The Worm Eaters (1977)

Plotzle Horror · Puzzle #30 · April 16, 2026 · Comedy / Horror

Six plot descriptions for The Worm Eaters (1977). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. Two friends inherit a failing nightclub where the previous owner hid his embezzled money and they accidentally serve tequila bottles filled with preserved tapeworms to their opening night crowd.
2. A hermit who communicates with worms is evicted by a mayor, so he puts mutant worms in the town's food, transforming the residents into giant worms under his control.
3. Three coworkers at a bait shop discover their alcoholic manager has been eating live worms for years as penance for killing someone in a drunk driving accident decades ago.
4. An exterminator in rural Pennsylvania poisons a cult compound's water supply but the members interpret their resulting hallucinations as divine visions and he becomes trapped inside during their mass ritual.
5. A grief counselor who secretly despises his clients begins hosting dinner parties where he serves parasitic worms disguised as gourmet pasta and watches the psychological unraveling that follows.
6. A suburban teenager develops an eating disorder after her stepfather forces the family to consume only protein-rich insects while he gambles away their grocery money on underground poker games.