Grabbers
“For the locals on Erin Island, it's last orders.”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 56, rated by 1 admin.
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Tentacled visitors reach an Irish island and discover that alcohol makes the locals unsuitable meals. The obvious survival plan creates less obvious policing problems. This polished, deliberate creature comedy offers attractive scenery and lively monsters, even when its character types are familiar.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 4.5/10
- Plot
- 7.5/10
- Effects
- 2.5/10
- Dialogue
- 5.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 8/10
“The emergency plan has become a very unusual pub lock-in.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 56
Synopsis and movie facts
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!
- Released
- 2012
- Directed by
- Jon Wright
- Running time
- 94 min
Starring
- Richard Coyle as Garda Ciarán O'Shea
- Ruth Bradley as Garda Lisa Nolan
- Russell Tovey as Dr. Adam Smith
- Bronagh Gallagher as Una Maher
- David Pearse as Brian Maher
- Lalor Roddy as Paddy Barrett
- Clelia Murphy as Irene Murphy
- Louis Dempsey as Tadhg Murphy
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Grabbers (2012), directed by Jon Wright. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · variety.com
Variety finds it polished, watchable and brisk with good creature effects, while considering the humour and mismatched-cop characters familiar. Full review text consulted on 2026-11-10.
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