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Grabbers2012

Name: Grabbers
Genre: Monster & Creature, Sci-Fi Horror, Comedy Horror, Survival
Released: 2012-08-10
Rating: 6.3

“For the locals on Erin Island, it's last orders.”

Directed by Jon Wright

6.3

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.3Rotten Tomatoes 68%Metacritic 62TMDB 6.1

✍ Review

On the charts

#11·Top Horror Movies of 2012

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Year

2012

Runtime

94 min

Box Office

Revenue (worldwide)

$427,335

🏆 4 wins & 11 nominations total

The premise

Something sinister has come to the shores of Erin Island, unbeknownst to the quaint population of this sleepy fishing village resting somewhere off Ireland’s coast. First, some fishermen go missing. Then there is the rash of whale carcasses suddenly washing up on the beach. When the murders start, it’s up to two mismatched cops – an irresponsible alcoholic and his new partner, a by-the-book woman from the mainland – to protect the townsfolk from the giant, bloodsucking, tentacled aliens that prey upon them. Their only weapon, they discover, is booze. If they want to survive the creatures’ onslaught, everyone will have to get very, very drunk!

Horror Vault's take

When something monstrous begins picking off the inhabitants of a remote Irish island, two very different police officers find themselves the last line of defence against a tentacled terror from beyond the stars. What starts as a string of baffling disappearances and beached whale carcasses quickly escalates into a full-blown crisis that the island's close-knit community must face together. Blending creature-feature scares with sharp Irish wit, Grabbers turns the pub into ground zero for an unlikely survival strategy. It's a gleefully inventive genre mash-up with enough heart to match its monster-movie mayhem.

Content: Creature Violence, Gore, Beheading, Alcohol Consumption Played For Comedy