Runtime:
96 minutes
Directed
by: Ron Underwood
Starring:
Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross
From:
Universal
Here
is yet another movie I saw and loved in my childhood, and turns out
that I still enjoy it as an adult. I saw it various times on VHS, a
few times on TV and probably at least once on DVD; I was able to view
it again after borrowing the DVD set Attack Pack from someone I know;
it has that movie and the three direct to video sequels; I've never
seen any of them but in the future I may check them out as I imagine
the percentage of fans of this haven't seen any of the sequels is
high. Maybe one of them is even worth watching and doesn't ruin the
memories of the original. Not to be cynical but most direct to video
sequels are like that.
You
probably know this by now, but the movie is set in the tiny middle of
nowhere town of Perfection, Nevada, isolated from the rest of
civilization. Val and Earl (Bacon and Ward) are two working-class
stiffs who do odd-jobs around the town, including pumping septic
tanks. Understandably they are anxious to move to a bigger city; the
day they leave, several things happen, including the one road out of
there being closed and the phone line being dead; so they have to
turn back and stay in the area. What's causing all this... a
disgusting worm creature known as grabboids who live underground and
get their prey from vibrations aboveground. Several of them are out
there and the residents are on their own to deal with those critters,
and do so in various ways, including obvious NRA members Burt Gummer
(Gross) and his wife Heather (Reba McEntire) using big big guns to
kill one.
Like
I said, this is still awesome. It is more consistently funny
throughout than I had remembered. It's a real horror/sci-fi/comedy.
It has quite the colorful cast of characters. The leads are a great
duo as they are always entertaining; but, all the side characters are
also fun, from store owner Walter Chang (the “that guy” known as
Victor Wong) to Melvin the smartass teenager, and of course there's
the seismologist Rhonda (Carter) who Val and Earl meet up with and
despite her not meeting Val's rather ambitious rules for a date,
romance is hinted at and the three together are definitely
entertaining.
This
is definitely a B-movie at heart-the idea of grabboids being a real
creature is of course pretty wacky at best-and as long as you sit
back and relax and want to have a good time along with the
characters, then you should check this out, especially if you've
somehow never watched this before. I'll be back Thursday night.
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