a_baron Is this a horror film or sci-fi? Or maybe it is a not-so-subtle dig at the evil corporations that are forever riding roughshod over us little people in their relentless search for profit. Let's face it, nobody ever lost any friends for railing at big business, heck, even businessmen have bought into this narrative to some extent.Here we see a new vet arriving in a small town that is on the cusp of a farming revolution, only thing is the company that is backing it has somehow created a mutant parasite that infects not only the new feed but the cattle, and then morphs into a giant bat, or something of that nature. Naturally our idealistic newcomer and his allies are engaged in a desperate rush to quarantine and destroy this pest before it takes over the state and the world, while the agents of the wicked corporation are intent only on hushing the whole thing up lest news leaks out and everybody turns vegetarian. And of course, the wicked capitalists have also succeeded in corrupting the local law enforcement. As fairy tales go this one is fairly anodyne, that's if you don't read between the lines.

Phillemos The opening, pre-credit scene in this movie features two guys and two girls late at night in a field where they spot a cow. The girls offer to strip naked and do lap dances if the guys tip the cow. So the guys knock the cow over, and to their horror realize that the cow is dead and has some "things" crawling inside it. So off we go, to learn about parasites. We learn that if the parasites are REALLY nasty, they turn into flying, bat-like creatures with the capability of swarming a small Missouri town. We also find out what we already knew: 1) All companies in sci-fi movies are run by morally bankrupt CEOs who don't care about human life; 2) All medical experts who move to a small, rural community in sci-fi movies are mistrusted as quacks by the townsfolk; and 3) all rural townsfolk in sci-fi movies are complete morons. Great fodder for your run-of-the-mill SciFi Original. But the pair of guys and girls disappear, never to be seen again after the opening credits. Where is my lap dance?!?!? Just for that, I'm giving this movie a 3.

Dr. Gore *SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT* It's amazing the things I learn from B-movies. "Larva" taught me an important lesson in larva evolution. Little did I know that larva evolve into flying bat monsters. The townspeople feed their cattle some cheap feed and some larva. The creatures incubate and pop out as bat monsters. Much larva killing follows.I have seen this movie a hundred million trillion times before. Everything I would expect from a movie called "Larva" is here on display. From the evil corporate guy who wants the nosy scientist to shut his big fat yapper to the hot blonde lawyer who only wants to help and kill lots of flying larva, I have seen this movie before. I keep renting them on the off chance that they might have something a wee bit different to hold my interest. While there is nothing unique about "Larva", it does what it's supposed to do. Larvas explode from bellies and kill lots of people. There are plenty of bloody scenes as larva like to leave the intestines as messily as possible. If you're an undemanding monster movie lover, you'll probably get into it. It's worth a look.

apfraats Having watched 1000+ movies, this one is just another one in the genre. It's has no exciting extra's at all. The story and plot are well known. Only a little different on the outside. Watching this movie is just as filling in the same mathematical formula, with other values for it's variables. Nothing new. The effect's are really bad done. Especially the 'monsters'. They just look like an old coat that is in someway washed but never ironed. The color is also not realistic. It's yellowed. Done with a meaning ? I don't know, it's just irritating to watch. I hate things like this to give a special setting to a movie. Do it with good acting, good special effects and a good story. Not with Yelowing the whole movie, I rather watch them in realistic coloring. All by all, if you're young and new to the movie-watching scene, it maybe worth a view. But if you're older and have seen a lot of movies, you really fall asleep by looking this one.