Squirm
Directed by Jeff Lieberman
Written by Jeff Lieberman
1976/US
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First viewing/YouTube (MST3K version)
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Mick: It was the worms.
Sheriff: Worms?
Geri Sanders: They bite!
Even with the riff track, I found this unlikely creature feature just plain dull.
In Fly City, Georgia, a storm blows down powerlines plunging the whole town into darkness and electrocuting millions of worms underground. These mutate into carnivorous predators. Our teenage heroes must convince the authorities of the danger.
This has the basic plot line of every 50’s creature feature. What it lacks is a monster or giant creature. Instead we get worms. Ordinary earthworms morphing from prey to predator. I’ve never been particularly scared by worms but I learned from this very movie that I find them disgusting so the the experience was not entirely without value. Avoid.
