Crwthod
A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.
StyleSk8r
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Ava-Grace Willis
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Jonah Abbott
There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
D Rahul Raj Jsd
It's night and today (24th March) is Mr. Jesse Hlubik's birthday. In celebration, I watched an hour long episode of Masters of Horror which he starred in. It also features Angela Bettis and Erin Brown as the two main characters. It was directed by Lucky McKee. Jesse is the best, he is both cool and hilarious. Angela is always great, but it was Erin who really brought the WOW factor to the screen. She gave a truly excellent performance. The episode was a strange mix of romance, horror and comedy that is creeping with bugs throughout. It's one of my favorite episodes from the series. This was also the first time I have seen a production featuring all four of the awesome people mentioned above, and I have to say that I loved every single minute of it!
cynthiacher-1
This episode of the "Masters of Horror" series tries very hard to be both amusing and horrifying but doesn't quite manage to be either.The "humor" is very heavy-handed and Angela Bettis's character "Ida Teeter" is a caricature, not a human being. The plot line is promising (a strange, huge bug running loose that can devour mammals and impregnate (!) them) but ultimately goes nowhere. Bettis's co-star Erin Brown (aka Misty Mundae. a soft porn/horror scream queen) tries to make the most of her role as the ditsy, pixie-obsessed "Misty Falls", but leaves no major impression.The whole relationship between the two women seems unbelievably far-fetched. Ida is not particularly attractive, looks much older than Misty, and is very weird and socially-unskilled, and yet Misty has been fixated on her, as it turns out, for YEARS! Misty seems pretty strange herself, but even so her obsession with Ida seems ludicrous. And why does the perfectly normal-seeming Max give the insufferable Ida the time of day, much less be her best friend? The land lady character seems to exist only to be "the bad person who deserved to get killed" role you see in countless unimaginative horror films. And Max is the second "friend of the protagonist" character to get killed that I've seen in the Master of Horror series. Is this some kind of formula that stories in this series must adhere to? I've seen two segments so far and both of them featured the nice friend of the protagonist getting destroyed by a monster. In "Sick Girl", the death of Max was gratuitous and served no purpose at all, except to provide some gore.The ending were terrible, incredibly stupid even for a horror movie. Misty becomes this CREATURE, a "bug" of some kind, and the bug's mandibles (or whatever they have) have torn through her flesh (earlier Misty's ear became a bloody mush and fell off). She's no longer human. But at the end, she's perfectly normal and healthy looking and happily pregnant with the bug's offspring (as is Ida). HOW is it possible to go from having her flesh ripped apart from the inside to being whole again? Like I said, it's stupid even for a horror movie.I'm going to watch two other segments of this series tonight. God, I hope they're better than this!
artilevel
It has it all, great characters, (Angela Bettis putting in an even better performance than in "May"), great sets, quirky lesbians, originality, and insects! Most of all, the cutest little green leaf bug ever! The sight of him waving his little arms around as if in greeting, whilst perched on a finger, is the highlight of the insect scenes, easily making him the star of the show! How could anyone not go aaahh, he's so cute! - I just hope they treated him right! Anyhow, there was no point throughout the whole hour where I became bored or restless watching "Sick Girl", and that is very rare for me.Full marks to the makers, for originality, interest, quirkiness, fascinating insect-filled apartment where the entomologist lady (Bettis)lived, (I would love an apartment like that one!) good horror moments for fans of the genre, humour without being annoying, as it often is in horror movies, but most of all, the star of the show, that adorable little green leaf bug. Aaahhh! He should have had a name and been given his own inclusion in the credits. So sweet!
Steve Keil
SICK GIRL is the worst episode of Masters of Horror series this far, and that's quite an achievement as there have been some really poor ones (Homecoming, Dance of the Dead & Jenifer to name 3). Everything about this episode is poor; story, acting, direction, special effects. It's about some retarded(?) woman who one day receives an evil super-bug in the mail. The evil bug then bites her girlfriend, girlfriend becomes sick and turns into a giant bug (featuring some not so special effects). Next scene is the lesbian couple, both pregnant, sitting on the couch with the father to be (the evil bug). Oh, and the retarded main character also has trouble with her landlady who doesn't appreciate her bug-pets and/or lesbian lifestyle. The EndThe main character delivers possibly the worst performance of all time. I was left speechless after seeing this. Don't know if the actress just acted the way the director told. The other actors/actresses do a poor job too. Can't help thinking of what the director was thinking when he made this? Is he proud of his creation?.
