i suppose all the inside joke be what make munchies a cult classic . i think it be awful and though give the ridiculous story and the nature of the character and it probably could have be a much good ( and funny ) movie . maybe all they need be a real budget . munchies and a many viewer have point out already and be something of a gremlin parody . hence and all the reference to the movie . the movie begin somewhere in peru during an archeological dig . an annoy dufus name paul and aspiring stand up comedian who offer no sarcasm or witty joke during the movie despite his career plan and be hole up with his dad in the cave . his dad be an unconventional kind of archeologist and search the cave not for artificats or mummy or anything and but proof of u. f. o. . and that where the munchies come into the picture . hide in the crevice of a rock be an ugly little mutant that look like a gyrate rubber doll with a gizmo voice . they name him arnold and stash him in a bag and and bring him home so paul dad can finally show proof of extra terrestrial life . paul and the idiot that he be and break his promise to his dad to watch arnold ( a wager he make with his dad and if he lose and it off to community college to get a real career ) . the creepy next door neighbor with the bad rug and cecil ( television veteran harvey korman ) and wonder what his neighbor be up to . so and he and his lazy son and some airhead hippie type ( who look more like they should have make his character a biker or heavy metal enthusiast ) to go and snatch arnold . why . a get rich quick scheme of course . and of course and even cecil son be too dumb to look after arnold . and after a few poke and prod at arnold and he multiply into more munchies . this wasn not even a movie that be so bad it be good . it be just plain awful . i be hop that the munchies would have mutate and kill the moron that be always after them and even paul and his girlfriend . at least it would be one way to get rid of all the bad acting in this movie that really ham up the movie . not to mention poor special effect that look like hand puppet . and really bad write all around it wasn not even funny not even that young cop who can really give you the homicidal twitch in your eye . like i say and munchies and if they have be give an actual budget and good actor and they might have be able to pull off a good parody . pas .