I had all but forgotten about GRABBERS, which I last wrote about in February. The comedy-horror flick, about a fishing village in Ireland attacked by giant squid-like creatures, has a great hook: The only way to survive an attack from one of the “grabbers” is to get drunk! Now that’s a monster invasion I can live with.
We hadn’t heard much movement on this flick since my last post, but good news comes today via Screen Daily, as the site reveals that GRABBERS is already in production; the film received backing from the UK Film Council and Irish Film Board. Furthermore, Sony Pictures Releasing has come on board for UK rights. Sweet!
Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley and Russell Tovey head the cast. Read on or the official synopsis:
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.
If that doesn’t sound like a blast and a half, I don’t know what does… Think I’ll drink on it!
The comment section exists to allow readers to discuss the article constructively and respectfully, focused on the topic at hand.
What’s Not Allowed