C.H.U.D. (DVD)

Quite how C.H.U.D. recieved a rave from the New York Times upon its release is beyond me. It also won the Best Fantasy Film Award at Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film in 1985, but of course, advances in special effects have rendered it little more than a kitschy film that very much belongs to its cult audience. On the other hand, I was expecting a cheesy B-movie and found a film that was actually trying to be serious. With a title like CHUD (an acronym for "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller"), you don't try and convince your audience that you're making a film that's seriously trying to terrify them. The only thing this film ...  Read the complete review

C.H.U.D. is an inexplicably well regarded movie in the horror genre. It is considered to be one of the classics ofthe 80s but for the life of me I can not see why. It seems to have all the elements which make a horror movie not worth watching and none of those which at least give it some sort of exploitation value, if nothing else to keep it interesting. C.H.U.D. is quite frankly boring. It shouldn't be though, because the general premise is good playing on the fears and paranoia of people over those who rule them. CHUD tells us that the US government has been dumping nuclear waste down into sewage pipes for years and that this has had a horrific effect on ...  Read the complete review

An urban legend turned in to a film. Under the new york streets the subways are teaming with the homeless and downouts but they are no longer alone. After several recent disappearences it is disscoverd that the sewer system is teaming with flesh craving creatures who have been dragging down anything or one they can get their claws on. An investigation is launched but hits a brickwall suspecting a cover up a photographer delves deeper and discovers the source of the chuds (cannabalistic humonoid underground dwellers) the goverment is obviously involved and will stop at nothing to concele their dirty little (well not so little secret). Starring John Heard and a young ...  Read the complete review