A German hermit, who can talk with worms, seeks revenge on the town's mayor by putting mutant worms in everyone's meals and turning them into human worm slaves.A German hermit, who can talk with worms, seeks revenge on the town's mayor by putting mutant worms in everyone's meals and turning them into human worm slaves.A German hermit, who can talk with worms, seeks revenge on the town's mayor by putting mutant worms in everyone's meals and turning them into human worm slaves.
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTed V. Mikels Jr., the son of producer Ted V. Mikels, appears in the film as a guest at the birthday party wearing a yellow shirt.
- GoofsWhen Umgar first meets Heidi, a pickup truck in the background sometimes has its hood up and sometimes down between shots.
- Quotes
Herman Umgar: I'll rip your tongue off and slap ya silly with it!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Out of this World Super Shock Show (2007)
Featured review
Obnoxious, Repugnant, Offensive, Lame, Disgusting And Deplorable
One of my beloved movie bibles, "The Time Out Film Guide," calls Herb Robins' 1977 gross-out horror comedy "The Worm Eaters" "a truly disgusting film." Reason enuff for any aficionado of bad cinema to rent it out in a flash, right? Unfortunately, this movie is not so much disgusting as it is truly awful, and every element of the cinematic arts--acting, directing, scripting, photography, editing, scoring--is rock-bottom deplorable here. "Director/writer" Robins himself plays Umgar, a clubfooted worm breeder who talks to his little squirmy darlings, calls them by name, and takes decided action when some slimy land developers try to push him off his turf; namely, he puts his pets in the local town's food. Thus, we are treated to various loudmouthed (every character in this flick seems to scream his or her lines obnoxiously), truly ugly personages eating spaghetti & worms, hot dogs & worms, ice cream & worms, cake & worms, and even worms & worms with his/her mouth wide open and in delectable close-up. For some reason never explained, these folks then turn into worm people themselves, and squeak and slither for the rest of the picture, supposedly hilariously. But not a single gag is the slightest bit funny here, many details go unexplained, Umgar's phony German accent is almost incomprehensible, the film's theme song is offensively and annoyingly catchy, and the net result is a film far worse than just about anything in the Ed Wood oeuvre. I've seen a lot grosser films, truth to tell, but none much worse; still, I wouldn't want to watch "The Worm Eaters" while scarfing down a bowl of linguini marinara!
helpful•68
- ferbs54
- Nov 15, 2007
Details
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content