If you go into this with an open mind, you'll see that this movie has just enough of everything to keep most people happy and entertained for the duration; mutant bugs, gore, bad dialogue, bad dubbing, sex, nudity, yet another toxic waste site, explosions, cheap thrills; you name it and you'll find it in Slugs.
Apparently a mutated form of slug has turned into ravenous bloodthirsty killers and is picking off random towns people in fairly gruesome ways.
The only one who seems to have some kind of clue as to what is going on is the local health inspector who puts all the pieces together and concludes that the slugs are to blame, however all of his warnings to the mayor and the police chief go unheeded so he and a friend of his decide to take matters into their own hands.
Now before anyone asks how can slugs, (even mutated slugs), be able to kill people, we learn that not only can they bite, but their slime has some kind of paralysing neurotoxin, so these things literally eat you alive. Given that fact, the death scenes are fairly gory, in particular the business man who's eyes explode out of his head with blood flukes, and the young couple eaten alive after a session of gratuitous love-making.
The movie is also not without its flaws and annoyances though. As part of this was filmed in Spain, the dubbing in parts is quite obvious. The police chief tries in vain to be a straight and narrow hard-nosed cop, but just comes across as rude and annoying. The whole segment of the old couple who are blown up in their greenhouse was just too ridiculous even for a B-grade horror. One of the slugs had crawled into his gardening glove, and yet he doesn't notice it's presence as soon as he puts it on? It's only after the slug starts to bite that he freaks out and then for some reason he's unable to get the glove off again. Solution? Cut of your hand with an axe! I don't get the need to have highly corrosive acid in a greenhouse, but when the bottles fall over and eats its way through power cables, it's clear that this is not going to end well.
Slugs is a movie that's fit for a late night horror marathon. Some sources claim that kids who watched Slugs in the 80's or early 90's have remained scared of slugs ever since. So while it's an incredibly silly movie, it's also a lot of fun and you can decide for yourself whether or not it's safe to go back into the garden.
Apparently a mutated form of slug has turned into ravenous bloodthirsty killers and is picking off random towns people in fairly gruesome ways.
The only one who seems to have some kind of clue as to what is going on is the local health inspector who puts all the pieces together and concludes that the slugs are to blame, however all of his warnings to the mayor and the police chief go unheeded so he and a friend of his decide to take matters into their own hands.
Now before anyone asks how can slugs, (even mutated slugs), be able to kill people, we learn that not only can they bite, but their slime has some kind of paralysing neurotoxin, so these things literally eat you alive. Given that fact, the death scenes are fairly gory, in particular the business man who's eyes explode out of his head with blood flukes, and the young couple eaten alive after a session of gratuitous love-making.
The movie is also not without its flaws and annoyances though. As part of this was filmed in Spain, the dubbing in parts is quite obvious. The police chief tries in vain to be a straight and narrow hard-nosed cop, but just comes across as rude and annoying. The whole segment of the old couple who are blown up in their greenhouse was just too ridiculous even for a B-grade horror. One of the slugs had crawled into his gardening glove, and yet he doesn't notice it's presence as soon as he puts it on? It's only after the slug starts to bite that he freaks out and then for some reason he's unable to get the glove off again. Solution? Cut of your hand with an axe! I don't get the need to have highly corrosive acid in a greenhouse, but when the bottles fall over and eats its way through power cables, it's clear that this is not going to end well.
Slugs is a movie that's fit for a late night horror marathon. Some sources claim that kids who watched Slugs in the 80's or early 90's have remained scared of slugs ever since. So while it's an incredibly silly movie, it's also a lot of fun and you can decide for yourself whether or not it's safe to go back into the garden.