villalba	....	focus puller: second unit (as Jose Villalba)
Jay W. Yowler	....	generator operator (as Jay Yowler)

Casting Department
Gustavo Casado	....	casting: Madrid
Carmen Zorrilla	....	extras casting: Madrid

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Allyn Perry	....	wardrobe mistress
Pilar Tavera	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
David Jimenez	....	assistant editor
Soledad López	....	assistant editor (as Soledad Lopez)
Magdalena Paradell	....	assistant editor (as Magda Paradell)

Music Department
Tim Souster	....	conductor

Transportation Department
John Loson	....	production driver
Joaquín Ruiz	....	transportation captain (as Joaquin Ruiz)

Other crew
Félix Acaso	....	voice dubbing: John Battaglia
Francesca DeLaurentiis	....	script supervisor
Francesca Escriva	....	continuity
Monica Escudero	....	assistant accountant
Eduardo Macho	....	financial supervisor
Cristina Martin	....	assistant to producers
Diego Martín	....	voice dubbing: Philip Machale
Magoya Montenegro	....	location manager
Ramon Serrano	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Dister Group

Distributors

• New World Pictures (1988) (USA) (theatrical)
• Altomedia. Co. Ltd. (Korea) (DVD)
• Altomedia. Co. Ltd. (Korea) (VHS)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (1988) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Image Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• New World Home Video (1988) (USA) (VHS)
• Panarecord (Italy) (VHS)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Starmaker Entertainment (1991) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

"Slugs, muerte viscosa" - Spain (original title)
"Slugs" - Philippines (English title)

Runtime:

92 min | USA:89 min

Country:

Spain | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

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 | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | France:-16 | Finland:(Banned) (1988) | Netherlands:16 | UK:18 (2009) (uncut)

Filming Locations:

Lyons, New York, USA

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: When the man grabs a slug from the garden that had bitten him and puts it into the jar, his hand is free of blood despite having had been bitten and covered in blood in the previous scene.

Quotes:

Frank Phillips:You don't have the authority to declare Happy Birthday!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Svengoolie: Slugs" (1996)

Perfectly enjoyable...if you're in the right mood !

What's the use of bashing this movie totally into the ground ? I think both cast & crew were perfectly aware that they weren't making a true masterpiece of cinema. They joined into the trend of making disgusting and utterly nasty mutated animal movies and - keeping that in mind - it's good for what it is. Besides, the director of Slugs - the Spanish Juan Piquer Simón - was the same guy who brought us the most hilarious "so bad it's good"-movie I ever saw !! He delivered Supersonic Man 10 years earlier and I'm still laughing when I think about that, so I can't be too harsh on him.

Slugs is a very easy to watch horror film. It's nothing more than a slideshow of bloody and gory scenes with an extremely thin plotline to connect it all. A whole lot of lousy characters are introduced and a few minutes later they're brutally getting killed by thousands of ugly slugs. That's it ! Meanwhile, a guy from the healthy department is running from one side to the other, trying to convince his little town that they're facing a terrible disaster. Don't worry too much about where the slugs come from and how they got this big, because the scriptwriters didn't seem bother much about that neither. Mutated flesh-eating slugs...period ! The acting is bad and the dialogues are ever worse...Pay no attention to what they're saying because it looks just like a lousy attempt to create a little atmosphere. Nasty killings and whole buckets of blood ! that's the only reason to give it a look.