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    C.H.U.D (1984)

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    The main characters include an evil federal bureaucrat (George Martin), a police chief (Christopher Curry), a wild-eyed dope-smoking ex-con hippie soup kitchen proprietor (Daniel Stern) and a bunch of 7-foot purple and green guys with glowing eyes and no noses – the C.H.U.D. (the acronym stands for “Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers”).

    The C.H.U.D. creep through the New York sewers and emerge from manholes in the SoHo section of Manhattan and feed on innocent passersby.

    C.H.U.D also stands for Contaminated Hazard Urban Disposal. When new York City prohibited hazardous waste from being transported through the city, the feds began to store drums of deadly contaminated and radioactive waste in sewers and subway tunnels where homeless people found the stuff in the drums, and it made them all big and slimy and mean.

    John Heard co-stars as slovenly freelance fashion photographer George Cooper (pictured above), who – in search of “relevance” and “integrity” – ventures underground to photograph homeless people . . .

    With such subject matter, the film is obviously not without humour: Besieged by C.H.U.D. at one point, Cooper’s live-in model Lauren Daniels (Kim Greist) screams from a third-floor window. “Somebody help me” and someone in the street suggests she call Ghostbusters.

    Possibly the first film to see NYPD officers issued with flamethrowers – so they can defend themselves against the dastardly Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

    George Cooper
    John Heard
    A.J. ‘The Reverend’ Shepherd
    Daniel Stern
    Captain Bosch
    Christopher Curry
    Lauren Daniels
    Kim Greist
    Flora Bosch
    Laure Mattos
    Francine the Landlady
    Brenda Currin
    Justin
    Justin Hall
    Fuller
    Michael O’Hare
    Officer Sanderson
    Cordis Heard
    Hays
    Vic Polizos
    Chief O’Brien
    Eddie Jones
    Officer Crespi
    Sam McMurray
    Interrogation Cop
    Frank Adu
    Mrs Monroe
    Ruth Maleczech
    Murphy
    J.C. Quinn
    Ad Woman
    Patricia Richardson
    Ad Man
    Ray Baker
    Doris
    Beverly Bentley
    Val
    Graham Beckel
    Jackson
    Gene O’Neill
    Hugo
    Rocco Siclari
    Victor
    Bill Raymond
    Gramps
    Peter Michael Goetz
    Cindy
    Shana Lee Farrell
    Commissioner
    John Ramsey
    Wilson
    George Martin
    Shadow Man
    John Bedford Lloyd
    Coroner
    Henry Yuk
    Benson
    Robert Toupin
    Sgt. Parker
    Frankie Faison
    Gooney NRC Man
    Ivar Brogger
    Judson
    Parnell Hall
    Newscaster
    Jon Polito
    CHUDs
    Lou Leccese
    Sanford Clark
    James Dudley
    Carey Eidel

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    Douglas Cheek

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