The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. Most of the 344 1970s horror movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
A violent electrical storm topples power lines into the rain soaked earth that is home for an aggressive breed of worms. The high voltage causes the worms to mutate into larger, hostile hordes of man-eating worms that lie in wait for the residents of Fly Creek.
Ratings
IMDb4.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes31%
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
130 audience votes
Key crew
- Jeff LiebermanDirector
- Jeff LiebermanWriter
- Robert PrinceOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Don ScardinoMick
- Patricia PearcyGeri Sanders
- R.A. DowRoger Grimes
- Jean SullivanNaomi Sanders
- Peter MacLeanSheriff Jim Reston
- Fran HigginsAlma Sanders
- William NewmanQuigley
- Barbara QuinnThe Sheriff's Girl
- Carl DagenhartWillie Grimes
- Angel SandeMillie
- Carol Jean OwensLizzie
- Kim IocouvozziHank
Stills
Themes
small townjealousylove triangleobsessionlightfloodinggeorgiarural areapower outagemissing personwormshuman skeleton