![]() Gross closeups of the actors' mouths chewing disgusting food with live worms wriggling out of their choppers will no doubt amaze the younger patrons while striking adults as a new variant of pornography. ![]() Key requirement for main roles (including Robins') is a willingness to chomp real worms on camera. Supporting cast looks like people randomly recruited off the street, and they are encouraged to shout their inane dialog in an hilarious attempt at "acting". Though pic has a "serious theme" and much attempted pathos, Robins goes for intentional silliness, playing a poor man's Mel Brooks who sings and talks to his beloved worms (each with a pet name) while cracking Borscht Belt jokes. Just as his dad had been cheated years before, Umgar is target of a real estate scheme whereby his land will be condemned by the city to make way for condominiums. Robins portrays Hermann Umgar, a club-footed worm breeder living near Lake Melnick. Wood Jr., but his film has enough outrageous laughs and gross-outs to captivate a minor segment of today's younger audience. Writer-director-star Herb Robins gives every indication of working in the vein of the late exploitation movie director Edward D. Filmed in 1977 but recently picked up for distribution by Joe Gage's New American Films, "The Worm Eaters" is a grotesque horror comedy in the category of "intentionally bad" camp humor. My review was written in October 1981 after a Midtown Manhattan screening. ![]()
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