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Director:
Jeannot Szwarc
Writers:
William Castle (writer)
Thomas Page (novel)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
June 1975 (USA) more
Genre:
Sci-Fi | Horror | Mystery more
Tagline:
They Look Like Rocks...Possess A High Intelligence...Have No Eyes...And Eat Ashes...They Travel In Your Car Exhaust...They Make Fire...They Kill. more
Plot:
An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Blood, Bats and Future Shock - Chosen Survivors
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Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Bradford Dillman ... Prof. James Parmiter

Joanna Miles ... Carrie Parmiter
Richard Gilliland ... Gerald Metbaum
Jamie Smith-Jackson ... Norma Tacker (as Jamie Smith Jackson)

Alan Fudge ... Prof. Mark Ross

Jesse Vint ... Tom Tacker
Patty McCormack ... Sylvia Ross
Brendan Dillon ... Charlie
Frederic Downs ... Henry Tacker (as Fred Downs)
James Greene ... Reverend Kern
Jim Poyner ... Kenny Tacker
Sam Jarvis ... Taxi Driver
Bard Stevens ... Security Guard
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Additional Details

Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Riverside, California, USA

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Trivia:
Most of the cockroach models used in this production were made by Karoly Fogassy, whose day job was a Technical Illustrator at the University of California at Riverside. For years afterward, visitors to his studio on campus were treated to the stares of the creepy bugs. more
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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Fun stuff, 17 September 2004
10/10
Author: mattwoldm from Seattle

This movie isn't really that bad at all. I have a very fond memory is of this passing through our local drive-in, me wishing that I was one of the big kids and that I could go see such a terrifying violent horror movie. I remember tha period, you know, Day Of The Animals, Grizzly, Don't Go In The House, The Swarm, etc. What a great era man! So - I just watched this movie for the second time (I saw it once before but don't remember when). It's great as a "capsule in time" . Things I liked - some decent shots, some not hideous special effects - the cast giving it their best shot to keep a straight face. And would agree with a few others, the second half, after, I would also agree the snorefest of "experiments", things take a turn for the better. Darker, unpredictable, actually kind of scary, and

completely over the top zany, I didn't see that coming. So not bad at all

entertaining enough to rent on a Thursday night. OK - now I'm gonig to watch NO DEPOSIT NO RETURN...buhhh bye now..buh bye

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