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22/08/1997 Horror, Science Fiction 1h 45m
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For thousands of years, man has been evolution's greatest creation... until now.

Overview

A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.

  1. Guillermo del Toro

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Mira Sorvino

    Susan Tyler

  2. Jeremy Northam

    Peter Mann

  3. Giancarlo Giannini

    Manny

  4. Charles S. Dutton

    Leonard

  5. Josh Brolin

    Josh

  6. Alexander Goodwin

    Chuy

  7. Alix Koromzay

    Remy

  8. F. Murray Abraham

    Dr. Gates

  9. James Costa

    Ricky

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-09-08
This is quite an entertaining little sci-fi thriller about a worm that turned! "Tyler" (Mira Sorvino) is a distinguished scientist who created a bug that could kill cockroaches that were carriers for a deadly disease. Thing is, though, these super-bugs have started to get a bit out of control, and it isn't long before they decide that it's time to turn the tables on their creators - despite some supposedly limiting genetic engineering developed to inhibit precisely that! People are quite literally dropping like flies, so she and "Peter" (Jeremy Northam) have to come up with a solution before m...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$30,000,000.00

Revenue
$25,480,490.00

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