C.H.U.D.
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers…
- Director: Douglas Cheek
- Genre:Horror | Sci-Fi
Cast
John Heard : George Cooper
Daniel Stern : A.J. ‘The Reverend’ Shepherd
Christopher Curry: Captain Bosch
Kim Greist : Lauren Daniels
Laure Mattos : Flora Bosch
The film opens with a woman walking her dog down a lonely, darkened city street. As she passes by a manhole cover, she is attacked by the creature, the dog is pulled in after her.
George Cooper (Heard) and his live-in girlfriend Lauren (Greist). George, a once-prominent fashion photographer, has since forgone the fame and fortune he amassed taking pictures of scantily clad models in pursuit of artistic credibility. His most current project is photographing New York’s homeless population, specifically those known as “undergrounders”, or people who reside within the bowels of the city
We also meet a police captain named Bosch (Curry) who has a personal interest in the recent flood of missing persons (most of whom are homeless) being reported to his precinct. Bosch interviews A.J. “The Reverend” Shepherd (Stern), who runs the local homeless shelter. Shepherd believes recent events to be a part of a massive government cover-up and has the evidence to prove it. Bosch’s superiors know more than they’re letting on and seem to be taking their cues from an overly glib, weasely type named Wilson (Martin), who works for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
It turns out there are monsters lurking beneath the streets; beings that were once human, but radioactive, chemical toxic waste has mutated them into hideous, flesh-eating creatures that prey on the homeless who live in the underground. Given the recent drop in the underground transient population, the creatures have resorted to coming to the surface through sewer manholes in order to feed. Through a series of events, both George and A.J. find themselves trapped in the sewers, a reporter gets involved (and eaten), and Lauren has a problem with both a clogged shower drain and an unexpected visitor that comes up through the sewer access point that she unfortunately decides to open in the basement of her apartment building. Then, through the dangerous investigative efforts of both A.J. and George, the absolute horror is revealed: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is directly involved in this holocaust of slaughter that has been going on. Read more
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