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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Similar in tone to "Eight Legged Freaks", "Tremors", "Deep Rising" or a comedy version of "The "Mist", this movie hits all the right buttons. No long winded build up, it gets going almost straight away as a group of office workers wake up cocconed to find the town has been infested with various giant bugs. The charaters are well drawn and the knowing and amusing script keeps things entertaining during the quieter moments but it's the bug attacks you want to see and it doesn't disappoint. The bugs are a combination of live action and excellent CGI and whenever they appear the movie shifts up several gears in intensity. There's a few freaky surprises along the way too and a great late appearance from Ray Wise as a gung-ho dad, pretty much replaying his character from TV's "Reaper". All in all, perfect popcorn entertainment.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This was another impulse buy. As other reviewers have said, it is similar approach to Eight legged freaks but without any real explanation as to why it all happened. Personally, I thought Shaun of the dead was funnier and I would describe Infestation as more light hearted than comedy.
However, for what I expected to be a low budget apocalypse movie it is actually very well made and the effects are impressive (although not gory). It also doesn't suffer from that annoying frame dropping whenever there are fast moving special effects. This in itself is unusual for the lower budget horror movies recorded on DV.
Overall, if you want something to watch late at night that doesn't take itself too seriously then Infestation is proabably a good bet. There are even a few familiar faces.
I was going to give this 3 stars but the quality of the special effects & overall production made me change it to 4.
However, for what I expected to be a low budget apocalypse movie it is actually very well made and the effects are impressive (although not gory). It also doesn't suffer from that annoying frame dropping whenever there are fast moving special effects. This in itself is unusual for the lower budget horror movies recorded on DV.
Overall, if you want something to watch late at night that doesn't take itself too seriously then Infestation is proabably a good bet. There are even a few familiar faces.
I was going to give this 3 stars but the quality of the special effects & overall production made me change it to 4.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
There's a chance that this cheeky little gem will be missed in the flood of Giant Whatever movies that clog the arteries of the Sci-Fi Channel, but it's definitely worth a look and probably the most I've enjoyed a straight-to-DVD creature picture since "Frankenfish".
No time at all is wasted in setting up the situation: There are bugs. They've already spun everyone in the town/country/world into cocoons and the story kicks off when one of the cocooned folks wakes up and begins to explore this dangerous new world. Time is taken to establish and build the characters in a way rarely seen since the days when John Sayles was writing "Piranha" and "Alligator". The movie seems to takes its overall tone from those movies too, drawing us deeper and deeper into the situation and always ready with an interesting, cool surprise around the next corner. This is one you'll watch again.
No time at all is wasted in setting up the situation: There are bugs. They've already spun everyone in the town/country/world into cocoons and the story kicks off when one of the cocooned folks wakes up and begins to explore this dangerous new world. Time is taken to establish and build the characters in a way rarely seen since the days when John Sayles was writing "Piranha" and "Alligator". The movie seems to takes its overall tone from those movies too, drawing us deeper and deeper into the situation and always ready with an interesting, cool surprise around the next corner. This is one you'll watch again.
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"..CLASSIC.. MODERN B MOVIE.."
This is one of the best horror-monster films in a while, if you love B-movie style movies with giant bugs in like eight legged freaks then you will certainly enjoy this, loads of... Read more
Published 28 days ago by S. Drury
Blu Ray Review!
I give this film 3 stars for the actual film; it's a fun, funny alien bug invasion romp. The reason I felt compelled to post up a blu-ray review is that I have now had hold of no... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Chinatown Blue
good cheesy fun
a good fun cheesy horror flick like eight legged freaks and as one reviewer said a comedy version of the mist. Read more
Published 15 months ago by E. Ramshaw
Not bad, but not great
Was looking forward to watching this film but in the end left me wondering where the last hour and half for my life had gone,a good start isnt backed up by a good ending,all pretty... Read more
Published 15 months ago by J. Colwell
Amusing tongue in cheek creature feature with considerable comedy
When Chris Marquette's unprofessional slacker gets fired, it's only the beginning of his woes. The next thing he knows he's fighting to untangle himself from webbing and try to... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Benminx
Infectious.
Yeah, sure, so some of the CGI isn't mindblowing, every so often it feels like your in an episode of the 'X-Files' or some made for TV sci-fi schlock, there are cliches in... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Duluoz Lautrec
insect aside
A bright light whites out the screen and suddenly some time later we watch cocooned folk wake to discover the worlds been invaded by large rabid bugs that carry mutant dna to... Read more
Published on 14 May 2010 by John Tearney
B Movie? It aspires to be...........
This is truly awful - possibly one of the worst movies I've seen this year. Yes, yes, it's supposed to pay 'homage' to B-movies, etc, but it's not smart enough. Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2010 by Paulmart
Invasion of the Large Alien Blind Super Beetles from Outer Space.
So, in Small City USA (or Bulgaria to be truthful) an accident wakens our unheroic hero from a cocoon where he'd been anaesthetised to keep fresh for later munchies by Large Alien... Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2010 by Ian Williams
Lord of the Fly movies
Infestation was an enjoyable comedy b-movie horror romp that picks up the action straight away with the humans having been invaded by giant bugs and cocooned in webs. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2009 by Mr. P. Abbott
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