Slugs (1988)
7/10
Magical
10 January 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Known in Spain as Slugs, Muerte Viscos, this movie is based upon the novel Slugs by Shaun Hutson. You may think, do I really want to watch a movie about slugs? And then you see who directed it: Juan Piquer Simón, the director of Pieces, one of the most insane pieces of cinema ever filmed.

Trust me, you want to see this. You want to see it right now.

When a rural town discovers that black slugs spawned from the disposal of toxic waste have infiltrated their water supply, all bets are off. Only a health inspector named Mike Brady has a chance to save any of them, but the authorities ridicule him at every turn.

You're not watching this for the story. You're watching it for the moments when slugs come ripping their way out of human bodies, like the guy who has them come out of his nose while he's toasting a client or the unfortunate couple whose post-coitus comes with a nasty case of murderous mollusks.

Slugs don't have teeth and certainly don't kill people like they do in this film. Screw that - these slugs are awesome. This is the kind of movie that I will force you to watch when you visit, yet I'll be jealous that this isn't my first time watching it.
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