![]() ![]() ![]() Like a lot of films from the 1980s, the real villain in this story is the U.S. Government, who was running a secret experimental program that spawned these deadly underground dwellers. The only people who seem determined to investigate this weird phenomena are a police detective whose wife recently went missing, a photographer, a fashion model, and a hippie nicknamed “the Reverend” who runs a soup kitchen for the homeless (many of which have been disappearing). Probably inspired by news reports of discarded alligators growing in the New York waterways, the film is about strange reptilian creatures lurking in the sewers and subway tunnels, who sporadically come out of manholes to grab a victim or two. The first is 1984’s “C.H.U.D.,” which supposedly stands for Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers, but as the story unfolds, it’s discovered that it stands for something more sinister. It’s October and in anticipation of Halloween, I’m looking at two early 80’s horror films shot in NYC. ![]()
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