TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

callanvass The lead character Richard (Franc Luz) is the sheriff, and he seems to be a bit of a pimp. He's got his own mini love triangle going with two women (Lisa Langlois & Nacy Morgan) Langlois comes back after a few years of being away. It turns out she picked the wrong time to head home. A bunch of meat eating cockroaches are invading the city. I was hoping to get a mildly entertaining film out of this, and that's exactly what I got. Its akin back to the 50's with all of the cheese. There are some truly odd things in this movie. Dr. Hubbard (Terri Treas) has a weird obsession with insects, especially cockroaches. She willingly subjects a Cat to her sadistic experiments, and seems to enjoy watching the cockroaches kill the cat. She also willingly sticks her hand in the box of killer roaches, and says "They are biting my hand" She keeps it inside the box, and is obviously enjoying it, because the look on her face screams pleasure. It seriously gave me the creeps. Her character does some inexplicable things. As I mentioned previously, this is seriously akin to the 50's. Even the sheriff (plastic acting and all by Franc Luz) is eerily reminiscent of one of the lead characters you'd see in a killer insect film back in those days. Lisa Langlois is OK as the love interest, but nothing more. Robert Lansing needed a quick paycheck, I'm assuming. The gore delivers in a solid way. We get gory cockroach bites, a horse is skinned, and a cat is skinned. The deaths of animals hit a nerve with me a little bit. I'm very touchy when it comes to the death of animals. We also get a severed hand, and one of the goriest bug transformation scenes you'll ever see. I won't spoil it, but it's messy. We also get a bizarre giant cockroach, filled with human faces at the end. Got a big appetite? You'll be full, don't worry. Final Thoughts: It's cheesy fun. Accept it for what it is, and I'm sure you'll have a decent night of entertainment. Nothing I'll ever see again, but I liked it for what it was 5.6/10

Vomitron_G This flick is the Ultimate in Mutant Cockroach Terror! I love this one! Easily one of the best Roger Corman productions from the 80's! Sure it has a cheesy 80's synthesizer-score and displays ditto wardrobe and hairdos. But it also has a decent plot, well-drawn-out characters and... great gross gore effects! It follows the rules of a creature feature by the book, and the film benefits a lot from it. The puppetry and 'animatronics' might be rather static (not very lively), but the creature design is rather great and the 'mayor-roach' transformation scene is major fun to watch! There's also a 'cat-roach' in it, and just wait until you (briefly) see the final 'Über-mutant-roach' (which for some reason always reminds me of the final creature we get to see in John Carpenters "The Thing")! If you like all the afore-mentioned ingredients, then seek this baby out and have fun with it.

Michael O'Keefe A story line that isn't unfamiliar. Flesh eating cockroaches come out of their nest to terrorize the citizens of a small fishing community. The local sheriff (Frank Luz)has his work cut out for him. I comes very apparent that the friendly little island community of North Port is gradually being overrun by roaches. The only exterminator around(Stephen Davies)is certain these roaches are immune to the customary and even strongest chemicals he has. The daughter(Lisa Langlois) of the mayor(Robert Lansing)has barely returned home after four years and is the one who discovers where the menacing bugs are nesting. Before long the roaches have the ability to assume the form of anything they kill...say a household cat...so an animal/roach hybrid appears and even sooner than later a roach/human. The movie is easy to enjoy; its just not very redeeming. The special effects are actually pretty good compared to the lousy acting. The cat/roach is pretty creepy. Too bad it didn't get more screen time. Others in the cast: Diana Bellamy, Terri Treas and Jack Collins.

brandonsites1981 A small town is plagued by flesh eating roaches that are the result of a scientific experiment gone awry. To make matters worse they are transforming into whatever they consume. Pre-dating Mimic by a decade, this intense, tight and extremely frightening horror film features excellent make-up effects, a wonderfully demented performance by Terri Treas, and an intelligent, well crafted script.Rated R; Extreme Graphic Violence and Profanity.