A group of troubled teenagers are led by social workers on a California wilderness retreat, not knowing that the woods they are camping in have become infested by mutated, blood-sucking tick... Read allA group of troubled teenagers are led by social workers on a California wilderness retreat, not knowing that the woods they are camping in have become infested by mutated, blood-sucking ticks.A group of troubled teenagers are led by social workers on a California wilderness retreat, not knowing that the woods they are camping in have become infested by mutated, blood-sucking ticks.
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Problem teens in Los Angeles join an inner-city wilderness project in and attempt to get back in touch with life's priorities, led by do-gooders Holly and Charles. When they get to the campsite, they begin having problems adjusting to the wild life, particularly local marijuana growers using herbal steroids to accelerate plant growth, and the mutated ticks that the leaky steroid system has created. —Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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"When In Doubt, Squish!"...
In TICKS, Tyler Burns (Seth Green) joins a group of other -fairly typical- wayward youths for a wilderness excursion. Their adult "guides", Holly and Charles (Rosalind Allen and Peter Scolari) are goofy and mostly oblivious. Unbeknownst to them, a chemical spill at a nearby marijuana-growing operation has caused the titular arachnids to mutate, and grow to enormous proportions. Bloodsucking terror soon follows.
As gross-out monster movies go, this one holds its own, mixing serviceable creature effects with gushy gore, resulting in 85 minutes of utterly mindless fun. Toss in a few psychotic, hillbilly cretins and we're off! Nothing can possibly prepare you for the gruesome, gargantuan finale!
Both Rance and Clint Howard make cameo appearances as the Sheriff and a doomed dope enthusiast respectively...
As gross-out monster movies go, this one holds its own, mixing serviceable creature effects with gushy gore, resulting in 85 minutes of utterly mindless fun. Toss in a few psychotic, hillbilly cretins and we're off! Nothing can possibly prepare you for the gruesome, gargantuan finale!
Both Rance and Clint Howard make cameo appearances as the Sheriff and a doomed dope enthusiast respectively...
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- Feb 19, 2019
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