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Skeeter

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If you see just one giant mosquito B-movie this summer then go see "Mosquito." That 1995 film is above average low-budget camp, as oxymoronic as that sounds. But the "1994" film "Skeeter" is just plain bad, without the redeeming quality of unintentional humor (the script is actually better in this film, but with the bad special effects it works against your enjoyment). This time around, instead of the skeeters feasting on alien blood they end up being mutated because of a toxic waste dump. Meanwhile, at our isolated desert town cattle showing up drained of all their blood through giant puncture wounds. Then a pair of sex starved teenagers disappeared, followed by the people looking for the aforementioned teenagers. The first people in town to spot the monsters are drunks, so they do not count and the locals have no clue until they are buzzed by mosquitoes the size of birds ("big" is a relative term in monster movies, and since we are talking swarms of mosquitoes, this size works better).

The hero is Roy Boone (Jim Youngs), a strapping lad who likes to work with his shirt off, and the damsel in distress is his once and future girl friend Sarah Crosby (Tracy Griffith). The local rich jerk Drake (Jay Robinson), is involved in land grabbing and his land has the toxic spill that leads to the mutated mosquitoes. Charles Napier plays the corrupt local sheriff, and William Sanderson is the perplexed county examiner, and Michael J. Pollard's character keeps one of the skeeters as a pet. All of your favorite conventions are here, the point of view shot from the perspective of the giant insects, the brutal deaths of the bad guys, and screams from the healthy lungs of the heroine. It is just that "Skeeter" is not bad enough to be enough fun. Do "Skeeter" as a late night double-bill with "Mosquito" and you will have to argee this is the lesser of two giant mosquitoes B-movies.

In 1994 we were exposed to a film so magnificent, so hilarious, so B that it was almost hard to believe something so perfect existed. Now you may be thinking we're speaking of the world renowned Death Ring, and we applaud your effort, but for the sake of this review we are focused on Mosquito. This was a movie that simply dominated the charts of 90's B horror flicks. Never before were we exposed to a film devoted to giant killer mosquitos, which left us mesmerized. Honestly there aren't too many movies out there with such an incredible concept. Now fast forward to the year 2011 where much to our dismay come to discover another giant killer mosquito movie. One that was also released in 1994! Despite being very disappointed we had overlooked the movie for so many years, we decided it's always better later then never. Despite all our excitement Skeeter left us utterly shocked by it's lameness. The expectations were so high that possibly we ruined the film before it even had a chance. When standing next to Mosquito this movie is more like an outcasted family member.

As the initial credits role we saw a lot of incredible B potential as workers hide tins of toxic waste deep below the ground. This moves ahead to us watching a young kid on a dirt bike getting chased down by some creature, forcing him to fly off the side of a mountain. In a consistent confusing manor we then jump to a shirtless rogue cop named Roy Boone, as he rides his hog down the dusty desert highway with his button down wide opened. He is yet another gentlemen that attended the Dylan Mckay school of hard knocks. Once he arrives at work he takes some of the usual flack from the sheriff who doesn't like his independent attitude. From here we begin to discover some grizzly murders handed down by some giant mutant mosquitos. Obviously the mosquitos grew so giant while feeding off of the toxic waste dumping. In the end humanity remains the dominant species leaving us available to make more horrible movies, thankfully.

As much as we wanted to love Skeeter it simply wasn't possible. The downside wasn't the horrid acting or hilarious special effects...in fact that's what we seek. The real issue was the amount of boring dialogue that attempted to make this movie more of a drama then horror. It had everything needed. A rogue cop that doesn't play by anybody elses rules but his own, a crazy native american sidekick, the grumpy town sheriff, and killer mosquitos. Somehow they just couldn't figure out how to explore the studio space into a 5 star event. The mosquitos were seen for a total of 10 minutes tops, and that's just unacceptable. The beauty of Mosquito was the amount of creature action. It dominated the film as opposed to Skeeter which forgot the killer mosquitos are the real stars. Really just a big disappointment that isn't worth the hour and a half of boredom with some sparse laughs. So when choosing between your 90's killer mosquito films make sure you go for the original masterpiece and leave Skeeter in the bug zapper.

This is a solid, if silly, B movie. Yes, from a biological standpoint its absurd. Sure, the plot is silly. OK, the acting is indifferent. If, as I do, you like creature features with oversized animals, in this case mosquitoes, and don't mind the things I mentioned above, go for it. Don't expect to be impressed, but expect to be entertained.

This DVD is pretty wicked! But their are no special features.(Bummer). Even for a cheap killer bug flick.This is a good movie for fans that like the Carnosaur movies.If you like monster flicks or creature features this is the movie for you.And it is at a great price so you 2 can own this DVD.

Hi folks. Take a look at the front cover of the box. See that? Evil mosquito face, teeth gnashing, drool dripping with every anticipation for it's next victim. Looks really cool, right? Makes ya wanna go out and see the movie, right? But here's what you should do: go to the rental store. Pick up the videotape box. Look the front over. Put it back down. Walk out. You've had a better experience than I did watching the film.

The mosquitos in here are really mosquito biology models increased to the size of your hand. They kill people by attaching themselves to low paid actors, thanks to the help of wire and the hands of studio gaffers. The mosquitos are created by radiation (oh wow, there's a twist) dumped by a corporate villain. (oh wow, yet another twist) The corporation subplot is odd as it's never fully resolved - making the whole thing weird. The corporate villain cavorts around talking like Tony Jay and looking like the "Phantasm" Tall Man's little brother. He also sends his minions after our heroes, resulting in a few gunfights. It's almost like the movie forgot it was a horror film and tried to be a John Woo film instead.

This movie stars Charles Napier as a police officer (again) and William Sanderson, who was famous as J.H. Sebastian in "Blade Runner" and Joe Monday the bartender in "Last Man Standing." Oh yes and a whole load of mosquitos. Contains gun-fu, kung-fu, Indian-fu, and moquito-fu. Two stars. TrezKu13 says don't check it out.

If you are into bad B movies then Skeeter is among the benchmark movies you can use to rate all others. Use expressions like "it ain't no skeeter" when you find one worse. If you happen to be 14-16 years old and are using a VHS camcorder to make your first movie, you can learn a lot about what works and what doesn't. If your home movie turns out to be skeeter then you may just have a career in making trailers.

This movie sucks. I wanted to stop watching but I mostly fast forward it to see the mosquito parts but still wasn't much. This movie has alot of talking and boring as hell. I could say more but not even worth it. Watch Mosquito(1995) instead if you want action and gore, it's not bad for a low budget movie.

I like it