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C.H.U.D.
Sign in to saveC.H.U.D. is a 1984 American science fiction horror film directed by Douglas Cheek, produced by Andrew Bonime, and starring John Heard, Daniel Stern, and Christopher Curry in his film debut. The plot concerns a New York City police officer and a homeless shelter manager who team up to investigate a series of disappearances, and discover that the missing people have been killed by humanoid monsters that live in the sewers.
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5.6A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photojournalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.
Cast
- John Heard as George Cooper
- Daniel Stern as A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd
- Christopher Curry as Captain Bosch
- Kim Greist as Lauren Daniels
- Laure Mattos as Flora Bosch
- Brenda Currin as Francine the Landlady
Themes
- new york city
- monster
- police
- shower
- mutant
- gore
- toxic
- decapitation
- zombie
- cannibal
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Key facts
- Film.name
- C.H.U.D.
- Film.director
- Douglas Cheek
- Film.image
- CHUD poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.producer
- Andrew Bonime
- Film.screenplay
- Parnell Hall
- Film.story
- Shepard Abbott
- Film.cinematography
- Peter Stein
- Film.editing
- Claire Simpson
- Film.distributor
- New World Pictures
- Film.runtime
- 88 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $1.25 million
- Film.gross
- $4.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 418534
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- publication date
- 1986-09-18
- title
- C.H.U.D.
- review score
- 40%
- capital cost
- 1250000
- box office
- 4654423
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- Home media
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- Legacy
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C.H.U.D. is a 1984 American science fiction horror film directed by Douglas Cheek, produced by Andrew Bonime, and starring John Heard, Daniel Stern, and Christopher Curry in his film debut. The plot concerns a New York City police officer and a homeless shelter manager who team up to investigate a series of disappearances, and discover that the missing people have been killed by humanoid monsters that live in the sewers.
The title of the movie is an abbreviation for "cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers".