You won't be disappointed!

Wonderful character development!

Nice effects though.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The original C.H.U.D (1984) was a pretty poor horror starring John Heard & Daniel Stern. It wasn't awful but was an instantly forgettable effort.Understandably going into the sequel I expected more of the same and prepared myself for mediocrity only to come across a very pleasant surprise.It tells the story of a couple of friends who accidentally lose their schools biology cadaver. Fearing expulsion they set about stealing a corpse from a nearby facility only for it to come to life!In traditional zombie style the infection spreads and before you know it the town has been overtaken. These aren't normal zombies however, our "Chuds" only take a nibble on their victim and have a low level of intellect.What sets this apart from the first movie is the humour, there is plenty here and does a lot of good for the film. It simply doesn't take itself seriously and for that reason it comes across really well.Starring industry legend Robert Vaughn and Gerrit Graham as the titular Bud the Chud this is a fantastic little movie that is considerably better than it should have been.With a rocking 80's soundtrack, a surprising budget behind it and some real laughs Bud The Chud has to be considered an underrated 80's classic.The fact this never became a proper franchise saddens me.The Good:Robert Vaughn & Gerrit Graham are greatGreat 80's soundtrackActually looks quite goodSome funny momentsThe Bad:Nothing springs to mindThings I Learnt From This Movie:The old cat jumping scare cliche never gets oldThere are anals of history

Pure, unadulterated 80s trash - somehow featuring Robert Vaughan, who must have had urgent bills to pay at the time. Regular folks need not apply, only 80s trash fanatics.As others have observed, there's no connection whatsoever with the OG CHUD. It's just a zombie spoof. Low budget B movie. Absurd plot, of course. Hilarious theme song. Bud the Chud. So funny. Hearing Vaughan say "bud the chud" as dialogue is even funnier. It's not the worst 80s movie out there by a country mile, but it's not the best by the same margin. Enjoy!

Breaking into a secure facility, a group of teens thinking they've stolen a body for their science class inadvertently steal the body of a cannibalistic mutant who gets loose within the town and must team up with the military to stop the creatures from overrunning the streets.For the most part this one here was quite the fun and enjoyable cheesy effort. What makes this one work here is the fact that it is so cheesy and silly yet still manages to maintain a rather solid horror atmosphere when it really matters. Some of the comedy here, from the retrieval of the body and it's reanimation at their house where he stumbles around against their knowledge, the attack on the dancer in her house and the way he goes about collecting the bodies of others around town against the notice of the authorities who are right behind him give this the kind of enjoyably goofy and silly atmosphere here that was prevalent in that time-frame of films. As well, the scenes of the crowded horde swarming after the trick-or-treaters or crashing the Halloween dance to spring attacks on the unsuspecting partiers makes for some more goofy, cheesy antics throughout here and really just wrap this whole film up in the kind of non-serious attitude that makes it so much fun. This screwball humor is enough to help make the film quite a fun, fast-paced time as there's quite a lot of action to be had here as well due to their zombie-like behavior there's also a really high body-count in here which is another plus, and is something that comes about through it's constant series of scenes featuring them swarming onto their victims. Likewise, the finale in the school is also a great action scene with some pretty unique ideas playing in a really creative idea about ending their campaign which is cheesy good fun and certainly done with a cheesy tone to it. These here make this one pretty good as there's not a whole lot here that's actually off. Most of what's wrong with this falls into the category of it's cheesiness. The film in no way is anything other than a giant cheese-fest, and by featuring so many humorous or just plain corny scenes, it leaves this as a really fright-free film. It has no scares at all, and tension and suspense are shuffled aside to make way for jokes. That lessens the film somewhat, as there's potential here with the way it plays out but it's just way too much to the comedy side to really bring it back to the horror side. That also explains the film's other big problem, as even though there's a really big body count there's almost no gore whatsoever. It's not even a really bloody film, as there's a few scenes where an attack victim has a bloody wound or produces a mild splatter, but that's the extent of it's bloody thrills. With such a high body count, that's a really hard one to overlook. The rest of the film's problems aren't that bad, as these are the main ones.Rated R: Violence and some Language.

C.H.U.D. 2 (1989) BOMB (out of 4) The original C.H.U.D. (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers) movie has a rather strong cult following but I found the movie to be pretty horrid when I watched it a few years back so I didn't have very high hopes of this sequel, which it seems everyone really hates. I've read the screenplay was originally suppose to be the second sequel to The Return of the Living Dead and it seems true since this film is very similar to the first sequel to that film. In this movie, Robert Vaughn plays an Army nut who wants the last remaining C.H.U.D. to stay alive but it eventually breaks out of its little jail and goes on a killing rampage. Don't you just love a cannibal movie without one drop of blood? Don't you love a teen horror flick without any nudity? As you can tell by my BOMB rating, I want nudity and gore in this type of film and I got neither but I also got one of the worst horror/comedies I've ever seen. This movie is deadly dreadful from start to finish with some of the poorest written jokes I've heard from any movie. The comedy is horrid but the horror elements are even worse. Without question one of the worst horror films from the 1980s and that's saying a lot considering how many bad ones were released.