C.H.U.D.

United States

1984

96 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
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SCR Shepard Abbott, Pamell Hall, Christopher Curry, Daniel Stern

CAST John Heard, Daniel Stern, Kim Greist, Christopher Curry, Laure Mattos, Brenda Currin, Michael O'Hare, Eddie Jones, Vic Polizos, John Goodman

Beneath the streets of New York City are hundreds of miles of tunnels unfit for anything human, but now, something horrible is loose in the sewers of Manhattan. The city’s homeless population is mutating. These “Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers” — aka C.H.U.D. — are hideous, hungry and headed for the streets. Photojournalist George Cooper (John Heard) and his girlfriend, a cop and a crazy bum try to save everyone.

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wolfmansRazor

14May12

Appealingly atmospheric in a Carpenter-esque sort of way. Not since Street Trash has NYC looked so grimy. The film sells its knee-jerk cynicism and pointless character moments with some fine acting (particularly Heard and Stern) and a dark, moody synth score, but this movie is one or two C.H.U.D. attacks away from truly working as a horror film. Makes a nice double feature with Dark Days, though.