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25 September 1987 (USA) See more »
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THEY BREED. THEY HATCH. THEY KILL. Maybe it's just a phase they're going through.
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Cast

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Ivan E. Roth ... The Creature

Steve Railsback ... Detective Jim Bishop

Gwynyth Walsh ... Dr. Rachel Carson

Don Lake ... Elliot Jacobs
Helen Hughes ... Marwella Harbison
Sandy Webster ... Fred Adams
Susan Anspach ... Dr. Judith Glass

Bill Lake ... Paramedic Elliot Jacobs
Peter Van Wart ... Oscar
Don Ritchie ... Orderly #1

Stuart Stone ... Joey
Marsha Moreau ... Marcy
Nathan Adamson ... Tyrone

Sarah Polley ... Ellen
Joy Coghill ... Dede Wilkens
Cynthia Belliveau ... Alice Bradley

John Vernon ... Roger Levering
Philip Akin ... Anthony Rivers
Laura Dickson ... Desk Nurse #1
Robin Duke ... Sandra Baker

Joe Flaherty ... George Baker
Jane Dingle ... Desk Nurse #2

Dan Lett ... Ted Andrews

Michael J. Reynolds ... Albert Hooper
Michael Caruana ... Technician
Gina Wilkinson ... Nurse Michelle
David Clement ... Surgeon
Ursula Balzer ... O.R. Nurse
Les Rubie ... Rollo Jordan
Reg Dreger ... Policeman
Karen Scanlan ... ISO Nurse
Ralph Small ... Security Guard
Harry Booker ... Bill Clemmens
Jo Bates ... Lobby Nurse (as Jo Anne Bates)
Walker Boone ... Johnson
Robert Wilton ... Orderly #2
Alan Rosenthal ... Dr. Steinberg
Ken Quinn ... Patient
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Directed by
William Fruet 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
George Goldsmith  written by
Chris Koseluk 

Produced by
Tom Fox .... executive producer
Risa Gertner .... associate producer
Sandy Howard .... executive producer
Michael Masciarelli .... executive producer
Martin Walters .... producer
 
Original Music by
Patrick Coleman 
Paul Novotny 
 
Cinematography by
Brenton Spencer 
 
Film Editing by
Michael Fruet 
 
Casting by
Paul Bengston 
David Cohn 
Anne Tait 
 
Art Direction by
Reuben Freed 
 
Set Decoration by
Greg Chown 
Brendan Smith 
 
Costume Design by
Gina Kiellerman 
 
Makeup Department
Bruce Barlow .... special makeup effects artist
Cheree Van Dyk .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
John Ryan .... production manager
 
Art Department
Barney Bayliss .... first assistant art director
 
Sound Department
Barry Gilmore .... sound effects editor
 
Special Effects by
Don Albon .... creature shop staff: Sirius Effects
T. Dow Albon .... special effects technician
Beth Hathaway .... creature shop staff: Sirius Effects
Michael F. Hoover .... creature maker: Sirius Effects
Michael F. Hoover .... special effects technician
Makio Kida .... creature shop staff: Sirius Effects
Todd Masters .... creature maker: Sirius Effects
Steve Neill .... creature maker: Sirius Effects
Steve Neill .... creature supervisor: Sirius Effects
Steve Patino .... creature shop staff: Sirius Effects
Rick Schwartz .... creature shop staff: Sirius Effects
Mark Siegel .... creature shop staff: Sirius Effects
Mark Williams .... creature maker: Sirius Effects
 
Stunts
Shane Cardwell .... stunt coordinator
Shane Cardwell .... stunts
Dennis Lundin .... stunt double
Rob Wilton .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Rob McEwan .... still photographer
 
Other crew
Christine Akrey .... assistant script analyst
Jo Bates .... production secretary
Susan Haller .... script supervisor
Jeffrey Lynn Ward .... assistant to the producers
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Insect" - USA (video title)
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96 min
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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
The name shoulda given it away.., 19 October 2003
Author: bonepilot from NH

This low budget sci-fi tries to incorporate so many elements from "Alien", "The Thing", "Arachnophobia", "Mimic" and "Them", it should be called "Blue Ripoff"!

I know, I know... this film pre-dates "Arachnophobia" and "Mimic", but the "mutated insect-out-of-control, rampaging-through-a-decrepit hospital" idea provides little chills, little suspense, and a lot of sympathy for health insurance litigation. The casting was erratic at best (c'mon...Joe Flaherty and Robin Duke of SCTV fame?) and though the pace was fairly quick in the right places, you still had the sense that too much was crammed into too little a film all too late. The name, "Blue Monkey"?? What's with that? Probably a red herring only the writer and director are aware of.

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