Console best movie i've ever seen.

Derrick Gibbons An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Madilyn Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Rainey Dawn C.H.U.D. = Cannibalistic Human Underground Dweller. Nuclear Waste Sewer Monsters (N.W.S.M) Is what the the film is really about - and some political garbage. The film starts out a real bore-fest. We have an uptight photographer and his girlfriend model with drama between them over a photo shoot for a perfume ad. This photographer did a story on the homeless in the area and apparently gave them his phone number during the photo shoot & story on them - so yea they call him (and he seems a bit irritated about it). We also have a policeman who is now a police captain with lots of boring police stuff happening. There is a man that works in a soup kitchen who considers the homeless his family and they start to come up missing. Yea the getting to know the characters for about the first 25 minutes of the film is really boring. About the 25 minute mark it starts to pick up a little bit with boring scenes in-between. The last 30 minutes of the film gets pretty good - not too bad - this is when we see the C.H.U.D.s and the story picks up. The best most likable character by far is A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd (Daniel Stern). Two other somewhat likable characters are Captain Bosch (Curry) and Lauren Daniels (Greist). The rest of the characters I didn't care about (I'm not talking about the actors themselves - I mean the roles they play). I loved the cameo by John Goodman who plays a small part as a cop in diner - that was good. 5/10

Leofwine_draca I admit to having a huge soft spot for C.H.U.D. after seeing it during my formative teenage years. It's a wonderfully atmospheric monster movie that makes up for deficiencies in budget with a gritty vibe and on-the-street look, with the real-life New York locations never looking grubbier or a more fitting place to shoot such a story. It's like the TAXI DRIVER of monster flicks, at least in terms of setting.There's a lot to love about C.H.U.D., although some seem to miss the point. It's not a polished classic in the same class as PREDATOR or RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, no, but the fact that it's so different from those films really makes it stand out. The creatures look cheesy but I still prefer these practical effects to modern-day CGI, and the whole subway/underground setting is portrayed perfectly (for a similar, scarier movie, try the British DEATH LINE with Donald Pleasence).The cast is also a real delight. Instead of the usual buff, poorly acting male model type characters, we get a leading group of character actors who look and feel utterly realistic. Christopher Curry (STARSHIP TROOPERS) is the stressed-out detective investigating his wife's disappearance, John Heard (HOME ALONE) the photographer who comes into contact with something spooky, and Kim Griest (BRAZIL) his wife who's menaced in the shower in one bizarre moment. George Martin's villain is great fun, but the real delight here is the slobby Daniel Stern (also HOME ALONE) in his best screen role, full of character charm and charisma. The characters alone make C.H.U.D. a great film, but add in the great cinematography and conspiracy plotting and you have a classic of its type.

Chris Smith (RockPortReview) Cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers or C.H.U.D's are the hideously deformed mutants living in the sewers of New York City. Although back in the eighties it wasn't that much better on the surface. Like many of the 80s horror movies I've reviewed this one has also become a cult classic. From its B-movie style monsters to its dirty and sleazy depiction of the big rotten apple.George Cooper is a fashion photographer who lives with his girlfriend/model Lauren in a small apartment in the city. She gets pregnant and they have the should we or shouldn't we talk about weather to keep the baby. They give a very strong pro choice message and she chooses to keep the baby and that's all were ever hear about it. Professionally George is in kind of a rut and is looking to break out of it. He got his start in photography by documenting homeless people in the sewers. So he decides to revisit his roots and meets A.J. , played by Daniel Stern, a young and energetic soup kitchen owner. People have been disappearing and they set out to find answers. This movie made me think a lot about the Clive Barker story then movie "Midnight Meat Train" which has a similar plot involving a NYC photographer discovering horrifying people within the endless sewer tunnels. Although Barker's story is pretty hardcore and violent, while "C.H.U.D" has more of a comical side to it.George and A.J. find out that the nefarious city employees have been storing nuclear waste in these tunnels until they can move it somewhere else. Its too late as it has started to change the sewer people into the C.H.U.D.'s who hunger for human flesh. When the C.H.U.D's start appearing on the surface the city they must be dealt with. The C.H.U.D's themselves look like guys in big slimy latex suits with glowing yellows eyes and are kept mostly in the shadows for obvious reasons.With the NYPD now on the job we go inside a cafe and meet a couple of New York's finest eating breakfast with one of them being played by the yet to be famous John Goodman. The city plans to gas the sewer to kill off the C.H.U.D's but our heroes are still down there. Will they survive both the C.H.U.D's and the NYPD? This is a fun and schlocky movie from the 80s horror vault that is available for your viewing pleasure on Netflix watch instantly.

thesar-2 It's safe to say, I did not get a CHUDDY watching this movie.C.H.U.D. definitively had a pair of effective moments. Too bad there were just two of those and the rest, sadly was either discounted "from around the corner" effects or just plain boring. I have always been curious to see this movie since I was a lad, but never got around to it until about a week ago.Sadly, since that's time has passed (9 days,) I've forgotten most of this movie. Well, it wasn't a great movie anyways. It's boring for long stretches, incredibly cheap horror, humor that falls flat and couldn't live past its creepy opening kill.Basically, it's 1980's Alligator, but with humans, sorta. Creatures from below are snatching people, animals, whatever while inept police decide what to do with it. You can tell this is extreme low budget with the lack of full-on attacks and most are done around the corner, behind a door or in the dark.Today, in 2013, it's not even worth visiting, or revisiting if you've seen this before. It doesn't necessitate a remake nor a recommendation from me, despite two minute creepy moments. (And they don't last long enough to promote a viewing.)* * * Final thoughts: They made a sequel to this? Really? I'll have to check that (off my list and toss the idea of watching it) out.