C.H.U.D. is the movie for this Sunday’s “monsterdon” watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

• Just start watching that movie this Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT, which is 2am Monday UTC
• and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
• I usually open two web browser windows on a computer side-by-side. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something…

How to watch the movie:

• someone plans to streams it on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time
• archive: https://archive.org/details/c.-h.-u.-d…-1984 (edit: fixed link)
• tubi (US, England, Canada, Australia/NZ?; uBlock Origin adblock on firefox works): https://tubitv.com/movies/480176/c-h-u-d
• if you want to pay and/or watch ads, look here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/c-h-u-d

The plot concerns a New York City police officer and a homeless shelter manager who team up to investigate a series of disappearances, and discover that the missing people have been killed by humanoid monsters that live in the sewers.

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Lawrence Van Gelder from The New York Times stated in his review for the film, “C.H.U.D. makes no pretension toward serious thesis about government or the environment. It is meant to be light commercial entertainment, and in the category of horror films it stands as a praiseworthy effort”.[10] Keith Phipps of The A.V. Club wrote, “Perfect for bleary-eyed late-night viewing and pretty much unwatchable at any other hour.”[11] Patrick Naugle of DVD Verdict called it a fun film that focuses more on entertainment than deeper issues.[12] Joshua Rothkopf of Time Out New York included it in Time Out’s list of best New York-set films, calling it “more funny than scary”.[13] Bloody Disgusting rated it 4.5/5 stars and called it “definitely one of b-movies best kept secrets”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.H.U.D.

!bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world previously discussed this movie over a year ago: https://lemmy.world/post/6703046