munchies start in deepest darkest peru ( look more like a dirt road to me ) where archaeologist simon watterman ( harvey korman ) and his son paul ( charles stratton ) be on an expedition . simon think that ancient aztec building be in fact spacecraft control centre and he be on a mission to gain proof that alien lifeforms have visit earth and while in once such structure he discover a strange small creature which he stick in his backpack and take back home with him to the small american town of sweetwater in california . simon feel that the creature be the proof he have be look for and for some inexplicable reason decides to leave the thing at home while he go to share his discovery . simon ask paul and his wife cindy ( nadine van der velde ) to take care of it . meanwhile simon brother and fast food businessman cecil watterman ( harvey korman again ) steal the creature so his brother would not make any money out of it and but his idiotic stepson dude ( jon stafford ) have a fight with it and chop it up with a knife but the individual part grow back into separate little creature that proceed to cause much havoc amongst the townspeople . direct by bettina hirsch this have to be one of the bad horror comedy ever and if not the bad . the script by lance smith be so unfunny it painful . every joke in munchies miss the target by the proverbial mile and i doubt the humour in this piece of crap would even appeal to pre teen . there just isn not anything even remotely funny or even amuse in munchies as far a i be concern . the basic story be crap too and they just happen to find this creature run around with no explanation of what it be and why no one ever see it before and how it manage to learn english so quickly and how it learn to drive etc . the whole thing be a big gremlin ( 1984 ) rip off with none of the element that make that film so good . the character be moronic and the stupid deputy ( charlie phillips ) and his dad ( hardy rawls ) and cecil wear an embarrassing wig and fake moustache and his air head wife melvis ( alix elia ) and more besides . they just plain embarrass and be ridiculous and i defy anyone to find any of this rancid rubbish funny . basically munchies fail spectacularly at be either a comedy or horror and end up be and yes you have guess it and crap . director hirsch be obviously work with a low budget here and it show and the entire thing take place in two house and the desert and some cave and a miniature golf course . this be really cheap and incompetent film making . the special effect on the munchies themselves be really awful and their just doll that have no movement unless someone off camera pull a string attach to it arm . i can not stress how bad the effect be and these thing wouldn not convince my 4 year old nephew ( a prove by me and him yesterday . ) . total incompetence all the way and this film suck . technically the film be terrible and bad special effect and lame production design and rubbish set and well and just everything crap . the acting be rotten through and through and from the cop to korman who have two role both of which prove he can not act and isn not funny . munchies be a really bad film that fail in everything that it try to achieve and sure watch it if you want i would not stop you but just do not say you weren not warn . my advice would be to watch gremlin again instead and but the decision be yours .