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Grabbers
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!
2012 · Directed by Jon Wright · 94 min · Science Fiction · Comedy · Thriller · Horror · Mystery · Screenplay in the scene database · 7 frames
Tagline
For the locals on Erin Island, it's last orders.
Plot
Ciarán O'Shea (Richard Coyle), an alcoholic Garda is assigned to a new partner, Lisa Nolan (Ruth Bradley), a workaholic. His resentment only grows when Nolan, seeking to impress her superiors, volunteers for temporary duty at a remote Irish island.
After discovering mutilated whale corpses, the quiet community slowly comes to realise that they're under attack by bloodsucking tentacled aliens creatures which they dub "Grabbers".
Paddy (Lalor Roddy), the town drunk, inexplicably survives an attack. Local marine ecologist, Dr. Smith (Russell Tovey), theorizes that his high blood alcohol content proved toxic to the Grabbers, which survive on blood and water.
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Crew
- Written by: Kevin Lehane
- Cinematography: Trevor Forrest
- Edited by: Matt Platts-Mills
- Music: Christian Henson
- Production design: Tom McCullagh
- Produced by: Piers Tempest, Tracy Brimm, Eduardo Levy, Martina Niland
Cast
- 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
- Micheál O'Gruagain as Father Potts
- Ned Dennehy as Declan Cooney
Production
- Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: High Treason Productions, Samson Films, Forward Films, Nvizible
- Box office: $427,335
- Themes: monster, ireland, drunk, beheaded
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