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

ChiefGoreMongral Goremongral here with a question, do you like bugs? Here is a better question do you like cockroaches? If you answered yes to both then you may be the right person to check out my review of the flick, The Nest.This is a 1980's Roger Corman flick that stars a lot of no-name players as well as a lot of roaches (not those kind of roaches you druggie). The movie has a simple plot, a town with a population of 700 people get overrun by some roaches that have been genetically altered by a wacko female scientist and the town sheriff needs to find a way to kill them before the whole town is overrun and eaten by these carnivorous cretins. Pretty simple right, for the most part , however its the last 30 minutes that turned this from a below average flick to at least something that is an average example of B movie making.During that last 30 minutes we find that these new roaches can alter the DNA of what they have ingested. In one sequence we get to see a cat-roach and a human-roach with some cool gore effects added for just the right touch. Does it look cheesy yes but it still all works as the films tongue is firmly in cheek throughout.I normally prefer to have my horror movies taken seriously but with the subject matter at hand and the way this movie played out, for the most part, this all worked fine. The movie does have some problems, one being the fact that it took to long to inform us of the roaches abilities to manipulate what it has devoured as well as some lulls here and there that keep it from being more than mildly entertaining.In the end the Nest is not total garbage and it is not nothing special. I like the twist as if this was just a standard insects on the rampage film I would have probably not have liked it as much but with the silly sci-fi twist and some cool gore I give The Nest: 5/10 Average, its nothing that you will run away from giving a gleaming review but it is not something that you will walk away saying it sucked either. In the end just an average example of B-Movie Monster Making.The Nest is out now on DVD released under the Roger Corman Classics Label from New Concorde.Until next time I leave you with this bit of advice, if your ever in a cave and you are face to face with a mutant cockroach monster do not extend your hand in friendship as it may take more from you than you bargain.I'm OUT!!!!

matthew87 Ants dont scare me,and nor do spiders.But roaches are the one thing that freak me out. I think this movie had good special effects for 1988,and I thought it had a good cast of character actors.A good companion to this movie is the bug [1975] which has a similar plot about killer roaches.

HardcoreKnight I have to admit I have probably watched more horror movies than I care to share,though out off all the movies i have seen,this movie actually makes you feel like roaches are crawling all over you! Its your basic genetic experiment gone wrong film,resulting in flesh eating hordes of roaches! If you want to watch a horror film that will actually make you feel involved as a potential victim,watch this.Though I really don't recommend you watch this film with your boy/girlfriend,or in the dark! Take it from me if you want gross skin crawling fun for an evening,you must own this film!