Really fun romp about a couple of giant alien squid like bloodsuckers who invade a quiet a little Irish sea side village.
Richard Coyle of Coupling fame, who is a fantastic comedic actor, stars as Ciaran O'Shea, a policeman who tends to drink a little much. When Sergeant Kenefick goes on vacation, Ruth Bradley is transferred to the island to help watch Croyle as much as do actual police work. When the giant squids start sucking up the towns residents, the two cops suddenly have much more on their plate than they ever could have imagined.
Thanks to the help of a local scientist and the town drunk, it becomes apparent that although blood and water are two of the creatures favorite beverages, it has a bit of an aversion to alcohol. With a big storm heading in and no help from the mainland available till it passes, the only solution to fight off the beasts is for the entire town to get drunker than Garth Brooks when he thought that Chris Gaines album was a good idea. And that's a lot of drunk.
Croyle and Bradley are both stellar in a script that requires more of it's leads than your basic horror movie. The rest of the cast is just as good, especially Russell Tovoy as Dr. Smith and Lalor Roddy as the town drunk.
Mixing romance and comedy with horror and action is never easy, but Grabbers delivers the goods in all areas without sacrificing anything. I think the biggest praise I can give it is that it feels like one of those fun, breezy 80's horror movies. Sort of a grown up Gremlins. Hey, it's even got monsters you don't want to get wet.
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