C.H.U.D. II: Bud The Chud (1989)

It's my new favorite day of the week and you may be asking why is Thursday my new favorite day of the week? Well that is because Dreadphile Cinema Club is back at it broadcasting another film on Twitch and this week it's a good one as they broadcast C.H.U.D. II: Bud The Chud which was released in 1989 and was directed by David Irving (The Great Texas Dynamite Chase). After the events of the first film, all of the C.H.U.D.'s (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers) have all been destroyed except for one named Bud (Gerrit Graham) who gets reanimated by a couple of teenage kids. Now he is on the loose and he's biting everything in sight in this small town. Can the town be saved before it's too late. The film also stars Brian Robbins (Head Of The Class) as Steve,  Bill Calvert (Spider-Man 2) as Kevin, Tricia Leigh Fisher (Pretty Smart) as Katie, Robert Vaughn (The Magnificent Seven) as Col. Masters, Larry Cedar (American Horror Story) as Graves, Jack Riley (History Of The World: Part One) as Wade Williams, Sandra Kerns (The Incredible Hulk) as Melissa Williams, and cameos by Robert Englund (A Nightmare On Elm St), Norman Fell (The Graduate), Priscilla Pointer (Carrie), Frank Birney (Critters 2), and so many more.

The film was definitely enjoyable to watch as the creators of the sequel decided to take the route that so many did as well withe very serious first film and the horror comedy styling of the sequel like Gremlins 2 or even how Return of The Living Dead differentiated itself from the original Night Of The Living Dead. I definitely believe that is what made the film enjoyable is that they didn't take themselves too serious with this one and it works especially in the 1980's. One thing is for certain and that is that Gerrit Graham deserves a lot of credit because not only did he have to do lines (not very many), but he did a lot of physical acting through body expression and the look on his face when he grunted. Gerrit is a great actor and a horror vet who I respect a lot. The film definitely took the route of the sequel to Return of the Living dead with the electricity killing them as we bait and trap them into one area with this one being in the swimming pool. I don't care that they did this because what film didn't borrow elements from other films all the time? I do have to be honest in saying that in the beginning I thought this was going to be a different film like a buddy (no pun intended) movie with the Chud, but I was definitely happy with the direction they did take. I definitely liked the fact that animals could be just like them and that they were evolving too during the film. It adds to the element of the film for sure. So, with that being said, I am going to give the film an A- for final grade.