
C.H.U.D.
They're not staying down there anymore!
Directed by Douglas Cheek
Produced by C.H.U.D. Productions, New World Pictures
A gritty 1980s creature-horror film that uses urban decay and sewer-dwelling mutants to explore class anxiety and environmental toxicity through gore and suspense.
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photojournalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.
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Is C.H.U.D. violent? Yes. More violent than 88% of films.
Is C.H.U.D. scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is C.H.U.D. easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Does C.H.U.D. end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is C.H.U.D. sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.
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