An awful nature gone wild film from the 70's about prehistoric cockroaches finding their way out from middle earth via an earthquake. Once out they have trouble adapting to the earth's air pressure. These cockroaches are no ordinary bug; however, and are able to rub their back wings and through this friction ignite a flame. They climb into car exhaust pipes and cars blow up immediately. In fact these little creatures cause all kinds of havoc when fired up. What can be done to stop them? Have no fear - B actor extraordinaire Bradford Dillman is here. Dillman gives yet another manic performance as a man who is also a school biologist that begins trying to figure out these new bugs. Somehow, though, he gets wrapped up in breeding them with ordinary cockroaches when he realizes they cannot live long in the earth's atmosphere. This new breed can and things get even worse for Dillman and company. Bug, produced by William Castle, is a truly bad film in the its-so-fun to watch vein. I laughed so hard during not one but several scenes. The best has to be the scene where Dillman's wife, played by Johanna Miles, has these "bugs" somehow jump on her from phone and other stationary objects in the living room while eventually able to set fire to her hair. Miles looks ridiculous and the direction and editing are equally suitable to the scene. The end of the picture is another real hoot! Dillman goes way overboard in his performance. A fun film to laugh at but don't take anything seriously at all...nothing to get worked up about to be sure or you will definitely get burned!
Review of Bug
