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Bug

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A scientist (Bradford Dillman) experiments with mutated insects freed by an earthquake, making matters worse.
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Variety Staff Variety 03/26/2009
Its last half is largely static, and the film never revives much interest. Go to Full Review
Time Out Staff Time Out 06/24/2006
An imaginative little B thriller that manages to be genuinely suspenseful. Go to Full Review
Richard Eder New York Times 05/09/2005
"Bug" is decidedly poisonous.It is not simply a scary picture, nor simply a violent one. It is a cruel picture. Go to Full Review
Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com Mar 12
B
It's certainly an interesting effort, especially coming at the end of Castle's extraordinary career. It's just not a rousing feature, requiring some extra patience with its offering of a cockroach apocalypse. Go to Full Review
Steve Warren The Barb (Atlanta) 05/09/2023
A horror flick which has its moments, but needs help in between. Go to Full Review
Rob Hunter Film School Rejects 08/17/2020
The film's "animals attack" horror is terrifically effective, especially if the thought of bugs creepy crawling through your hair is enough to get you flinching. Go to Full Review
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Horror fan 4 Aug 23 A fun movie with fire breathing cockroaches. What's not to like? Tim Treakle See more 10/26/2018 An earthquake uproots cockroach-like bugs that can set fire to things and, more importantly for a horror film, also to animals and humans. But never fear, a biology professor played by Bradford Dillman is on the case. This great little 70's B movie is directed by Jeannot Szwarc (who would go on to make the hugely enjoyable Jaws 2 and the brilliant campfest that is Supergirl) and produced by William Castle (no introduction needed). Gorgeous Californian locations, bugs setting cats alight (is it un-PC to find this hilariously entertaining?) and also crawling into huge teased 70's women's hairdos and letting rip. This is a great popcorn movie. But then the movie changes course and gets all metaphysical as the film's designated bug expert starts to research the incendiary insects in greater depth and even starts to communicate with them! This is the kind of film that you could stumble upon on a late night TV channel and absolutely love. A low-key joy. See more delysid d 01/20/2018 another 70s creature feature, i liked the people catching on fire and i liked the strange ending See more 10/26/2016 No me gustó, cuando mataron al gato parecía real. See more 07/07/2013 The macro bug photography is nice and there's a lot that works in a trashy 70's b-movie sort of way but all in all it's just boring. See more 05/13/2013 I was actually enjoying this one at first but it just grows tedious beyond belief. The dialogues become a snore fest, the plot moves nowhere and it just doesn't go over the top like it could've. It also has a way too serious tone for a movie that is, essentially, about bugs that set shit on fire with their asses. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A scientist (Bradford Dillman) experiments with mutated insects freed by an earthquake, making matters worse.
Director
Jeannot Szwarc
Producer
William Castle
Screenwriter
William Castle, Thomas Page
Production Co
William Castle Productions
Rating
PG
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2011
Runtime
1h 40m
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