That was an excellent one.

Gripping story with well-crafted characters

A Disappointing Continuation

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

The best things about monster movie C.H.U.D. were the creepy critters - all rubbery claws, snaggle fangs and glowing eyes - and the juicy gore (at least in the Director's Cut). C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud does away with the creatures, the C.H.U.D now resembling bargain basement zombies with painted faces and joke-store teeth; it also replaces the blood and guts with terrible '80s comedy, making this a serious contender for worst sequel in horror history (yes, even worse than Return of the Living Dead Part II).Brian Robbins stars as obnoxious student Steve Williams, who accidentally loses the cadaver intended for his biology class. So what does he do? He convinces his pal Kevin (Bill Calvert) to help him steal a replacement body from the Winterhaven Disease Control Centre. What the lads don't realise is that their new stiff is actually a frozen C.H.U.D. called Bud (played by Gerrit Graham), the result of a military project to create reanimated super-soldiers who just happen to have cannibalistic tendencies.A really dumb script full of lame humour and dreadful performances all round (Robert Vaughn giving a career worst as military top brass Colonel Masters) go to ensure that this film is utterly cringeworthy from start to finish. Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund, has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo as Man in Trenchcoat Walking with Trick-or-Treaters; and he's the best thing about the whole sorry mess.1.5 out of 10, rounded down to 1 for the dancing zombies and the killer poodle.

Breaking into a secure facility, a group of teens thinking they've stolen a body for their science class inadvertently steal the body of a cannibalistic mutant who gets loose within the town and must team up with the military to stop the creatures from overrunning the streets.For the most part this one here was quite the fun and enjoyable cheesy effort. What makes this one work here is the fact that it is so cheesy and silly yet still manages to maintain a rather solid horror atmosphere when it really matters. Some of the comedy here, from the retrieval of the body and it's reanimation at their house where he stumbles around against their knowledge, the attack on the dancer in her house and the way he goes about collecting the bodies of others around town against the notice of the authorities who are right behind him give this the kind of enjoyably goofy and silly atmosphere here that was prevalent in that time-frame of films. As well, the scenes of the crowded horde swarming after the trick-or-treaters or crashing the Halloween dance to spring attacks on the unsuspecting partiers makes for some more goofy, cheesy antics throughout here and really just wrap this whole film up in the kind of non-serious attitude that makes it so much fun. This screwball humor is enough to help make the film quite a fun, fast-paced time as there's quite a lot of action to be had here as well due to their zombie-like behavior there's also a really high body-count in here which is another plus, and is something that comes about through it's constant series of scenes featuring them swarming onto their victims. Likewise, the finale in the school is also a great action scene with some pretty unique ideas playing in a really creative idea about ending their campaign which is cheesy good fun and certainly done with a cheesy tone to it. These here make this one pretty good as there's not a whole lot here that's actually off. Most of what's wrong with this falls into the category of it's cheesiness. The film in no way is anything other than a giant cheese-fest, and by featuring so many humorous or just plain corny scenes, it leaves this as a really fright-free film. It has no scares at all, and tension and suspense are shuffled aside to make way for jokes. That lessens the film somewhat, as there's potential here with the way it plays out but it's just way too much to the comedy side to really bring it back to the horror side. That also explains the film's other big problem, as even though there's a really big body count there's almost no gore whatsoever. It's not even a really bloody film, as there's a few scenes where an attack victim has a bloody wound or produces a mild splatter, but that's the extent of it's bloody thrills. With such a high body count, that's a really hard one to overlook. The rest of the film's problems aren't that bad, as these are the main ones.Rated R: Violence and some Language.

I would like to make an addition to this movie's tagline. It currently just states: "Their first mistake was stealing a corpse... Their second mistake was waking him up." Can we please add: "The third and biggest mistake anyone can ever make is to watch this giant pile of stinking movie rubbish!" I'm a big fan of the original "C.H.U.D" and consider it to be a modest and sadly overlooked cult gem of 80's horror. The sequel, however, I only consider to be a hugely irrelevant, imbecilic and redundant piece of crap. And it's not because I'm taking it too seriously or because I don't have a sense of humor… It's because the script of this supposedly light-headed and tongue-in-cheek horror comedy sequel is the complete opposite of funny. Part two has absolutely nothing in common with the cool original, which dealt with mutated creatures prowling the sewers of Soho, and should never have been associated with it. There's only one C.H.U.D left alive and the sleazy military colonel Masters orders to freeze the body, hoping that one day he can generate a race of indestructible zombie soldiers based on its capacities. Two dim-witted high school students snitch the body from a research lab and, moreover, accidentally bring it back to life at their house. The creature, moronically nicknamed Bud, wanders off into town where he infects a big number of unsuspecting civilians. I honestly don't want to waste too much time on reviewing "C.H.U.D II"… The humor is infantile, the characters are insufferable and the complete absence of blood is unforgivable. Lead star Brian Robbins truly irritated the hell out of me, what with his bizarre looking mouth and stupid grimaces, and even veteran actor Robert Vaughn couldn't bring a positive touch. In all honesty I even have to admit that I didn't manage to finish my viewing, and that really doesn't happen to me all that often. Totally ridiculous and retarded movie.

All i can say about this title is they obviously never saw the original film. The story is gone letting it run with a night of the living dead wannabe comedy routine done 80s style. And thats its one redeeming factor. the comedy. If you like slapstick horror then go ahead and check it out. if you are looking for something more serious i highly recommend you pass this one over. The overall suffering of this film is a lack of a well written script. If you are a fan of the first one i recommend you avoid this one. It will only disappoint you. The closest i can come to a compliment is how the film was shot. Granted i saw a full screen version of the film so the screen composition is a little different. Z