Review of Insecticidal (2005) by Ian M — 29 Jul 2010

Now here's a winning combination: a bunch of sorority babes against giant, mutated, cannibalistic bugs! Yep, that's right. Don't be an idiot and expect a lot of seriousness from a film like Insecticidal, which has brilliant, nerdy bug scientist Cami working with her large number of pet bugs until the bitchy head girl sprays them with poison and destroys them all.

..or so they think. Now, the bugs have turned into laughably bad CGI monsters that prey on everyone in the house by killing and devouring them whole. There's a decent body count mixed with a healthy dose of good female nudity and bug action, but as one might expect, it's all deliciously corny and over-the-top.

If you can get past all of that campy awfulness, Insecticidal is actually a lot of fun. I know the first time I watched it 4 years back, I hated it, but that was me being petty and stupid. Now, as a much more seasoned horror fan, who realizes that everything coming out at the cinema is much, much worse, I found myself giving this movie a second chance and liking it a whole lot more.

Biggest genuine downfall though is still that confusing ending that I now get this time around, but it's still muddled and doesn't explain itself out more clearly. Not a bad follow-up from director Jeffrey Scott Lando, who first wowed some folks with his debut chiller, Savage Island.

He would later go on and do the similarly themed Decoys 2 (except it's aliens instead of bugs) which was a lot of fun. Insecticidal was written by all-around nice guy Jeff O'Brien, who helps add some dumb fun to this film.

Anyways, that's all this movie is: dumb fun. Don't take it seriously!