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I actually dig the song AND the movie, it just needed a different name, they "Troll 2'd" it. It's basically a protoype My Boyfriend's Back, and Gerrit Graham is always awesome.
well, considering there was gas flooded into the sewer, it wasn't much of a stretch to believe that the engine created a spark that would set off the gas flooded sewer. I'm just wondering how much of the sewer exploded!
Especially in New York. Hell, they had the CHUDs, an ancient god, and a several story tall marshmallow titan. Granted, LA DID have those weird killings where all the victims were named "Sarah Connor". Wonder if they ever caught that guy.
I remember seeing C.H.U.D. in the early 90s while leaving a flea market at the mall on a Sunday afternoon (when there wasn't Sunday shopping at the time, so the mall hosted a flea market every Sunday), and I almost bought it for the $2 asking price, but passed. I've been wanting to watch it ever since.
C.H.U.D was a movie I was always intrigued by, the cover itself has burned into my brain from early childhood! When I finally watched it about 10 years ago, I couldn't go but "WTF! He's in this?!" after seeing every single name in the opening credits. It wasn't that good, but it least I crossed something off my bucket list by watching it.
Chud 2 was like if Return of The Living Dead had a baby with Weekend at Bernie's. It's all fun and games when your boss comes back to life every time the music plays.
CHUD is a genuinely enjoyable 80s monster movie, but CHUD 2 is the first “so bad it’s good” movies that many millennials ever experienced. Hence why I have both on laserdisc.
First C.H.U.D movie is a respectable if not great flic. As silly as it could've been, the premise is treated seriously enough that you can't help but take it seriously yourself. The presentation and sets are tops notch too.
C.H.U.D. holds a special place in my heart. For my entire childhood going to the movie rental store I would walk by the C.H.U.D. VHS box and the image haunted my nightmares. Only exacerbated by King's It. As an adult decades later I finally watched the movie to face my childhood fears. Good lord is it corny! Just a wonderful resolution to it all.
*C.H.U.D.* is one of the rare examples of studio meddling making the movie better. This is one of those films I grew up on, along with *Twice Upon a Time* and *The Terminator,* as those were films my best friend at the time would play at his house whenever I went over (in other words, movies I could _never_ see at home due to.. mom). When I watched the Anchor Bay release about 15 years later, it was the Director's Cut. While it might make more linear sense, the pace was noticeably slower and made the movie boring. I rewatched the Theatrical Cut and that little change of editing made the movie so much better. Not only did they move the Diner Attack to the end (to end on a zinger) but there were little bits of humor thrown in (you can hear a voice on the other end of the phone when the grandfather gets it and leaves his niece in the phone booth; the second time is when Kim Griest leans out the window yelling for help you hear someone yell back "GHOSTBUSTERS!") I realized that those little bits of humor "reset" the horror meter and lightened the mood "just enough". Without them and the extra runtime, it was like you were always stuck in 3rd gear and it became noticeable. So if you look for it, look for the Theatrical version.
That copy of Bolero has been in the snob jacket for over ten years. Now, it's been referenced so many times now that I actually watched the movie purely out of curiosity, and I'm looking forward to it finally getting the Snob treatment.
IMDB says that the script was originally a Return of The Living Dead sequel, which makes sense since the chuds are pretty much zombies in this one, now that i think about it i always found the film quite similar to ROTLD2
I am 54 years old nowadays and Got To See CHUD 1 in Theaters way back then. (: For Free To Thanks To A Projectionist Freind Who Knew That Theaters Projectionist.
I wish I knew how rare it was at the time but early in my career I got Ed Naha to give me an interview. I did get him to address the Harry Potter name use in Trolls which was fun. He sent me his novelization of RoboCop and signed it to me, its one of my prized possessions.
The original CHUD was one of those movies i saw on TV as a kid, but could never remember what the name was. I just remembered it taking place in the sewers and being about monsters. It wasn't until comcast and their on-demand movies, that i started just going through anything that sounded interesting. Wouldn't ya know it, i found CHUD.
It's on Tubi if you live in the US but in all honesty the movie is pretty boring and tame for the most part. The second one, as bad as it is, is much more entertaining and fun
10:39 anyone want to mention how _jacked_ those *It's Alive!* babies were? 11:48 so where is Dennis the Menace? Holy.. is that what the CHUDs are supposed to be?! 34:57 Bowser Burger?
42:50 when I was a teenager I could swear I watched _C.H.U.D. II Bud the Chud_ and after it a sequel during a Zombie marathon on Space... but it was probably just one of the Return of the Living Dead sequels that I got mixed-up
"This is the most Larry Cohen movie Larry Cohen had nothing to do with" that's so really true. I knew before watching the film that the C.H.U.D.s where actually mutated homeless but I expected it to be only the act-3 reveal of an standard monster movie, but instead is more of a conspiracy thriller with Morlocks in it, which makes the sequel being a teen comedy even more random... I love both movies still
Sadly this is the only movie with John Heard and Daniel Stern. I wish another one would exists. Maybe christmas related and with the Kid from the Movie My Girl.
As professional radiation safety, watching this was a kind of hilarious ride. The last thing I expected to see? A character working for the NRC. What the hell?
C.H.U.D. is my all-time favorite movie. I saw this in the movies as a 6 years old 40 years ago. I have the vhs, dvd and Blu Ray and the book C.H.U.D Lives (cancel out chud 2)
You mention Jack Riley aka Stu Pickles been in CHUD 2 but did you know Michael Bell who played his brother Drew Pickles and Charles Finster is in the film too.
I always saw the C.H.U.Ds in the first movie as what I call the Morlocks of the 1980s as they are quite similar in terms of being humanoid monsters living underground and have glowing eyes.
I loved CHUD so much i gave them a cameo on a story i wrote years ago. Was delighted some people recognized it. And they wasted the great Clive Revill as a generic doctor in the sequel. Morons.
A. RIP Bob Newhart. B. Ed Naha?!?! My encyclopedic horror encyclopedia (Horror: From Screen to Scream, 1974) was writ by Ed Naha. Okay, granted, 1974 means he missed the entire 80s, but I forgive him for that. His coverage was epic. For “From Hell It Came” for instance, he said “And to Hell it can go.” Epic. C. Gerritt Graham’s greatest zombie-esque performance, imho, was Beef.
I saw CHUD 2 around 2000 and didnt see CHUD until around 2010, probably through the late Chiller network. Theyve got nothing in common but the title. Chud II is a zombie-comedy. CHUD is a great film. It perfectly fits the reputation of New York in the 70s and 80s. Italy made plenty of horror films about New York, alot of which this channel has already covered. I don't hate CHUD 2, in fact it practically being a pg-13 with much less blood and gore means you can show it to anyone.
The cover of your book would be a perfect backdrop for “Two Suns In The Sunset” - Pink Floyd despite The Final Cut album being released in 1983 instead of 1986.
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I hope little jack has a fabulous day & week Brad. ♥️
16:59- This just in from the Corrections Department: The title is Don’t Go in the Woods ALONE, not AGAIN.
Have you guys thought about coming to Texas for any cons
So the guy on the street was actually calling me a cult 1980s horror series?
yes, strong sad. you are the chuddiest chud to ever chud
Bud the Chud's song is such a banger 🤘
I actually like that movie.
I actually dig the song AND the movie, it just needed a different name, they "Troll 2'd" it.
It's basically a protoype My Boyfriend's Back, and Gerrit Graham is always awesome.
Whoever's idea it was needs a promotion.
The first C.H.U.D. film has a crazy cast.
Really creepy and eerie soundtrack too, by the way, Fiend Club for life.
I was looking if he did part 1 sadly he didn’t
I laughed so hard when the truck exploded from a love tap. It's like that unstable robot on Futurama.
Malfunctioning Eddie! A tribute to "Crazy Eddie."
well, considering there was gas flooded into the sewer, it wasn't much of a stretch to believe that the engine created a spark that would set off the gas flooded sewer. I'm just wondering how much of the sewer exploded!
@@TheRealNormanBatesI agree! That explosion was definitely earned.
“The doctor tells me you’re making progress.”
“Well, the way I see it-“ *BOOM!!!*
A cameo from Elvira in CHUD2 was definitely a missed opportunity
Man, living in the cities was crazy in the 80s between the CHUDs in New York & the Syngenors in Los Angeles.
Especially in New York. Hell, they had the CHUDs, an ancient god, and a several story tall marshmallow titan.
Granted, LA DID have those weird killings where all the victims were named "Sarah Connor". Wonder if they ever caught that guy.
@@nicksrandomreviews
From what I heard, they did catch the guy but then he kept coming back to increasingly diminishing returns. Very sad case.
I remember seeing C.H.U.D. in the early 90s while leaving a flea market at the mall on a Sunday afternoon (when there wasn't Sunday shopping at the time, so the mall hosted a flea market every Sunday), and I almost bought it for the $2 asking price, but passed. I've been wanting to watch it ever since.
1:03 Hey. It's the guy from Corridor Crew!
13:11 Dodson. Dodson! We've got Dodson here!
🎵 You can dance in the sewer
You can leave your shoe behind 🎵
Because the CHUD's don't dance, and if they don't dance, then they're no CHUD's of mine!
@@louisduarte8763 Say, we can eat who we want to, and can watch our MTV! We can eat the neighbor's dog next door, and it's alright with me!
C.H.U.D was a movie I was always intrigued by, the cover itself has burned into my brain from early childhood! When I finally watched it about 10 years ago, I couldn't go but "WTF! He's in this?!" after seeing every single name in the opening credits. It wasn't that good, but it least I crossed something off my bucket list by watching it.
The tonal whiplash between the 2 CHUDS is what makes them so special & unique
Chud 2 was like if Return of The Living Dead had a baby with Weekend at Bernie's.
It's all fun and games when your boss comes back to life every time the music plays.
"This CHUDs for you." is my new favorite line:)
The first C.H.U.D. is so wonderfully dirty, you don't see that in a lot of movies. Thanks Snob!
I first learned of these movies from this 80s dude called Dan. He passed from McDLT poisoning rip
Wtf is McDLT
Failed McDonald's sandwich lol
No, it was from drug withdrawal while searching for his friend smitty
Worth it
CHUD is a genuinely enjoyable 80s monster movie, but CHUD 2 is the first “so bad it’s good” movies that many millennials ever experienced.
Hence why I have both on laserdisc.
CHUD II feels like it was made by people who saw C.H.U.D. in a video rental store at one point and just assumed it was a parody based off the cover.
At last! We're getting Bolero next time! John Derek movies were among Snob's funniest episodes with me.
12:55 You have no idea how happy I was to see the return of the Bushwhacked joke.
First C.H.U.D movie is a respectable if not great flic. As silly as it could've been, the premise is treated seriously enough that you can't help but take it seriously yourself. The presentation and sets are tops notch too.
This was a legit, "Ride my bike down to the Family Video with some allowance on the weekend." movie. Rented it a few times when I was a kid.
Hahaha genuinely surprised we made it a full 13 minutes without the "bushwhacked" stinger 🤣🤣🤣 All the best, Brad, keep up the great work!
CHUD feels like a Home Alone Prequel 😂 seeing Kevin's Dad & Marv
I kinda wish The mom from Home Alone was in Chud
I feel that is what Marve did before he went insane and resorted to a life of crime.
C.H.U.D. holds a special place in my heart. For my entire childhood going to the movie rental store I would walk by the C.H.U.D. VHS box and the image haunted my nightmares. Only exacerbated by King's It. As an adult decades later I finally watched the movie to face my childhood fears. Good lord is it corny! Just a wonderful resolution to it all.
The directors commentary with cheek and stern is absolutely hilarious, my favorite commentary track ever.
Its a big-lipped alligator moment!
*C.H.U.D.* is one of the rare examples of studio meddling making the movie better. This is one of those films I grew up on, along with *Twice Upon a Time* and *The Terminator,* as those were films my best friend at the time would play at his house whenever I went over (in other words, movies I could _never_ see at home due to.. mom). When I watched the Anchor Bay release about 15 years later, it was the Director's Cut. While it might make more linear sense, the pace was noticeably slower and made the movie boring. I rewatched the Theatrical Cut and that little change of editing made the movie so much better.
Not only did they move the Diner Attack to the end (to end on a zinger) but there were little bits of humor thrown in (you can hear a voice on the other end of the phone when the grandfather gets it and leaves his niece in the phone booth; the second time is when Kim Griest leans out the window yelling for help you hear someone yell back "GHOSTBUSTERS!") I realized that those little bits of humor "reset" the horror meter and lightened the mood "just enough". Without them and the extra runtime, it was like you were always stuck in 3rd gear and it became noticeable.
So if you look for it, look for the Theatrical version.
13:10 BUSH-WHACKED!
20:20 How do cops lose against CHUD's? They have guns! Surely radioactive waste didn't also make them bulletproof!
'Wow! What A hole!'
I recall some 80's guy talking about Bud the Chud. He had some killer dance moves and amazing coke...wonder what he's up to now?
That copy of Bolero has been in the snob jacket for over ten years. Now, it's been referenced so many times now that I actually watched the movie purely out of curiosity, and I'm looking forward to it finally getting the Snob treatment.
IMDB says that the script was originally a Return of The Living Dead sequel, which makes sense since the chuds are pretty much zombies in this one, now that i think about it i always found the film quite similar to ROTLD2
Except CHUD came out one year before.
I am 54 years old nowadays and Got To See CHUD 1 in Theaters way back then. (: For Free To Thanks To A Projectionist Freind Who Knew That Theaters Projectionist.
I wish I knew how rare it was at the time but early in my career I got Ed Naha to give me an interview. I did get him to address the Harry Potter name use in Trolls which was fun. He sent me his novelization of RoboCop and signed it to me, its one of my prized possessions.
Any chance Brad gets, he will keep bringing up the rat people... I love that running gag that never ends!
I need to see C.H.U.D. someday!
It's on Tubi
I do have that C.H.U.D. book added to my collection of digital books and comics.
BUSHWACKED FEVER BABYYYYYY!!!!!!
AAAAAOOOOOOOOOGAAAAAAAAAAAAH!'
I’m legitimately shocked Brad didn’t make a Sniglet reference when Rich Hall appeared as the customer at the barbershop (34:19).
This snob episode should have started with the classic opening theme
Which one? Goodbye blues?
@@el-kiote Most likely, The greatest american hero opening theme.
The original CHUD was one of those movies i saw on TV as a kid, but could never remember what the name was. I just remembered it taking place in the sewers and being about monsters. It wasn't until comcast and their on-demand movies, that i started just going through anything that sounded interesting. Wouldn't ya know it, i found CHUD.
I've heard of this movie for most of my life. I can't believe I havent watched it. Guess i gotta rectify that.
It's on Tubi if you live in the US but in all honesty the movie is pretty boring and tame for the most part. The second one, as bad as it is, is much more entertaining and fun
"the film also provides commentary on how the news and police force handled the situation at the time": it really hasn't changed much now sadly.
10:39 anyone want to mention how _jacked_ those *It's Alive!* babies were?
11:48 so where is Dennis the Menace? Holy.. is that what the CHUDs are supposed to be?!
34:57 Bowser Burger?
42:50 when I was a teenager I could swear I watched _C.H.U.D. II Bud the Chud_ and after it a sequel during a Zombie marathon on Space... but it was probably just one of the Return of the Living Dead sequels that I got mixed-up
I had no idea that C.H.U.D.2 was a thing. I can't believe I missed this.
Marv and Mr. McCallister teaming up against cannibals? That's the wackiest thing I ever hoid.
'My, how the tables have turned.'
"This is the most Larry Cohen movie Larry Cohen had nothing to do with" that's so really true. I knew before watching the film that the C.H.U.D.s where actually mutated homeless but I expected it to be only the act-3 reveal of an standard monster movie, but instead is more of a conspiracy thriller with Morlocks in it, which makes the sequel being a teen comedy even more random... I love both movies still
16:14 Ah, happy memories.
Wow, this movie had an all star cast.
Sadly this is the only movie with John Heard and Daniel Stern. I wish another one would exists. Maybe christmas related and with the Kid from the Movie My Girl.
and maybe a sequel thats has Tim Curry in it and its in NYC
Yes but would it even be as fun without the CHUDs?
37:05 There was a Halloween Dance Sign at the start of the movoie under the Winterhaven Sign.
*C.H.U.D. drinking game: Take a drink or a shot every time the name "Bosch" is mentioned. Especially by Daniel Stern's Character!* 😅
C.H.U.D., the film every '80s kid longed to see solely because the poster was so rad. Then we saw it, and that happened.
Always ready for new vid from snob 😂
Awesome👏🏻😎🤩Double Features!
Awwww hells yes! RIP Jay Thomas - taken far, far too soon
As professional radiation safety, watching this was a kind of hilarious ride. The last thing I expected to see? A character working for the NRC. What the hell?
I miss the days when a movie's poster also doubled as it's opening text crawl.
Love C.H.U.D.s eerie atmosphere. Creepy New York is the best.
7:38 WHOA!
No small parts,
only small actors, right?😮
C.H.U.D. is my all-time favorite movie. I saw this in the movies as a 6 years old 40 years ago. I have the vhs, dvd and Blu Ray and the book C.H.U.D Lives (cancel out chud 2)
CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY
And when I saw Brad had uploaded TWO Chud reviews? SO DID I.
@@mrmusickhimself lmao
It has Stu Pickles and Chaz Finster
Though I grew up on the sequel, the first movie gave me nightmares. I also dreamed about the sequel, but they were always fun, action-packed dreams. 😂
You mention Jack Riley aka Stu Pickles been in CHUD 2 but did you know Michael Bell who played his brother Drew Pickles and Charles Finster is in the film too.
I love this channel.
I love this movie more than I should ❤
I'm surprised there wasn't a 80's dan reference in there somewhere
Wait a second, CHUD 2 was produced by Lawrence Kasanoff? The guy behind Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and Foodfight?
That explains a lot.
lol I just bought the soundtrack on vinyl over the weekend before this video came out :)
I love the 1st CHUD!!!
I wonder if bud the chud could have been an alternate universe version of Day Of The Dead
I always saw the C.H.U.Ds in the first movie as what I call the Morlocks of the 1980s as they are quite similar in terms of being humanoid monsters living underground and have glowing eyes.
Was it wrong that I saw CHUD 2 first before the original movie?
Damn You, Childhood! I had it all wrong.
No, no, don't get upset! Just think of the first one as a prequel! There's no wrong way to watch CHUDs!
I loved CHUD so much i gave them a cameo on a story i wrote years ago. Was delighted some people recognized it.
And they wasted the great Clive Revill as a generic doctor in the sequel. Morons.
I consider them as Alien and Aliens, different style movies but both are totally fun to watch!
was that Rich Hall in the barber chair at 34:19?
BUD the C.H.U.D.
BUD the C.H.U.D.
BUD the C.H.U.D.
I'm a walking
I'm a talking
I'm a stalking....
Cool video as always Snob 💯
Need to get the Bushwhacked era Snob back. Angry Snob 4 Life
34:20 is that Rich Hall getting a hair cut??
A. RIP Bob Newhart.
B. Ed Naha?!?! My encyclopedic horror encyclopedia (Horror: From Screen to Scream, 1974) was writ by Ed Naha.
Okay, granted, 1974 means he missed the entire 80s, but I forgive him for that.
His coverage was epic. For “From Hell It Came” for instance, he said “And to Hell it can go.”
Epic.
C. Gerritt Graham’s greatest zombie-esque performance, imho, was Beef.
They Live, man. I seen 'em in PDX.
I saw CHUD 2 around 2000 and didnt see CHUD until around 2010, probably through the late Chiller network.
Theyve got nothing in common but the title. Chud II is a zombie-comedy.
CHUD is a great film. It perfectly fits the reputation of New York in the 70s and 80s. Italy made plenty of horror films about New York, alot of which this channel has already covered.
I don't hate CHUD 2, in fact it practically being a pg-13 with much less blood and gore means you can show it to anyone.
29:50 HOLD UP. There's a dude with the real name of Anthony Stark?!
Solid actor. Been in stuff from James Bond to The Flash.
I’m a little disappointed Jason didn’t fight the C.H.U.D.’s in Jason takes Manhattan lol
How I first heard of chud 2 was in you’re 80s Dan video
11:21 ...I'm gonna assume that action figure is Belker.
Hey that's the fella from Fight Club!
The one with ice cold balls!
Chud sounds like a drink from a 7-11. 🤣
Dammit, I miss 80s Dan.
The cover of your book would be a perfect backdrop for “Two Suns In The Sunset” - Pink Floyd despite The Final Cut album being released in 1983 instead of 1986.
I see several Law and Order character actors from the first film.
42:45 Law & Chud by Dick Wolf
That girl with the pixie cut at about 5:30 could get it
RIP Bob Newhart.
Oh hell yeah
Hell yeah!
I'm surprised you didn't call out Rich Hall, in the barber's chair (C.H.U.D. II). He was a bit of a big (ish) deal in the comedy scene in the '80s.