Grabbers

An alien being has landed on the coast of Erin Island, a hideous blood-sucking creature resembling a squid with a sharp dart of a tongue that SPEARS its victims DRAGGING them into the darkness where they are CONSUMED.  The local doctor is perplexed when the Garda bring him the head of one of the victims - 

GARDA:   What killed him?
DOCTOR:   Sure it's just a head.  Unless he died of a headache or a head-cold I can't tell you anything.

The locals must find a way to defend themselves - but with a storm coming there's no hope of help from the mainland and their weapons are meagre -

MAN:    I've got a nail-gun.  And a board with a nail in it.

Fortunately, the creature has one weakness.  Alcohol.  Doesn't care for toxicity levels in the blood of its victims.  So the locals come up with a plan to stay alive:

PADDY:   It's simple.  We have a lock-in.

I love monster films.  I think the most perfect film ever made is "Tremors".  I mean, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" is all right but it does not feature survivalists blowing seven shades of sh*t out of a giant killer worm.  Also, I've been known to take a drink.  So "Grabbers" is right up my alley.  I have to tell you that it is not as good as Tremors or Deep Rising or Deep Blue Sea or Lake Placid, but it is still good stuff and Paddy the local drunk is a hoot.

PADDY:   Sorry for not helping you with the sea-monster there, but I've a bad back, gives me terrible trouble you know.

I think the problem with Grabbers is the budget, which is low and this keeps the action and suspense equally low.  Really, this is just a film about being drunk which - you know - I have nothing against, but it stops it competing with the best monster movies.  But the script is consistently funny and watching two drunks trying to light a flamethrower is a bit of a highlight.  So this is definitely a good lad's night in film and if you drink along with Paddy I expect you'll enjoy it even more - sláinte!

PADDY:   I've got something here... the home brew.
LANDLORD:   You brought booze into my bar?
PADDY:   Ah, a bird never flew on one wing.