Roger Corman's MUNCHIES wasn't the worst GREMLINS knockoff (not while a tape called HOBGOBLINS is still around), but close enough. It featured a horde of Aztec puppet demons who all talked like Cheech Marin as they ate up a town. But enough bad memories. The 1992 followup MUNCHIE chooses
to be a kiddie pic, a sort of Disney
manque that's inoffensive as far as it goes, but hardly worth the talent involved.
Ignoring the origin and persona of the beasts in the earlier movie, this features just one Munchie, a stiff, pointy-earred animatronic troll with the voice of Dom DeLuise. In a flashback intro, the Munchie is crated up by its tormented owner and thrown o...
Released:
1992
Rated:
PG
Length:
80 mins