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4.0 out of 5 stars
GET OUT THE RAID!!!, November 28, 2003
This review is from: They Crawl (DVD)
THEY CRAWL is simply what it is meant to be: a 50's B movie, updated with a little more violence and superior computer graphics. And on that level, it's one creepy movie. Although screen time for the roaches isn't quite enough, when they are on, ughhh!!!!! Okay, we open with a roach crawling up the leg of a bus driver, and then a freakish scene of the driver trying to get the bugs out, and continuing to drive the bus. WHY DIDN'T HE JUST STOP DRIVING? Who cares? It's a smashing opening. Then we meet a dashing young military man (with a secret) played stoically by Daniel Cosgrove who comes home to his ill momma (the delightfully underused GRACE ZABRISKIE) and his teeny bopper sister to find out that his younger genius brother is acting weird. Seems computer savvy brother and one of his pals are messing around with government research on what else, cockroaches?
Before you know it, pretty police detective Tamara Davies becomes involved in the case when nerd brother is mysteriously murdered.
Their investigation leads to Dennis Boutsikaris as the boys' professor---is he in on it? And how about Tone Loc as a gambling brother? Or Mickey Rourke as the leader of a long-established death cult? Or Even Tim Thomerson as a super-kind-of pest exterminator?
It's all second class fun, and the ending is so out of left field, you can't help but enjoy. Man can these bugs talk or what?
MINDLESS BUT ENJOYABLE.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A coke-and-popcorn bug movie, November 12, 2002
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This review is from: They Crawl (DVD)
I've always been a sucker for simply made monster movies, like Tremors. As straight-to-video ones go, this is pretty good. The main actors aren't that gripping, but the best performances are found in the smaller parts - by Mickey Rourke and Tone Loc. The commentary on the DVD from the director and producer is actually a pretty good behind-the-scenes peek of how to do a great-looking movie with a small budget. The film looks great, nice conversion to DVD. Hey, it's a bug movie. What did you expect, Hamlet?
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Can they stop these Super-Roaches?, March 8, 2007
This review is from: They Crawl (DVD)
HORROR & SUSPENSE-Collector Cover Canadian Version-Widescreen-Dolby Digital Stereo(English)-English & Spanish Subtitles-Production Commentary With Director John Allardice & Co-Producer/Co-Writer- Neil Elman-THEY CRAWL, THEY CREEP, THEY KILL! A roach crawls up the leg of a bus driver (Jerry Kernion), panicing he continues to drive and crashes. A young military man Ted Gage (Daniel Cosgrove)with a secret who comes home to his ill mom Mrs. Gage (Grace Zabriskie) sister Mia Gage (Andi Eystad) to find out that his younger genius brother Brian 'Bean' Gage (Chase Hampton) is acting weird. The computer savvy brother & pal are doing government research on cockroaches? Police detective. Gina O'Bannon (Tamara Davies) investigates when the brother is mysteriously murdered & leads to his Professor Jurgen (Dennis Boutsikaris ). Who did it? The gambler Clarence(Tone Loc), Tiny Frakes (Mickey Rourke),or Even Exterminator (Tim Thomerson)? Can they stop these Super-Roaches?
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