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Actors: Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R. A. Dow, Peter MacLean
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Squirm |
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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.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Squirm |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
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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