After being rattled by an earthquake, a police officer discovers a strange species of worm before another aftershock traps him inside the garage of his house unable to reach help, and when he realizes the worms have returned and have a taste for blood tries to fight them off and get rescued.
There was quite a lot to like about this one. One of the better features here is an impressive setup that manages to provide this one with an enjoyable grounding for what's to come. After getting all the required bits about their relationship together and the interactions with his dad about what's going on between them, the lead-in to the discovery of the worm species and the few bits of their biology that are revealed here become quite intriguing. It all offers up a strong early showing here with the fateful aftershock that effectively traps him inside the garage for the rest of the film that's brief enough to get an idea of everything without bogging the film down too much. This allows the film to generate a strong series of creature attacks throughout here. Confining the action to the dark garage that's compounded by being stuck under the car, this situation allows an extra bit of suspense as the scenario of being unable to move and always being just unlucky enough to signal outside help or alert others to his predicament manages to move along into the series of encounters where the creatures appear out of the darkness to attack either him or the prone body of his father. Being able to generate some minor additional info about the creatures while also allowing the practical effects-driven creatures to shine quite nicely, the second half here is rather heavily filled with scenes involving him trying to stay alive long enough to overcome the effects of the creatures long enough to require rescue and get some enjoyable gore along the way. These manage to keep this one fun enough to have a lot to like. There isn't much to hold this one down but it does have some issues. Among the biggest factors here belong the utterly lifeless and unnecessary padding that goes on to try to stretch out this flimsy story to a feature-length running time. Those issues revolve around the infuriatingly stupid backstory that emerges involving the relationship quarrels between him and his estranged girlfriend that focus on the cliche story of a ruthless cop determined to make a difference and his significant other comparing their behavior to a psychopath with a death warrant. None of it is original or creative and serves mainly to add her into the proceedings when she doesn't have anything to do in the film. Likewise, an equally cringe-filled storyline that doesn't need to be included involves an extramarital affair that's discovered between people who don't matter which just eats up time. Combined with some cheesy CGI work that doesn't need to be there, these issues manage to bring this one down.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.
There was quite a lot to like about this one. One of the better features here is an impressive setup that manages to provide this one with an enjoyable grounding for what's to come. After getting all the required bits about their relationship together and the interactions with his dad about what's going on between them, the lead-in to the discovery of the worm species and the few bits of their biology that are revealed here become quite intriguing. It all offers up a strong early showing here with the fateful aftershock that effectively traps him inside the garage for the rest of the film that's brief enough to get an idea of everything without bogging the film down too much. This allows the film to generate a strong series of creature attacks throughout here. Confining the action to the dark garage that's compounded by being stuck under the car, this situation allows an extra bit of suspense as the scenario of being unable to move and always being just unlucky enough to signal outside help or alert others to his predicament manages to move along into the series of encounters where the creatures appear out of the darkness to attack either him or the prone body of his father. Being able to generate some minor additional info about the creatures while also allowing the practical effects-driven creatures to shine quite nicely, the second half here is rather heavily filled with scenes involving him trying to stay alive long enough to overcome the effects of the creatures long enough to require rescue and get some enjoyable gore along the way. These manage to keep this one fun enough to have a lot to like. There isn't much to hold this one down but it does have some issues. Among the biggest factors here belong the utterly lifeless and unnecessary padding that goes on to try to stretch out this flimsy story to a feature-length running time. Those issues revolve around the infuriatingly stupid backstory that emerges involving the relationship quarrels between him and his estranged girlfriend that focus on the cliche story of a ruthless cop determined to make a difference and his significant other comparing their behavior to a psychopath with a death warrant. None of it is original or creative and serves mainly to add her into the proceedings when she doesn't have anything to do in the film. Likewise, an equally cringe-filled storyline that doesn't need to be included involves an extramarital affair that's discovered between people who don't matter which just eats up time. Combined with some cheesy CGI work that doesn't need to be there, these issues manage to bring this one down.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.