- Fri Feb 06, 2015 11:22 am
#50594
So.....C.H.U.D!
Still a really fun flick, I heartily recommend a visit. My favourite thing about it has always been the setting of the NY underground system, with homeless folks living down there. I was fascinated at the time with just that subject, having read an article/book called "The Mole People" about the real phenomenon and a bit later seeing the amazing documentary Dark Days (a perfect double bill with C.H.U.D!).
Waxwork's soundtrack release should be interesting - I only really clocked around 15mins of score in the film!
What's really fun is listening to the commentary on this Anchor Bay disc. Director, writer, Heard + Stern re-united....it's an absolute riot listening to them slagging of the film and it's producer! (Stern is especially harsh on the monster design/fx...the others not so much!)
When the composer credit comes up, Stern says "Cooper Hughes.....who the hell's he?" and the director replies "Never met him!" Well it turns out that it's a composite name for two guys from OMD, Martin Cooper and David A. Hughes!
Also fun is watching out for the crazy roster of actors who appear in supporting or bit parts - John Goodman, Jon Polito, John Bedford Lloyd, Frankie Faison, George Martin......