Honestly, I wasn't expecting to like CHUD. I only got it out of curiosity as it was one of those horror movies I used to see in the video store as a kid. While it may be low-budget schlock it's still rather good.
John Heard plays a photojournalist who is suspicious of multiple disappearings in his New York neighborhood. The local Fuzz are suspicious too. As is a half-man soup-kitchen Reverend (Daniel Stern). Together they uncover a ruthless plot by some government scumbags (are there any other kind).
The monsters may be cheap looking but they still make formidable bad guys and set pieces still excite. For all it's low-budgetness, CHUD still has a decent plot, good characters and, would you believe, a surprising twist near the end.
Just try to ignore the reeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaalllllly tacky synthesizer score and enjoy the OTT silliness. And keep a lookout for John Goodman and Jon Polito.
The DVD is in not bad-looking 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen with Mono sound. Extras are a trailer and a hilarious commentary track with Heard, Douglas Cheek and Christopher Curry but dominated by Daniel Stern.
John Heard plays a photojournalist who is suspicious of multiple disappearings in his New York neighborhood. The local Fuzz are suspicious too. As is a half-man soup-kitchen Reverend (Daniel Stern). Together they uncover a ruthless plot by some government scumbags (are there any other kind).
The monsters may be cheap looking but they still make formidable bad guys and set pieces still excite. For all it's low-budgetness, CHUD still has a decent plot, good characters and, would you believe, a surprising twist near the end.
Just try to ignore the reeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaalllllly tacky synthesizer score and enjoy the OTT silliness. And keep a lookout for John Goodman and Jon Polito.
The DVD is in not bad-looking 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen with Mono sound. Extras are a trailer and a hilarious commentary track with Heard, Douglas Cheek and Christopher Curry but dominated by Daniel Stern.