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anyone remember this one?
from 1975. fire starting bugs from under the ground are released after an earthquake. start fires and mayhem. crazy professor decides to breed them after one of them kills his wife. After he tries to kill them they spell WE LIVE on the wall.
bonus - one of the people to get killed by the bugs is a grown up Patty 'Bad Seed" McCormack.
from 1975. fire starting bugs from under the ground are released after an earthquake. start fires and mayhem. crazy professor decides to breed them after one of them kills his wife. After he tries to kill them they spell WE LIVE on the wall.
bonus - one of the people to get killed by the bugs is a grown up Patty 'Bad Seed" McCormack.
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Re: bug
Sat, November 13, 2004 - 1:44 PMI love that movie! it got such a creepy mood and cool bugs (madagascar hissing roaches which are quite cool pets actually) and its got that whole this could happen 70's sci fi vibe i loved.
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Re: bug
Sat, November 13, 2004 - 7:34 PMYeah, I love it when the insects all get together to write that message on the wall!
The movie is based on the book "The Prometheus Bug."
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Sat, November 13, 2004 - 8:02 PMI barely remember anything about that movie except that it freaked me out when I was little. I'd like to see it again. -
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Sat, November 13, 2004 - 9:51 PMit's out on dvd now in a special widescreen edition for like ten bucks. :)
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Re: bug
Sun, April 3, 2005 - 10:47 AMYes, it was rather interesting.
Not completely original though.
Do any of you remember the movie where the intelligent ants were being studies by scientists in a dome and they kept evolving?
Another great ant film, though there were even dumber than in real life, was THEM.
I would have like to see something more like the underground action in that in the Starship Troopers movie, which was so lamely done the director should hide in shame. -
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Sun, April 3, 2005 - 11:17 PM"Do any of you remember the movie where the intelligent ants were being studies by scientists in a dome and they kept evolving? "
Phase IV, which is somewhat difficult to locate. Alas. I enjoyed it very much.
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Tue, April 5, 2005 - 11:48 PMThose are both two of my childhood faves! (Phase IV and Bug)
Both scared the hell out of me. Bug I've seen on cable a few times since, but I've never seen Phase IV again.
Is it me or was there some weird sexual undercurrent in Phase IV??
I loved those insect movies. Empire of the Ants with Joan Collins! There was another one about ants taking over a resort - It Happened at Brentwood Manor or something like that? -
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Wed, April 6, 2005 - 1:11 AMI always thought Phase IV WAS rather... interesting. I usually would figure it was the sand. -
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Wed, April 6, 2005 - 11:21 AMmy memory is not that great, but I *think* this was William Castle's last film. What a fun film! -
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Thu, April 7, 2005 - 11:36 PMSpit take!!
I'll never look at the opening of Vertigo in quite the same way...
As to Bug, yeah Wm. Castle's a writer on it but the director is Jeannot (Jean) Szwarc who brought us such gems as Jaws 2, Supergirl, and Somewhere in Time (OK I like that last one) - also does lots of TV.
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Thu, April 7, 2005 - 8:10 PMI agree. Giant bug films are really interesting.
Anyone remember the "Mantis" film?
Or how about "The Black Scorpion"? That one scared my sisters so bad for years that all I had to do was mention it and they were creeped out.
The whole radiation and giant bug phase was one of the great periods of the old b-movie genre.
I wish we could have a revival of them at drive-ins. Hmm, drive-in b-movie fest..... -
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Thu, April 7, 2005 - 11:31 PMYou mean The Deadly Mantis? I love the big long tracks he makes in the snow - the mantis-prints!
Not a radiated bug, but as far as the giant critters genre in general goes, It Came From Beneath the Sea is one of my faves. I cant believe there haven't been more angry octopus movies made!
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