Munchies (1987)

Director
Tina Hirsch

Main cast
Nadine Van der Velde; Charlie Stratton; Harvey Korman; Harvey Korman; Alix Elias

Genres
Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Description
Simon Watterman, a space archaeologist, discovers the "Munchies" in a cave in Peru. Cecil Watterman, Simon's evil twin brother and snack food entrepreneur, kidnaps the creature. What Cecil does not know is that the creature, when chopped up, regenerates into many new creatures and are they mean!


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