Sick Girl 

A story about an evil bug with the ability to change people's behavior, a commentary on the dangers of moving into a relationship too quickly.

Director:

Lucky McKee

Writers:

Mick Garris (creator), Sean Hood (teleplay)

Stars:

Mike McKee, Erin Brown, Angela Bettis

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Mike McKee	...	Professor Malcolm Wolf
Erin Brown	...	Misty Falls
Angela Bettis	...	Ida Teeter
Jesse Hlubik	...	Max Grubb
Marcia Bennett	...	Lana Beasley
Chandra Berg	...	The Ladybug

Storyline

Shy etymologist, Ida Teeter's obsessed by her "pets"; her collection of insects. She works with her friend, Max. Ida receives an anonymous package from Brazil, with an unclassified insect. The bug breaks free from the box. Meanwhile, Ida falls for the gorgeous Misty Falls, who's bitten and infected by the bug and moves to Ida's apartment. When Ida receives letters from her former professor Wolf, explaining how the insect reproduces and transforms the animals it bites, Ida's apprehensive about Misty.

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Plot Keywords:

homophobia | brief female full frontal nudity | dream sequence | insect | whiskey | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 January 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

IDT Entertainment, Industry Entertainment, Nice Guy Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

56 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Erin Brown's character is named Misty, which is a nod to the actress' alias for her erotic movies career, Misty Mundae.

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Goofs

Ida Teeter refers to her landlady's granddaughter as a ladybug, the common nickname for the ladybird beetle. While most would ignore this, it seems doubtful that an entomologist would.

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Quotes

Ida Teeter: It's bad enough she was saying those things about us, but Betty! Oh, geez, Betty. You were laughing
Misty Falls: So I was laughing. Big, flip, fucking deal, Ida. You are such a baby. I sat here all day, washing your dirty underwear, doing your dishes, and feeding your stupid fucking bugs, and you try to give me shit? That cunt down the hall is the one you should be mad at, not me, god damn it!
Ida Teeter: Misty, I'm just, I- I'm sorry.
Misty Falls: You ungrateful, whiney little bitch. I should rip your fucking eyes out for talking ...

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Connections

Features The Big, Weird Normal (2002)

User Reviews

Lucky McKee is a future master; what a funny episode this was

Much like Landis' Deer Woman, Lucky McKee goes for laughs over straight horror. Sick Girls stars Angela Bettis as Ida Teeter, a shy, lesbian entomologist. She doesn't do so well relationship wise as her apartment filled with bugs is quite off-putting. That is, until she meets Misty Falls (Erin Brown) her new lover who doesn't get creeped out by the bugs. Unfortunately she gets bitten by a bug sent to Ida, a very mysterious bug that changes people's personalities for the worst.

McKee is actually a lot like John Landis, mixing gory horror with hilarious comedy. This works on a lot of levels, the acting is great (I love Bettis, she is an excellent actress), the humour is actually funny, the gore sickening and the monsters big and ugly. This episode is highly recommended.

4/5.