Man-eating worms are created from the regular variety when an electrical storm downs wires and fills the ground that harbors them with high voltage. A Georgia farm community falls victim to the slimy creatures, which have a way of responding to underlying tensions among the townspeople.
The somewhat tongue-in-cheek tone for this movie is set from its beginning, when it is claimed in the opening titles that the story is based on an actual occurrence in Georgia in 1975. Jeff Lieberman, who would go on to direct the excellent BLUE SUNSHINE (1977), handles both the inherent humor of
the situation and the actual scares with equal aplomb. The viewer is jerked back and fo...
Released:
1976
Rated:
PG
Length:
93 mins