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A Balasaur Score of 48 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 29%. Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do. Most of the 544 1980s horror movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 29m. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
217 audience votes
Key crew
- Juan Piquer SimónDirector
- Juan Piquer SimónWriter
- José Antonio EscriváWriter
- Ron GantmanScreenplay
Cast
- Michael GarfieldMike Brady
- Kim TerryKim Brady
- Philip MacHaleDon Palmer
- Alicia MoroMaureen Watson
- Santiago ÁlvarezJohn Foley
- Concha CuetosMaria Palmer
- Emilio LinderDavid Watson
- Manuel de BlasMayor Eaton
- Patty ShepardSue Channing
- Frank BrañaFrank Phillips
- Stan SchwartzRon Bell
- Lucía PradoJean Morris
Stills
Themes
new york citybased on novel or bookgoreanimalsseweranimals gone wildslugsworms