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Slugs

dir. Juan Piquer Simón · 1988

Feature
Psychological Horror
Mood
Dark
Look
gritty, low-budget aesthetic with practical effects
Structure
linear progression with escalating tension
Plot

People are dying mysteriously and gruesomely, and nobody has a clue what the cause is. Only health worker Mike Brady has a possible solution, but his theory of killer slugs is laughed at by the authorities. Only when the body count begins to rise and a slug expert from England begins snooping around does it begin to look like Mike had the right idea after all.

Why watch

A health worker named Mike Brady suspects that the mysterious deaths plaguing his small town are linked to killer slugs, a theory met with ridicule by local authorities. As the body count rises, the absurdity of disbelief becomes palpable, leading to a grotesque confrontation with nature's wrath. Watching this film is akin to experiencing a fever dream where the mundane collides with the horrific, leaving viewers both unsettled and amused.

Cultural context
1980s horror boomenvironmental awareness of the late 20th centurysmall-town America dynamics
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