C.H.U.D. II: infierno sobre la ciudad

My review was written in August 1989 after watching the movie on Vestron video cassette.

One of the least necessary of recent sequels, "Chud II" turns out worse than expected -an unfunny farce dotted with pointless cameos. Ailing Vestron is sending this one direct to video, where, reportedly, the 1984 predecessor developed a following.

Storyline by Ed Naha (hiding behind a pseudonym borrowed from W. C. Fields) has the cannibalistic ghouls of the title slated for extinction when the government cancels a research project. Gerrit Graham is the last one, nicknamed Bud, who escapes when high school students Brian Robbins and Bill Calvert steal his corpse as a replacement for their biology class experiment and accidentally reanimate him with electricity.

Everytime Bud bites somebody (human or animal) it joins him in zombie state. Soon an army of the beasts is prowling the streets of a small time. With evil military commander Robert Vaughn and his men in pursuit, th zombies naturally invade a Halloween party for film's climax.

Stupid gags are executed with poor timing by helmer David Irivng, whose mom Priscilla Pointer is part of the endless cameo role roster. Despite her high-up billing, Bianca Jagger pops in for just a few seconds at the end of the picture.

Graham's mugging as the monster is the only fun thing on view. Principal cast is bland.

I saw this movie a few years ago and I got some good laughs out of it. It's not meant to be a horror George Romero movie or anything like that...It's a funny movie about funny zombies...I mean seriously, those of you who have seen this movie how could you not laugh at the whole "MEAT!" chasing poodle scene...

Having nothing to do with the original, C.H.U.D II is a sequel in name only. Take everything you remember about the original C.H.U.D...and throw it out the window. This is more like a zombie spoof. I mean, our hero is the guy from Head of the Class and Bud the Chud gets his own theme song. So it goes without saying that this is not quite a classic. It's also incredibly ridiculous and stupid. Despite all of this, I like it. It's an enjoyable 80's horror/comedy because it's very similar to, although not nearly as good as, Night of the Creeps (which is a GREAT horror/comedy). Understand me, I'm not saying Chud II is a good movie (I've seen far better, and far worse), I'm just saying that it's definitely entertaining and delivers quite a few laughs. If you're in to camp, get chudified.

Note for genre buffs: Robert Englund walks across the screen in a minor cameo.

Well... many years ago, in all my naivety, I rented this one expecting a serious, scary and foul sequel to the original "C.H.U.D.", one of my 80's favorites (not even a guilty pleasure, mind you). After approximately 20 minutes I turned this turkey off, insulted and rather angry. It had absolutely NOTHING to do with the original (other than a very vague reference to the cannibalistic tendencies of the alleged Chuddies portrayed in this movie).

Now - the year of writing is 2007 - more than a decade later, with the right mindset and under the influence of a certain person, I decided to give this film another shot. This time determined to watched it all the way through. And, yes, it's totally retarded, but... still some fun and worth a few laughs. It's a pretty dumb horror-comedy that tries to be something like "Night Of The Creeps" or "Return Of The Living Dead, part 2". But it fails completely in being as good. If you like mind-numbingly stoopie horror-spoofs, you still might have some fun with it. Even I did, I'll admit that much. And the climax in the swimming pool was even quite amusing. But I still hold a grudge against it for nearly traumatizing me more than a decade ago. And in the end, it's not much better than, let's say, the zombieësque equivalent of an 80's slasher-spoof like "Killer Party". Hence my rating.

Well......to be honest.....I liked the movie...but I liked the first one better. Even though this one was more of a comedy than horror, it had some good taste. If you like a movie that has more comedy than horror in it, rent this one. I give this movie a 7.