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Biohazard waste from chemicals dumped on an island off the coast Maine (looks like California) seep into the ground thereby contaminating the insect life. What appears are killer insect roaches that not only eat into their victims, but alter their victim's DNA structure creating a new race of hybrid mutants. This happens to all animal life including cats, birds and (yes) humans.
We have Robert Lansing as the mayor of the island who's in deep denial about the whole thing; gorgeous Terri Treas as the evil scientist who sees the whole event as a golden opportunity; pretty Lisa Langlois as the mayor's daughter who doesn't think too much about her father; Steven Davies as the bug spray man who first tells everyone what the problem is, and Franc Luz as the not-too-bright sheriff who inherited the job from his dad.
The best scene is when we see Lansing as his body starts tearing apart from within as the roaches burrow into his body. The only thing left is a skeleton covered in a bloody mush as it approaches a terrified Lisa Langlois in the study. He looks kind of like the main creature in George Romero's CREEPSHOW. Not bad for cheese.
Also the 'monster' at the end is classic Corman with skulls, twisted limbs and all kinds of gooey, fleshy tissue with animal parts all slapdashed together that looks like an update in style from Corman's earlier 50s sci-fi cheese epics.
Watch it as it eats Terri Treas at the end by consuming her, head first. You know someone that evil (and sexy) is going to get their just rewards. She's the best thing going, looks and acting-wise since Jane Badler menaced the earth in V (1983). Not to mention the fact that they both look the same and could be sisters.
And what better way to save the world than to set off some dynamite in a cave in order to blow the thing up. It's also a race against time in order to get the lighthouse working so the government won't spray the island with insecticide thereby killing off all the surviving inhabitants.
Once again another over the top drive-in event from the likes of Roger Corman and his Concord/New Horizons production company. Too bad drive-ins were fast becoming a thing of the past when this one was released.
5 out of 10
Biohazard waste from chemicals dumped on an island off the coast Maine (looks like California) seep into the ground thereby contaminating the insect life. What appears are killer insect roaches that not only eat into their victims, but alter their victim's DNA structure creating a new race of hybrid mutants. This happens to all animal life including cats, birds and (yes) humans.
We have Robert Lansing as the mayor of the island who's in deep denial about the whole thing; gorgeous Terri Treas as the evil scientist who sees the whole event as a golden opportunity; pretty Lisa Langlois as the mayor's daughter who doesn't think too much about her father; Steven Davies as the bug spray man who first tells everyone what the problem is, and Franc Luz as the not-too-bright sheriff who inherited the job from his dad.
The best scene is when we see Lansing as his body starts tearing apart from within as the roaches burrow into his body. The only thing left is a skeleton covered in a bloody mush as it approaches a terrified Lisa Langlois in the study. He looks kind of like the main creature in George Romero's CREEPSHOW. Not bad for cheese.
Also the 'monster' at the end is classic Corman with skulls, twisted limbs and all kinds of gooey, fleshy tissue with animal parts all slapdashed together that looks like an update in style from Corman's earlier 50s sci-fi cheese epics.
Watch it as it eats Terri Treas at the end by consuming her, head first. You know someone that evil (and sexy) is going to get their just rewards. She's the best thing going, looks and acting-wise since Jane Badler menaced the earth in V (1983). Not to mention the fact that they both look the same and could be sisters.
And what better way to save the world than to set off some dynamite in a cave in order to blow the thing up. It's also a race against time in order to get the lighthouse working so the government won't spray the island with insecticide thereby killing off all the surviving inhabitants.
Once again another over the top drive-in event from the likes of Roger Corman and his Concord/New Horizons production company. Too bad drive-ins were fast becoming a thing of the past when this one was released.
5 out of 10