Review of Grabbers (2012) by Piers C — 03 Nov 2014

A small Island village in Ireland is under attack as sea monsters begin picking off local fisherman one by one. Soon the Garda's discover The bloodsucking sea creatures are allergic to alcohol and the villagers happily gets piss drunk. But does this small Irish town have enough booze to stop the tentacled leviathan?

This is a wonderfully cheeky movie that knows what it is and plays up the campiness of the concept with great characters. Like Slither before it, this fun creature invasion is a horror-comedy of the best kind. The title & marketing makes it look cheap and stupid, however don't let the crappy poster fool you, this is an enjoyable watch. The celtic vistas are beautiful, and there are a handful of great actors involved delivering some great bits including an ode to the classic Sigorney Weaver line "Get away from her you bitch!".

Accents are a little 'tick' so you may have to turn on the subtitles to get the colourful feckin' jokes.