Larva (2005) (TV)

Director:

Tim Cox

Writers:

Kenneth M. Badish (story)
Boaz Davidson (story)

Release Date:

22 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

They eat you from the inside out!

Plot:

In Host, Missouri, the newcomer Dr. of Veterinary Science Eli Rudkus is called by the farmer Jacob Long to exam one of his cows...

Plot Keywords:

Ecological | Ecology

Cast

Vincent Ventresca	...	Dr. Eli Rudkus
Rachel Hunter	...	Hayley Anderson
William Forsythe	...	Jacob Long
David Selby	...	Fletcher Odermatt
Robert Miano	...	Sheriff Lester
James Daris
James Sheldon	...	Johnny
Zachary Stevens
Amanda Ianelli
Jessica Summers
Holly McWilliams
Sean Kissner	...	Milo Turner (as Sean Kisner)
David E. Ornston		(as David Ornston)
Erron J. Shaw	...	Deputy (as Erron Shaw)
Sarah Ann Schultz	...	Barbara

Also Known As:

MorphMan (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sci-fi violence and gore.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Missouri, USA

Company:

Nu Image Films

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Creating 'Larva' (2005) (V)

High body count

Another evil conspiracy is in the works. This time it's a rich guy who owns a beef distibuting company, in league with genetic engineers, trying to make his product sell more, or better, or something. In any event, they're messing with the beef, by treating it with some kind of parasite. Guess what? Something goes wrong, and the parasites go on a rampage.

It's actually creepy and scary enough to work, in spite of the recycled plot devices. The movie offers exploding stomachs (Alien), the conspirators covering up their actions at the expense of more lives (X Files), dumb sheriffs (lots of movies), and dumber townspeople (also lots of movies). There's also lots of bloody bodies, both humans and creatures. The acting is fairly decent, and the quasi-bat like design of the rapidly proliferating monsters is ugly enough for this sort of flick. The action is paced rather well, gory scenes balanced with scientific analysis exposition, even some "Don't look behind that door!" type stuff. Of course, they run the obligatory victim mauling scenes, including the usual couple-making-out-gets-killed routine.

All in all, a capably managed low budget horror movie, which manages a fair number of good old fashioned scares.