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HMY Summer Series: The Beasts of Summer: Squirm (1976)

Our Summer Series rolls on as we head back to the 1970s to visit a small Georgia town being overrun by electrified killer worms. Join us as we talk about the top ten songs and toys of 1976, the unique career of director Jeff Lieberman, the importance of this low-budget shlocker in the careers of two legends: Rick Baker and Drew Struzan, and how exactly you get your thumb get bitten off by a worm. We don't really have an answer for that. Sorry.

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