C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.

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C.H.U.D II: Bud the C.H.U.D.
UK DVD cover for C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.
Directed by	David Irving
Produced by	Jonathan D. Krane
Written by	M. Kane Jeeves
Starring	Brian Robbins Bill Calvert Tricia Leigh Fisher Gerrit Graham Robert Vaughn Larry Cedar Bianca Jagger Larry Linville Judd Omen Jack Riley Sandra Kerns June Lockhart Norman Fell Priscilla Pointer
Music by	Nicholas Pike
Cinematography	Arnie Sirlin
Editing by	Barbara Pokras
Distributed by	Lightning Pictures
Release date(s)	September 27, 1989 (USA)
Running time	84 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	Unknown
Gross revenue	Unknown
Preceded by	C.H.U.D.
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For other uses, see CHUD.

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. is a 1989 horror-comedy film. It is a loose sequel to C.H.U.D., mostly in name though the ties do carry on into dialogue and plot. As in the first film, C.H.U.D stands for "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller", but the alternative acronym (Contamination Hazard Urban Disposal) is not carried over.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Controversy
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Plot

At the start of the film, the US Government has ordered a branch of the US Military to discontinue tests concerning "the C.H.U.D. project", which is built around the idea that enzymes taken from the sewer dwelling creatures from C.H.U.D. can make hyper-effective killing machines in the army. For reasons that are unclear even to those who watch the film, the last specimen of the experiment (BUD the C.H.U.D.) is hidden away in a Centre for Disease Control in a small American town, where a trio of bumbling teenagers accidentally steal and reawaken him. Bud escapes and begins to forge an army of C.H.U.Ds while harbouring a deep love for Katie.

[edit] Cast

Brian Robbins as Steve Williams
Bill Calvert as Kevin
Tricia Leigh Fisher as Katie
Gerrit Graham as Bud Oliver, a.k.a. Bud the C.H.U.D.
Robert Vaughn as Colonel Masters
Larry Cedar as Graves
Bianca Jagger as Velma
Larry Linville as Dr. Jewell
Jack Riley as Wado
Sandra Kerns as Melissa
June Lockhart as Gracie
Norman Fell as Tyler
Rich Hall as Stan
Robert Symonds as Proctor
Priscilla Pointer as Dr. Berlin
Marvin J. McIntyre as a farmer
Ritch Shydner as the mailman
Clive Revill as Dr. Kellaway

And an uncredited cameo by Robert Englund

[edit] Controversy

The film only has the most tenuous of ties with its predecessor, despite both the title and poster, which depicts creatures from the first film climbing out of the sewers. The tone and intent of the film is completely different. Unlike the serious, 1950s tone of the original, C.H.U.D. II actually bears much more of a resemblance to the horror comedy mix of the Return of the Living Dead series, but instead of zombies shouting "brains", in C.H.U.D. II it is simply "Meat!".

The character of "BUD", a former soldier turned dead flesh-eater/killing machine being domesticated by the army, is an apparent parody of "Bub" from George A. Romero's Day of the Dead.