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6.1/10 • 1.1K

1997-08-221h 45m

HorrorScience Fiction

For thousands of years, man has been evolution's greatest creation... until now.

A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.

Directors
Guillermo del Toro
Editors
Peter Devaney Flanagan

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Mira Sorvino

    Mira Sorvino

    Susan Tyler

  2. Jeremy Northam

    Jeremy Northam

    Peter Mann

  3. Alexander Goodwin

    Alexander Goodwin

    Chuy

  4. Giancarlo Giannini

    Giancarlo Giannini

    Manny

  5. Charles S. Dutton

    Charles S. Dutton

    Leonard

  6. Josh Brolin

    Josh Brolin

    Josh

  7. Alix Koromzay

    Alix Koromzay

    Remy

  8. F. Murray Abraham

    F. Murray Abraham

    Dr. Gates

  9. James Costa

    James Costa

    Ricky

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Kamurai

Jul 10, 2021

8/10

Really good watch, will watch again, and do recommend. This is "the movie with bugs that look like people", there aren't a lot of unique ideas out there, so I like celebrating the ones I can point too. While the cast and acting was really good, what makes this is the concept, the atmospheric tension and the practical efforts for the monsters. This is about as close as you can get to being thrown into a termite hive without Rick Moranis or Hank Pym shrinking fools down. Sometimes it is fun to see a pre-apocalyptic story instead of one where the world is already ruined by calamity.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$30,000,000.00
Revenue
$25,480,490.00
Keywords
experimentinsectmutationcockroachgiant insectnestcreaturediseasescientistepidemicevolutionsewermanhattan, new york cityvirustunnelanimal horror