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| Bradford Dillman | ... | James Parmiter | |
| Joanna Miles | ... | Carrie Parmiter | |
| Richard Gilliland | ... | Gerald Metbaum | |
| Jamie Smith-Jackson | ... | Norma Tacker (as Jamie Smith Jackson) | |
| Alan Fudge | ... | Mark Ross | |
| Jesse Vint | ... | Tom Tacker | |
| Patty McCormack | ... | Sylvia Ross | |
| Brendan Dillon | ... | Charlie | |
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Frederic Downs | ... | Henry Tacker (as Fred Downs) |
| James Greene | ... | Reverend Kern | |
| Jim Poyner | ... | Kenny Tacker | |
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Sam Javis | ... | Taxi Driver |
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Bard Stevens | ... | Security Guard |
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An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James Parmiter, however, reveal an intent with much more far-reaching consequences. Written by Ross Horsley <ics6rh@leeds.ac.uk>
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6 June 1975 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Hephaestus Plague See more »Filming Locations:
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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Most of the cockroach models used in this production were made by Karoly Fogassy, whose day job was a Technical Illustrator at the University of California at Riverside. For years afterward, visitors to his studio on campus were treated to the stares of the creepy bugs. See more »Contribute to This Page
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Final project from famed movie producer William Castle is, sadly, a slapdash insect affair. Based on the book "The Hephaestus Plague" by Thomas Page, who also penned the screenplay with help from Castle, the chills start after an earthquake rocks a small community, bringing mutant roaches up from the earth. The bugs are satisfyingly disgusting, causing fire, panic, and one hysterical death on the former "Brady Bunch" set at Paramount. Aficionados of gross-out cinema will up the rating a notch, while purveyors of camp will enjoy the wooden performances by Bradford Dillman as a local professor and Joanna Miles as his wife. Lots of close-ups of scaly legs and bug guts, yet the production values are disappointingly cheapjack, a depressing reminder of far better days at the Castle horror factory. *1/2 from ****