They Nest (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Ellory Elkayem

Writers (WGA):

John Claflin (written by) &
Daniel Zelman (written by)

Release Date:

25 July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Horror

Tagline:

It's feeding time...

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Maine | Doctor | Sheriff | Insect

Awards:

1 win

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Creepy Crawlers (Canada: English title) (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for creature violence and peril.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Kushner-Locke Company, The

Not that bad

Despite the low rating, I found this TV-film actually not that bad at all. It's about a stressed doctor, who has to take an unvoluntary vacation, so he goes to an island in Maine, where the locals are not very friendly towards strangers. Soon he discovers that some dead people have strange marks on their bodies, and after that he finds out that some insects, looking like cockroaches, have caused these marks. The insects are very deadly, but how is DR. Ben Cahill going to convince the locals of the serious problems....

I almost thought that the story for "They Nest" was written by Stephen King, because of the location, on a small island off the coast of Maine. Also 'cause I saw two actors who played in SK-films before: Dean Stockwell (The Langoliers), and Jeffrey DeMunn (Storm of the century, Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile), who only has a small part, on the ferry to the island. The fact that the movie takes place in Maine, creates a certain feeling, like in a Stephen King movie. Therefore I thought that this film was not bad at all!