# C.H.U.D.

C.H.U.D. is a 1984 American post-apocalyptic science fiction action crime thriller film about the NYPD investigating the infestation of nuclear radiation induced mutants that inhabit the sewers and prey upon the human city residents. It was followed by the 1989 sequel C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D..
    Directed by Douglas Cheek and written by Parnell Hall, Shepard Abbott and Christopher Curry.

## Captain Bosch

* Are you kidding? Your guy's got a camera. Mine's got a flamethrower.

## Murphy

* You must be a pretty important fella, fella.

## A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd

* [Growing tired of Bosch's evasive answers] It doesn't wash, Bosch.

## Coroner

* [Uncovering a C.H.U.D] There's every indication this once was human. It's dressed in the rags of a Bowery bum.

## Mrs. Monroe

* Cooper, you son of a bitch. I'm in jail. I only get one phone call. You think I wanna waste it talking to some goddamn fucking machine?

## Dialogue

    A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: N-R-C. You know what this is? This thing detects accumulated radiation. They wear these things in nuclear power plants.
    Captain Bosch: How do you know that?
    A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: I used to be a nuclear physicist... [Bosch glares at him incredulously] I saw it on TV.
    A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: What are you trying to hide?... You saw it. You saw the monster!
    Wilson: Is that what you're going to tell the papers? That you're afraid of monsters?
    A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: That's exactly what I'm gonna tell them if you don't fill me in.
    A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: You Cooper?
    George Cooper: Yeah.
    A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: You all right?
    George Cooper: Who are you?
    A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: I run the soup kitchen.
    George Cooper: On Kenmann.
    A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: Right... right. This is crazy. C'mon.
    George Cooper: Thank God they deliver.
    Val: Gog... and Magog.
    Captain Bosch: Yeah... well... uh, Val, I understand you used to live underground. What made you change your mind?
    Val: On each side of the throne there are four living creatures filled with eyes in front *and* behind.
    Captain Bosch: Creatures? Talking about your friends? They still down there?
    Val: I know your work. You go by the name of being alive and you are dead.
    Captain Bosch: Now listen, pal...
    Val: [Whips out a big knife and Bosch jumps back, startled] They have the power to shut the sky. [Quivering] They have the power to shut the sky.
    Mrs. Monroe: [To the police returning her bags after interrogation] How do I know you didn't take anything?
    Officer Crespi: How do I know you didn't give us anything?

## Cast

* John Heard - George Cooper
* Daniel Stern - A.J. "The Reverend" Shepherd
* Christopher Curry - Captain Bosch
* Kim Greist - Lauren Daniels
* J.C. Quinn - Murphy
* Michael O'Hare - Officer Fuller
* Peter Michael Goetz - Gramps
* Sam McMurray - Officer Crespi
* Frankie R. Faison - Sgt. Parker
* John Goodman - Diner cop
* Jay Thomas - Diner cop
* Hallie Foote - Waitress
* Graham Beckel - Val
* Jon Polito - Newscaster
* George Martin - Wilson
* John Bedford Lloyd - Shadow
* Laure Mattos - Flora Bosch
* Cordis Heard - Cop
* Wayne Brown - CHUD

## Taglines

* Cannibalistic. Humanoid. Underground. Dwellers.
* Ugly. Slobbering. Ferocious. Carnivorous.
* You Won't Want To Know What It Means.
* A recent article in a New York newspaper reported that there were large colonies of people living under the city... The paper was incorrect. What is living under the city is not human. C.H.U.D. is under the city.

## External links

* C.H.U.D. quotes at the Internet Movie Database