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  • 1975
  • PG
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 1975
  • PG
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m
Bug

Summary An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James Parmiter, however, reveal an intent with much more far-reaching consequences.

Directed By: Jeannot Szwarc

Written By: Thomas Page

  • 1975
  • PG
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 1975
  • PG
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m

Bug

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James Parmiter, however, reveal an intent with much more far-reaching consequences.

Directed By: Jeannot Szwarc

Written By: Thomas Page

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
42
20% Positive
1 Review
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
40% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
42
20% Positive
1 Review
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
40% Negative
2 Reviews

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70
Occasionally lacking in plot logic, it's nevertheless an imaginative little B thriller that manages to be genuinely suspenseful.
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50
Many strange events ensue — the bugs learn to spell out words with their bodies, people get barbecued and devoured — but none of these marvels is believable.
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50
Bug is decidedly poisonous. It is not simply a scary picture, nor simply a violent one. It is a cruel picture.
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30
Its last half is largely static, and the film never revives much interest.
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25
A few scary moments, but that's about it. Technical credits are good, actors are fair, direction is mediocre, but the public squashed Bug.
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Production Company William Castle Productions
Release Date Jun 6, 1975
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline They Look Like Rocks...Possess A High Intelligence...Have No Eyes...And Eat Ashes...They Travel In Your Car Exhaust...They Make Fire...They Kill.
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Awards

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination

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