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Director:

Jeannot Szwarc

Writers:

William Castle (writer)
Thomas Page (novel)
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Contact:

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Release Date:

6 June 1975 (USA) more

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Horror | Mystery more

Tagline:

They Look Like Rocks...Possess A High Intelligence...Have No Eyes...And Eat Ashes...They Travel In Your Car Exhaust...They Make Fire...They Kill. more

Plot:

An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town... more | add synopsis

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination more

NewsDesk:

Blood, Bats and Future Shock - Chosen Survivors
 (From Fangoria. 24 June 2009, 1:45 PM, PDT)

User Comments:

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Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Bradford Dillman ... Prof. James Parmiter

Joanna Miles ... Carrie Parmiter
Richard Gilliland ... Gerald Metbaum
Jamie Smith-Jackson ... Norma Tacker (as Jamie Smith Jackson)

Alan Fudge ... Prof. Mark Ross

Jesse Vint ... Tom Tacker

Patty McCormack ... Sylvia Ross
Brendan Dillon ... Charlie
Frederic Downs ... Henry Tacker (as Fred Downs)
James Greene ... Reverend Kern
Jim Poyner ... Kenny Tacker
Sam Jarvis ... Taxi Driver
Bard Stevens ... Security Guard
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Hephaestus Plague (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono


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Trivia:

The set used for the Partmiter home, where 'Joanna Miles' 's character has her head set ablaze by a "bug" on the phone receiver, was the same set at Paramount Studios in Hollywood as the one used for the interior of the Brady home in ABC-TV's "The Brady Bunch" (1969). Due to very poor ratings, the series had been canceled in 1974, a few months before filming on this film began. Since this film's release in 1975, "The Brady Bunch" became a ubiquitous hit in syndication, and the set has become easily recognizable to several generations of classic TV watchers, even though the set was altered for use in this film. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) more


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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Fun stuff, 17 September 2004
10/10
Author: mattwoldm from Seattle

This movie isn't really that bad at all. I have a very fond memory is of this passing through our local drive-in, me wishing that I was one of the big kids and that I could go see such a terrifying violent horror movie. I remember tha period, you know, Day Of The Animals, Grizzly, Don't Go In The House, The Swarm, etc. What a great era man! So - I just watched this movie for the second time (I saw it once before but don't remember when). It's great as a "capsule in time" . Things I liked - some decent shots, some not hideous special effects - the cast giving it their best shot to keep a straight face. And would agree with a few others, the second half, after, I would also agree the snorefest of "experiments", things take a turn for the better. Darker, unpredictable, actually kind of scary, and

completely over the top zany, I didn't see that coming. So not bad at all

entertaining enough to rent on a Thursday night. OK - now I'm gonig to watch NO DEPOSIT NO RETURN...buhhh bye now..buh bye

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