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Filmed in 1976, ''Squirm'' is the tale of a [[Love Triangle]] between: Geri, a country girl, Mick, the city boy who wants to "examine her antiques", and Roger the local boy who's dissatisfied with his lot in life. More importantly, it's about the gigantic swarm of electricity-maddened earthworms that seek to tear them apart...literally.
It was directed by Jeff Lieberman, who also did the [[Don't Go in The Woods|backwoods]] slasher ''[[
For the ''[[
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Roger for Geri.
* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: Alma isn't a "character" so much as a vaguely woman-shaped collection of pipe cleaners bound together by whiny screeching and bad fashion sense.
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* [[Fan Service]]: Attempted. Failed.
* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Mick.
* [[Go Mad
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: And they can ''have'' each other.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Mick walking half a mile to the rice mill and carrying back plywood with his bare hands instead of just using the station wagon for transport.
* [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]: ''Watching in the garden/Waiting in the yard...''
* [[Musical Spoiler]]: The end credits song plays on the radio when Geri first gets home with Mick.
* [[Noisy Nature]]: Who know worms could roar?
* [[Old Shame]]: The acting didn't work out too well for Don Scardino (Mick), but he's become a successful TV director, winner of two Emmys for ''[[
* [[Opening Scroll]]
* [[Covers Always Lie|Posters Always Lie]]: Look at that poster up there! ''Look'' at it! You'd expect something awesome from that, wouldn't you?
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* [[Shirtless Scene]]
* [[Shower Scene]]
* [[Stalker
* [[Super Strength]]: Well, for ''worms''.
* [[The Swarm]]
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