this could have be a rather entertaining film and but instead it rank with other dud like leech and rest in piece at the bottom of the cinematic food chain . have they play this flick tongue in cheek and it could have be a very entertaining film and like re animator or dead alive and but juan piquor simon play it tongue in cheek in spot but straight more often . the premise of this film be a small community that be besiege by mutated slug . there be an abandoned toxic waste dump near a sewer line that mutate the slug into aggressive and meat eat monster albeit monster that move slowly and can be squish under your boot . health inspector michael garfiled and two accomplice be the only people that seem willing to fight the slug while the sheriff and mayor think they be crazy . the climax be a laugh riot unintentional at that which make you scratch your head a to how stupid ( actor and screenwriter ) the scenario of destroy the slug be . story represent $ $ ( no new ground chart here . simon seem to play the gore element tongue in cheek but the dialogue be straight . have simon work with a clever script one with plenty of one liner and eccentric character and this could have be a cult film ) . violence represent $ $ $ ( you would not be letdown here . we get plenty of explode chest cavity scene as well a a grand head explosion in the middle of a fine italian restaurant . the blood and gut and that many horror film watcher enjoy and be in full swing here . you also get corps of people who have be pick clean by the slug and plenty of slug smash scene ) . act represent $ ( wow . michael garfield seem to know that this script be a stinker and he deliver his line with a facial expression that suggest he know how preposterous this film make endeavor be . kim terry and a his wife and do an adequate job even though she do little beyond the hold your face while you scream bit . the teenager be all horrible actor no exception . man and this film could have use bruce dern or jeffrey comb . ) nudity represent $ $ ( two teen get naughty in bed before they get dispatch in a poorly do scene by a horde of slug that crawl into the girl bedroom . both male and female nudity here ) .