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Bug

  • 19751975
  • PGPG
  • 1h 39m
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5.2/10
2.5K
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Bug (1975)
An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town.
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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 Pa... Read allAn 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.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.
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
2.5K
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    • Jeannot Szwarc
    • Thomas Page(novel "The Hephaestus Plague")
    • William Castle(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Bradford Dillman
    • Joanna Miles
    • Richard Gilliland
    • Jeannot Szwarc
    • Thomas Page(novel "The Hephaestus Plague")
    • William Castle(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Bradford Dillman
    • Joanna Miles
    • Richard Gilliland
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    • 59User reviews
    • 54Critic reviews
    • 42Metascore
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    Bradford Dillman
    Bradford Dillman
    • James Parmiter
    Joanna Miles
    Joanna Miles
    • Carrie Parmiter
    Richard Gilliland
    Richard Gilliland
    • Gerald Metbaum
    Jamie Smith-Jackson
    Jamie Smith-Jackson
    • Norma Tacker
    • (as Jamie Smith Jackson)
    Alan Fudge
    Alan Fudge
    • Mark Ross
    Jesse Vint
    Jesse Vint
    • Tom Tacker
    Patty McCormack
    Patty McCormack
    • Sylvia Ross
    Brendan Dillon
    Brendan Dillon
    • Charlie
    Frederic Downs
    Frederic Downs
    • Henry Tacker
    • (as Fred Downs)
    James Greene
    James Greene
    • Reverend Kern
    Jim Poyner
    Jim Poyner
    • Kenny Tacker
    Sam Javis
    • Taxi Driver
    Bard Stevens
    • Security Guard
    Georgie Castle
    • Student
    • (uncredited)
    William Castle
    William Castle
      Karoly Fogassy
      • Preacher at Funeral
      • (uncredited)
        • Jeannot Szwarc
        • Thomas Page(novel "The Hephaestus Plague") (screenplay)
        • William Castle(screenplay)
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      • Trivia
        The set used for the Parmiter home, (where Joanna Miles's character has her head set ablaze by a "bug"), was the same set at Paramount Studios in Hollywood as the one used for the interiors of the Brady home in the ABC television series, The Brady Bunch (1969). Due to very poor ratings, being massacred by Sanford and Son (1972), the series had been canceled in 1974, a few months before filming on this film began. Since this film's release in 1975, "The Brady Bunch" became a ubiquitous hit in syndication, and the set has become easily recognizable to several generations of classic TV watchers, even though the set was altered for use in this film.
      • Goofs
        When Parmiter finds the dead body in the shed its still daylight. He then runs into the house and is in there no longer than a minute and when he emerges its pitch black.
      • Connections
        Featured in Terror in the Aisles (1984)

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      7/10
      Bug, you light up my wife
      Loosely based on the novel "The Hephaestus Plague" about a strain of self igniting cockroach that is unleashed on a rural town following an earthquake. Local professor (Bradford Dillman) must learn more about the bugs in an attempt to stop the path of destruction, but finds himself aiding their evolution into unassailable marauders.

      Interestingly handled thriller, produced by horror royalty in William Castle focuses on the mental disintegration of the lead character, following the death of his spouse. His obsessive determination to destroy the bugs leads him to the brink of insanity, while the bugs conversely enhance their intelligence through the reinforcement gained in his experiments. Where most of the cast (Gilliland, Vint, Jackson, Miles) fade out after the first half, Fudge and McCormack come into focus in the second half, as they attempt to coax Dillman out of his self imposed isolation.

      The concept that mankind is the subject of the experiment and ultimately the more vulnerable of the two species, is canvassed abundantly in the second half of the film and while engaging, slows the pace considerably. Overall, I found "Bug" an entertaining tale that improved with each subsequent viewing and an ideal swansong for horror maestro Castle.
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        • June 6, 1975 (United States)
        • United States
        • English
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        • Riverside, California, USA
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        • William Castle Productions
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      • 1 hour 39 minutes
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