The Worm Eaters
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Actor: Fred C. Dobbs, Lindsay Armstrong Black, Muriel Cooper, Patricia Alkaitis, Robert Garrison (II)DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-11-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of The Worm Eaters
Movie Review: If sixth graders could make a film, it'd look something like this...
Summary: 3 Stars
In my sixth grade English class, one of our year-long assignments was to write in a journal. Not necessarily about our personal lives, what lives a sixth grader had in those days I suppose, but anything we felt like expressing. Poems, short stories, lists of video games we wanted for Christmas...whatever. I chose to go the story route, and concocted the adventures of Worm Man and Panda, a deranged individual with a fanatical obsession to save the worms instead of the children. His companion was a cannibalistic panda bear named Panda. They floated around the country in a hot air balloon causing all kinds of havoc. Well, you can imagine what kind of discussion that poor old English teacher had with my mother after she read the journal for herself.
The point here is, "The Worm Eaters", is exactly the kind of movie an eleven or twelve year old boy might make. That's what makes it kinda special in a weird way. The humor is goofy and slapstick. The characters are exaggerated and annoying, as adults in children's stories often are. Even the theme song has a "nya-nya-nya" feel. And don't forget the heaping helpings of money shots for you Fear Factorites who love seeing squirmy creatures unpleasantly devoured.
The mayor and town council of some Hotel California town want to steal worm-raising hermit Umgar's land. The better to build those yuppie condos! However, Umgar discovers that when a human eats one of his magic "tenya" worms, they become a giant worm themselves. Well, more like a man or woman covered in soap and stuffed into a sleeping bag, but who's counting? Eventually, all the baddies, unwanted tourists and golddigers are wormed, and our hero is free to live in peace. Or is he? I won't spoil the ending, but it rolls right along with the boyhood fantasy motif.
This is the only film in the TVM Collection not directed by the man himself. Herb Robins (Steckler's amazing Thrill Killers, The Funhouse) is the guilty party this time, although Mikels produced and distributed the picture and sits in for a mostly descriptive commentary. Like his other tracks, he drops out for long stretches, but does tell some interesting stories and points out where some of the extras (including his own son and one of Tura Satana's daughters!) came from. The only other bonuses are a Mikels filmography, and six trailers. "10 Violent Woman" looks great! Sort of a sleazy and wonderful mix between "Ocean's 11" and "Caged Heat". Expect a review soon.
The Corpse Grinders and Astro Zombies are better intros to the weird world of Ted V. Mikels. If you like those two, you'll probably enjoy "The Worm Eaters". Dig that Shaft rip that plays during the chase scene! Check out the clay wheels on that skateboard! And make absolutely sure there's no worms in the popcorn...
Summary of The Worm Eaters
Prepare to squirm, shiver, and giggle with this unbelievable camp comedy monster bash! Herman Umgar (Herb Robins), an eccentric club-footed hermit with a fondness for nightcrawlers, lives in an old windmill house on the banks of a dried-up lakebed. Upon learning that only Herman stands in the way of a new condominium development, the town mayor and several businessmen conspire to get rid of this human obstacle by having him committed to the local loony bin. However, Herman's worm breeding pays off when he unleashes hordes of his wriggling friends to infiltrate the town's food and water supply--and soon the entire population goes worm crazy! Audio Commentary by producer Ted V. Mikels; TrailerComedy DVD Video
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