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Slugs (1988)

A gloriously gloopy Spanish take on Shaun Hutson's classic novel. It's a simple story as toxic waste mutates common slugs and turns them into flesh eaters. Meanwhile it's up to the local health inspector to stop them and also convince the authorities about what is happening.

This is brilliant. It always has been. It's riotous fun with nasty gore galore as slugs, thousands of slugs, eat their way through various towns folk in various states of undress.

Certainly it's ridiculous but it's played straight and all the better for it. This has long been a favourite of mine even if the scientist who features throughout the film seems to be dubbed by Austin Powers.

The Arrow Blu-ray looks gorgeous.