Steineded How sad is this?

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Chase_Witherspoon Tranquil seaside community is overcome by a voracious strain of killer cockroaches, the toxic result of nearby un-regulated chemical testing. Despite the local mayor's inert response (Lansing) for fear of losing investment, local police man (Luz) is determined to take the threat seriously, even if he has to act along to save the woman he loves (Langlois) who also happens to be the mayor's daughter. Slow to develop, the momentum picks up late in the picture, as Luz realizes the situation is hopeless and improvises an escape plan, not counting on dangers emerging from within. Some utterly repulsive special effects steal the show late in the piece, but it's a nebulous storyline that runs out of road long before the spectacular conclusion.Oddly atmospheric Roger Corman inspired (or financed at least) production has a decent cast delivering some intelligent dialogue, along with competent special effects and production design. In spite of these achievements, the pace is fatally pedestrian, robbing the film's chance of becoming a taut, suspenseful and memorable horror tale.The bugs are a triumph of ingenuity, their rather grotesque, ribbed appearance looks menacing in spite of their diminutive size – their appetites for red meat also substantially more abundant. The make-up effects applied to Lansing's character late in the film, is as hideous as they come and sure to please those with cast-iron stomachs, although it might prompt nausea from the regulation peanut gallery.

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.

Woodyanders A disgusting batch of cannibalistic cockroaches caused by your usual illegal'n'unscrupulous scientific mishap terrorize a heretofore dull and peaceful small island community. Sure, the plot sounds dumb and unpromising, but luckily the solid direction by Terrence Winkless (who co-wrote "The Howling"), several quirky and engaging secondary characters (Stephan Davies in particular steals the film with a sidesplitting portrayal of the burg's klutzy, sloppy, eccentric resident exterminator who prefers to be called "a pest control agent"), a clever script by Robert King which has occasional dollops of amusingly macabre black humor (the single most bravura darkly funny comic moment is when endangered waitress Nancy Morgan butchers a bunch of roaches in her diner while "La Cucaracha" blasts on the soundtrack), pretty gruesome and creepy roach attack scenes, nasty and convincing make-up f/x by Cary Howe, a nice turn by the underrated Diana ("Stripped to Kill," "Spellbinder") Bellamy as a whiny old battle axe with a broken foot (the scene where the roaches crawl into her cast is a real hoot), and a wonderfully wicked performance by gorgeous redhead Terri ("The Terror Witin") Treas as a bitchy, cold-hearted evil lady scientist who derives erotic pleasure out of the roaches nibbling on her fingers make this baby a pleasantly enjoyable winner. The only flaw here is the three weak leads: Robert ("Empire of the Ants") Lansing as the corrupt mayor, Lisa ("Deadly Eyes") Langlois as Hizzoner's bimbo daughter, and Robert ("Ghost Town") Luz as the earnest, drippy sheriff are all numbingly bland. That fault aside, "The Nest" overall rates as a superior revolt-of-nature killer animal fright feature.

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.