tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214930440884348127.post8434732115357846408..comments2024-03-27T08:51:52.335-04:00Comments on The Bloody Pit of Horror: C.H.U.D. (1984)The Bloody Pit of Horrorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419921450872885649noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214930440884348127.post-25274869184337681942015-04-06T14:24:11.078-04:002015-04-06T14:24:11.078-04:00I really am convinced a lot of the appeal of this ...I really am convinced a lot of the appeal of this film is the title alone. I can't figure it out otherwise!The Bloody Pit of Horrorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419921450872885649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214930440884348127.post-6290218417761023822015-04-05T00:06:28.667-04:002015-04-05T00:06:28.667-04:00I can't defend this movie, but surprisingly, g...I can't defend this movie, but surprisingly, go to the Horror board and some of the regs actually like it! I think it is rather awful but there's this "80's 'let's kill the bums' trash of the city " ugliness that for whatever reason appeals to me. It is so sweaty, polluted, grotty, filthy, dirty, and has this street alley aesthetic that only someone from the area location where Basket Case reside could truly appreciate. For whatever reason this film for a while there was a Sunday night twice a year watch. I still wonder how it managed to finagle Hurt and Stern into starring in it. Somehow they thought the film would be about something else. The commentary refers to this. They destroy it over the term of the audio commentary (an entertaining listen) which means that anyone listening has no reason themselves to ever like the film either. Still, (maybe its nostalgia), the film has its defenders. I think it is rather badly made in every way. The guy who played the detective was the best piece of acting the film had going for it. Stern looked like he hadn't taken a bath during the making of the film and poor Hurt deserved so much better than this movie, didn't he? He had been on a roll up until this. The creatures themselves were pretty laughable, particularly when one of their necks elongates!crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669900632326853467noreply@blogger.com