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Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Squirm
SQUIRM is a movie written and directed by Jeff Lieberman in 1976.

A violent storm hits a small Georgia town. As the fallen electric pylons keep discharging electricity in the soil, the local worms become completely mad and start attacking humans.

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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%



Time/Era of Movie: - 1960's-1970's
Disaster, Natural/Nuclear Yes
Kind of disaster: - bug/animal attacks

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - red
Hair style - short/standard straight (man)
Body type - average (man)
Unclothed? - Chest
Events of movie makes character more... - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - red
Hair style - (woman) long straight
Body type - average (woman)
Unclothed? - chest
How much in movie? - 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - bug
Has special powers? Yes

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South
Forest? Yes
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - dumb rednecks, like Gomer Pyle

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel... - in awe
How many deaths in film? - 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - seeing breasts
Unusual forms of death - eaten
Any profanity? - None
Lot of special effects? Yes
Kinds of F/X - nasty human transformations
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