WORMS IN FILM

In this sci-fi horror flick, a humanoid creature made of a mix of human and alien DNA has escaped the lab where she was going to be killed. On her quest to survive, she is plagued by nightmares.

What a place to see some worms! Although this film isn't specifically worm themed, H.R. Giger lends his trademark style to the creature, and we see his hand in a strange nightmare scene.

The Thief and the Cobbler is an unfinished animated movie about a Cobbler, Tack, saving a city from destruction brought on by accident by a Thief, who shall remain unnamed. (I'm not sure how to credit when this movie is from due to an excruciatingly long and complicated production and release history.)

When a band of brigands pulls out their brigand's handbook, a small snake worms its way out. I got really excited cuz i thought this was a bookworm, but alas... it flicks its little forked tongue out.

Hollow Man is inspired by The Invisible Man, following a team of scientists working on a serum to both make things invisible, and return them to visibility. After successful animal tests, the brash lead chooses himself as the first human test subject.

Lots of violence such that it got very hard to sit through. And there weren't even any worms to make it any better. The CGI was great though.

"I thought this movie was from the 1920s-" well you're wrong buddy, this is a different movie with a nearly identical title. for some reason.

The Cabinet of Caligari is a horror drama following a woman taking refuge in the house of an eccentric man named Caligari. Her stay is filled with horrific experiences helmed by titular master of the house.

None of this has anything to do with critters.

I previously posted about this movie, and I can't believe i not only rewatched this movie but am having to reevaluate it, in a first-ever for this blog.

There are way more shots of worms (and some mealworms, not pictured) than I remembered. I would like to personally apologize to Habitat and Rene Daalder. I'm sorry i doubted you.

Basket Case is a strange low-budget horror movie about previously-conjoined twins enacting revenge on the doctors who operated on them without their permission when they were younger.

I dont really know what to say here, there were no worms here.

This classic sci-fi film follows an alien landing on earth to give humanity an important message, and the struggle he has avoiding persecution from suspicious humans.

There are no bugs in it. On the plus side, there is an iconic robot.

In this horror-rom-comedy, loner teenager Lisa becomes the unexpected friend of a reanimated corpse, helping him patch up his decayed body.

We are treated to TWO! count that TWO! earthworms, as well as TWO! centipedes. YES! I am so happy with this information.

Warner Brothers produced a series of four big Batman blockbusters in the late 80s to the 90s. And not a single one has worms in it.

A visceral coming-of-age story of a vet-in-training, raised vegetarian, who tries meat for the first time.

Lots of movies with a theme of gore tend to have shots of rotting meat with maggots (often played by mealworms), but the meat in this movie was much too fresh to foster anything squirming. Actually there were no creepy crawling critters at all.

This surreal film, while understandably controversial for its brutality, does hold some interesting filmmaking techniques, like the unexpected blending of stop-motion animation with live-action.

A late scene holds a special treat for those who have made it far enough: A small worm-like creature resting on the stairwell.

I don't remember the name of the film, but I can't look it up because it was really just a dream from the other night.

In this animated sci-fi, a humanoid helping robot washes up on a shore, eventually landing on the task of raising a baby gosling.

Fink the fox helps in the task by summoning up some beach-dwelling worms for the little guy to munch on. How kind!

Phase IV is a science-fiction movie about a couple scientists investigating a colony of unusual ants, and the warfare they experience from them. It was graphic designer Saul Bass's only feature-length film.

Nice try buddy, but this movie is about ants, not any other creepy crawly, and definitely not worms!

Habitat is a science-fiction movie following the destruction of the Earth's ozone layer, and the accident a scientist working to enhance the environment sets off: turning his house into a localized mutating forest. And of course how this affects his teenage son.

I think at around 10 minutes, Hank is looking at a worm in a jar of green fluid, but the picture quality was so bad I'm not sure...?

The Meaning of the Ritual is a song from Irish band Villagers' debut album. The lead member Conor O'Brien also made the music video for it, it looks like using sand and/or dry-erase marker.

I like the worm-like movements of the folds of the brain squirming out of the head!

^ tokin' it up lol

Dandy Dust is a surreal movie by trans filmmaker Hans Scheirl. It follows a cyborg named Dust who just got his memory stolen. She travels across planets, evading her family who is trying to capture him back. Most of the events involve sex.

While not really a worm, Dust called this mummy-like figure a glowworm. With all the wacky stuff happening in this movie, could've fooled me! Glowworms aren't actually a worm, but a larva, but i'll give a half point anyways.