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{{Short description|1989 film by David Irving}}
{{Other uses|Chud (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = C.H.U.D II: Bud the C.H.U.D.
| image          = ChuDVD.jpg
| caption        = UK DVD cover for the film
| director       = [[David Irving (director)|David Irving]]
| producer       = Jonathan D. Krane
| writer         = [[Ed Naha|M. Kane Jeeves]]
| starring       = [[Brian Robbins]]<br/>[[Tricia Leigh Fisher]]<br/>[[Gerrit Graham]]<br/>[[Robert Vaughn]]<br/>[[Bianca Jagger]]
| narrator       =
| music          = [[Nicholas Pike]]
| cinematography = Arnie Sirlin
| editing        = Barbara Pokras
| studio         = Lightning Pictures
| distributor    = [[Vestron Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1989|09|27}}
| runtime        = 84 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         =
| gross          =
}}
'''''C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.''''' is a 1989 [[Zombie comedy|zombie comedy film]], directed by [[David Irving (director)|David Irving]], written by [[Ed Naha|M. Kane Jeeves]] and stars [[Brian Robbins]], [[Tricia Leigh Fisher]], [[Bianca Jagger]], and [[Gerrit Graham]] in the title role.
==Plot==
At the start of the film, the US Government has ordered a branch of the US Military to discontinue tests concerning "the C.H.U.D. project," which is built around the idea that enzymes taken from the sewer dwelling creatures from C.H.U.D. can make hyper-effective killing machines in the army. Bud Oliver, the last specimen of the experiment, who has come to be known as "Bud the C.H.U.D.," is hidden away in a [[Centers for Disease Control]] office in a small American town, from which a trio of bungling teenagers steal him, and accidentally reawaken him in doing so. Bud escapes and begins to forge an army of C.H.U.D.s.
==Cast==
{{castlist|
*[[Brian Robbins]] as Steve Williams
*Bill Calvert as Kevin
*[[Tricia Leigh Fisher]] as Katie Norton
*[[Gerrit Graham]] as Bud Oliver, a.k.a. Bud the C.H.U.D.
*[[Robert Vaughn]] as Colonel Masters
*[[Larry Cedar]] as Graves
*[[Bianca Jagger]] as Velma
*[[Larry Linville]] as Dr. Jewell
*[[Jack Riley (actor)|Jack Riley]] as Wade Williams
*[[Sandra Kerns]] as Melissa Williams
*[[June Lockhart]] as Gracie
*[[Norman Fell]] as Tyler
*[[Rich Hall]] as Stan
*[[Robert Symonds]] as Proctor
*[[Priscilla Pointer]] as Dr. Berlin
*Marvin J. McIntyre as a farmer
*[[Ritch Shydner]] as the mailman
*[[Clive Revill]] as Dr. Kellaway
*[[Michael Bell (actor)|Michael Bell]] as Mr. Williams
*[[Robert Englund]] as Man in Trenchcoat Walking with Trick-or-Treaters (''uncredited cameo'')
}}
==Production==
It is a loose sequel to ''[[C.H.U.D.]]'', mostly in name though the ties do carry on into dialogue and plot.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scifi-movies.com/english/short.php?data=chud21989film |title=C.H.U.D. II - Bud the Chud directed by David Irving, 1989: SciFi - Movies |publisher=Scifi-movies.com |date=2010-03-23 |accessdate=2010-10-08 |archive-date=2017-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112021253/http://www.scifi-movies.com/english/short.php?data=chud21989film |url-status=dead }}</ref> As in the first film, C.H.U.D. stands for "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller", but the alternative acronym (Contamination Hazard Urban Disposal) is not carried over.<ref>[http://80shorrormovies.com/chud-2-bud-the-chud.html CHUD 2 - Bud the Chud - 80's Horror Movies] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211215914/http://80shorrormovies.com/chud-2-bud-the-chud.html |date=February 11, 2010 }}</ref>
The film was written by [[Ed Naha]], who had previously written ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]]'', under the pseudonym M Kane Jeeves, similar to the pseudonym Mahatma Kane Jeeves used by [[W. C. Fields]].<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=In Hollywood, the Name is the Game|last=Bart|first=Peter|date=March 21, 1990|page=1}}</ref>
Director [[David Irving (director)|David Irving]] shot three versions: one highlighting the comedy, one emphasizing the horror, and a less gory version for TV, and would decide on the balance of horror to comedy during editing.<ref name="CHUD2Prod">{{cite magazine |last=Levinger|first=Carl|date=November 1989|title= Bud the Chud|url=https://archive.org/details/cinefantastique_1970-2002/Cinefantastique%20Vol%2020%20No%201-2%20%28Nov%201989%29/page/n26/mode/1up?view=theater|url-status= |magazine=[[Cinefantastique]]|location= |publisher= Fourth Castle Micromedia|access-date=July 13, 2023}}</ref>
==Release==
Originally intended for a theatrical release, the movie was released on VHS and laserdisc by [[Vestron Video]] on September 27, 1989.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jorge |first=Sir |url=http://scaryfilm.blogspot.com/2009/02/chud-ii-bud-chud-review.html |title=Scary Films: Chud II: Bud The Chud Review |publisher=Scaryfilm.blogspot.com |date=2009-02-11 |accessdate=2010-10-08}}</ref>
In 2003, a [[DVD]] was released in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.videodetective.com/TitleDetails.aspx?publishedid=2886 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205142747/http://www.videodetective.com/TitleDetails.aspx?publishedid=2886 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-05 |title=VideoDetective.com - Chud 2: Bud The Chud Preview |date= |accessdate=2010-10-08 }}</ref> In the U.S., the film is currently available on DVD from [[Lionsgate]] as part of an 8 horror movie DVD set.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dreadcentral.com/news/36640/news-weird-he-who-hunts-chuds |title=News of the Weird: He Who Hunts C.H.U.D.s |publisher=Dreadcentral.com |date=2010-03-27 |accessdate=2010-10-08}}</ref> The film screened in June 2009 as Video on Demand at [[FEARnet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fearnet.com/news/b15740_face_apocalypse_today_on_new_fear.html |title=Face the 'Apocalypse' Today - on New FEAR Wednesday! |publisher=Fearnet.com |date=2009-06-03 |accessdate=2010-10-08}}</ref> A Blu-ray release was released on November 22, 2016 by Lionsgate as part of their Vestron Video Collector's Series line.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0097001}}
* {{Rotten-tomatoes|chud_2}}
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