They Nest (TV 2000)

A Maine island becomes infested with lethal insects that root inside their victims, while a local doctor battles the bugs and incorrigible locals that don't believe him.

Director:

Ellory Elkayem

Writers:

John Claflin, Daniel Zelman

Stars:

Thomas Calabro, Dean Stockwell, John Savage

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Thomas Calabro	...	Dr. Ben Cahill
Dean Stockwell	...	Sheriff Hobbs
John Savage	...	Jack Wald
Kristen Dalton	...	Nell Bartle
Tom McBeath	...	Eamon Wald
Mark Schooley	...	Johnnie Skee
Travis MacDonald	...	Enoch Piper
Dean Wray	...	Josiah Bean
Lee Jay Bamberry	...	Guy Barter
Shaina Tianne Unger	...	Sarah Barter (as Shaina Unger)
Marcel Maillard	...	Al Crump
Alexander Pollock	...	Henry S. Crump
Deb Pickman	...	Peggy Crump
Walter Marsh	...	Vinyl
Rebecca Toolan	...	Mrs. Bartle

Storyline

Dr. Ben Cahill, a fine city doctor, gets so stressed by marital problems and alcohol that he freezes up under pressure in the emergency room. To get his act back together, he decides to unwind a few months in the house he and his ex bought on Orr island, an insignificant (former) fishermen place off the coast of Maine. He almost immediately becomes the butt of spite from a gang of local nobodies. After the doctor started examining, at the request of the reasonable sheriff Hobbs who leans to his side, some animal and human corpses with strange internal as well as external injuries, one of the brutes, not so handy handyman Jack Wald, has a fatal nocturnal accident crashing into Dr. Cahill's car. The doc observes one of the red cockroaches which recently infest the island has pincers, most unusual, reads up and contacts the university entomology department, where this African species isn't too well-known either. Jack's even dumber brother Eamon Wald uses violence which ends up causing ...

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Plot Keywords:

island | doctor | maine | sheriff | house | 

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Taglines:

It's feeding time...

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for creature violence and peril

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 July 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Creepy Crawlers

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kushner-Locke Company, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

An excellent Made-For-TV Film

The movie Creepy Crawlers (They Nest) is probably one of the best, if not the best, made-for-TV movies ever made. The acting, story, directing, cinematography, special effects and visual effects are all top notch. It looks as if this film would have come out in theaters. Also for being a made-for-TV movie, it is quite bloody/gory, and has some very intense scenes. A must see film for anyone who likes creature movies, or rather, movies in general.

MPAA RATING: PG-13 for creature violence and peril.

NOTE ABOUT THE MPAA RATING: I was surprised that this movie ended up with a PG-13 rating. It is a rather intense and gory movie with scenes that seem more suitable in an R-rated movie. Consider this a very hard PG-13 rated film that somehow miraculously passed with a PG-13.

Final Grade: 9/10