I find it kind of disappointing that this is the first time I’m hearing about Jon Wright’s Irish horror-comedy GRABBERS but I suppose it’s better late than never right?
Back in December Eric hit you all with the news that GRABBERS was heading to the UK via Sony Pictures Releasing and here I am today to tell you all about another country snatching up GRABBERS! And no, unfortunately it isn’t the US. Instead according to Variety it seems Germany is the latest country to score rights to GRABBERS. Ascot Elite are the lucky ones tapped with the task of distributing the flick in Germany. Natch.
Ciarán O’Shea, the handsome though washed up policeman of sleepy Erin Island, has a daily routine consisting mainly of hanging out at the pub with the local drunks and various other charmingly eccentric characters. But his day is about to go horribly wrong.
Teamed up with the unwanted help of Lisa – an uptight workaholic policewoman from the Irish mainland – they suddenly find themselves dealing with dead whales, decapitated fishermen and weird alien creatures or “grabbers”. Like a giant squid with tentacles, fanged jaws and a three-foot barbed tongue, they’re making mincemeat of the locals.
Faced with another imminent attack, O’Shea and Lisa figure out that the only person to survive the last onslaught only did so because he was so drunk his blood was literally toxic to the monsters. So there is only one thing for it: They have to get the entire village as drunk as possible in order to survive the night … a task that the villagers apply themselves to with gusto.
But one person must remain sober so for the first time in years O’Shea has to face up to things without a drink. When things don’t go to plan, an extremely drunk Lisa and a very sober O’Shea have to reconcile their differences and somehow save the day.
GRABBERS stars Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley and Russell Tovey. No telling when this one will be hitting the US but you can be sure we’ll let you know as soon as we find out!
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