The handicapped nerd and his best friend (Jason Lively) are the lead characters. In 1992, the movie Hellmaster copied this formula, but the story there was satanic possession not alien slugs. The Hidden also had alien slugs in 1987, and that was a fun movie too.
The critters originally came to America in 1957, and the first and only infected teenager was put into cryogenic stasis. That lasted until the local fraternity wanted to do a Halloween prank, and the lab tech (David Paymer) let the zombie out of the tube.
From there is just slugs running around the campus, and infected zombies (sluggers) trying to infect more people. It is never clear what the slugs goal is, or what the point of the invasion is. They just go into people and turn them into creeps, and it is up to the good guys to burn them up with a flame thrower. Tom Atkins plays the lead detective, helping Lively and his girlfriend (Jill Whitlow) wipe out the invaders.
There is a fair amount of black humor. Most of it reflects the 1980s era, so it is kind of stale. The pace is pretty fast, so it is an easy movie to enjoy.
The critters originally came to America in 1957, and the first and only infected teenager was put into cryogenic stasis. That lasted until the local fraternity wanted to do a Halloween prank, and the lab tech (David Paymer) let the zombie out of the tube.
From there is just slugs running around the campus, and infected zombies (sluggers) trying to infect more people. It is never clear what the slugs goal is, or what the point of the invasion is. They just go into people and turn them into creeps, and it is up to the good guys to burn them up with a flame thrower. Tom Atkins plays the lead detective, helping Lively and his girlfriend (Jill Whitlow) wipe out the invaders.
There is a fair amount of black humor. Most of it reflects the 1980s era, so it is kind of stale. The pace is pretty fast, so it is an easy movie to enjoy.