Top 5 Time: Bug Movies

Flick James · May 31, 2011, 10:16:46 AM

Okay, this one is definately a "good" or "bad" movie category. List your top 5 movies featuring bugs. It could be an obvious one like Them (1954), which is certainly on my list, but could also be a movie that is not necessarily just a bug movie but features them enough to be included. So, your top 5 Bug Movies, good, bad, cheesy, whatever. Here's mine, no particular order:

Them! (1954) - an obvious choice and a classic.
Creepshow (1982) - not a bug movie, but the last segment features so many real bugs and is so creepy that it's in my list.
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) - yes, arachnids count
The Fly (1986) - David Cronenberg is the man
Arachnaphobia (1990) - people have mixed feelings on this one, but I think it's a bug classic.

venomx · May 31, 2011, 11:29:07 AM

Quote from: Flick James on May 31, 2011, 10:16:46 AM
Creepshow (1982) - not a bug movie, but the last segment features so many real bugs and is so creepy that it's in my list.

Yes, I agree. When I think of Creepshow 1... I think of bugs.

The Temple of Doom (1984) had lots of real bugs as well. (inside the wall trap)

voltron · June 04, 2011, 12:36:58 PM

The only bug movie I can think of is Empire Of The Ants (1977).

Jack · June 04, 2011, 01:02:00 PM

Starship Troopers (1997) - Beverly Hills 90210 kids get sent off to war and slaughtered by alien bugs. What's not to like?
Starship Troopers 2 (2004) - I really like this movie. Me and three other guys

Bone Snatcher (2003) - Good characters, great desert scenery, intriguing plot.
Spiders (2000) - fun, silly, a good giant spider time was had by all.
Insecticidal (2005) - total cheese fest with overgrown bugs chasing girls around their sorority house.

Psycho Circus · June 04, 2011, 02:02:22 PM

The Fly (1986)
Kingdom Of The Spiders (1977)
The Wasp Woman (1959)
Earth vs The Spider (19858)
Mimic (1997)

claws · June 04, 2011, 02:09:34 PM

Phase IV (1974)
The Fly (1986)
Mimic (1997)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Bug (1975) - Guilty Pleasure -

RCMerchant · June 04, 2011, 03:39:24 PM

1.THEM! (1954)
2.TARANTULA (1955)
3.The GIANT SPIDER INVASION (1975)
4.the DEADLY BEES (1967)
5.the BLACK SCORPION (1957)

(scorpians are bugs,right?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfKakOgshxw

InformationGeek · June 04, 2011, 06:40:40 PM

Hmm...

Them! (It's about of my Top 10 favorite films of all time)
Eight Legged Freaks
Bug (Too obvious?)
Ants
Swarmed

If Tremors counts, get rid of Ants and Swarmed to put in the original and the sequel.

Derf · June 04, 2011, 10:39:02 PM

The Fly (1958). I'm a Vincent Price fan; what can I say?
Bug (1975). Sentient cockroaches. How scary is that?!?
Them! (1954). A more thoughtful look at giant radioactive insects run amok.
The Deadly Mantis (1957). A giant praying mantis! It says grace before it eats you!
Horrors of Spider Island (1960). Just because no one has mentioned it yet and it made me laugh.

Hammock Rider · June 05, 2011, 04:34:27 AM

Kingdom of the Spiders
The Deadly Mantis
The Fly (1986)
Tarantula(although mostly for Mara Corday)
Empire of the Ants

and Honorable Mentions go to A Bug's Life, Deadly Bees, The Swarm, Arachnophobia and of course, THEM!

crackers · June 05, 2011, 04:52:35 AM

Slugs would definitely be on my list as well as Ticks. Cant really think of any others.

After reading how many of you rate Bug I'm going ti give that a watch.

RCMerchant · June 05, 2011, 09:46:20 AM

Quote from: Derf on June 04, 2011, 10:39:02 PM
The Fly (1958). I'm a Vincent Price fan; what can I say?
Bug (1975). Sentient cockroaches. How scary is that?!?
Them! (1954). A more thoughtful look at giant radioactive insects run amok.
The Deadly Mantis (1957). A giant praying mantis! It says grace before it eats you!
Horrors of Spider Island (1960). Just because no one has mentioned it yet and it made me laugh.

Hey! HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND! Ok!
The hell with the DEADLY BEES!
HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND!!!
Dem Spider Island girls...!
I wish they all could be Spider Island girrrrrls.....!

CAT FIGHT!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI5Kg_vE9gU

Leah · June 05, 2011, 09:50:55 AM

Quote from: RCMerchant on June 04, 2011, 03:39:24 PM
1.THEM! (1954)
2.TARANTULA (1955)
3.The GIANT SPIDER INVASION (1975)
4.the DEADLY BEES (1967)
5.the BLACK SCORPION (1957)

(scorpians are bugs,right?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfKakOgshxw

Scorpions are indeed Bugs

My list:
A Bug's Life
Them!
Creepshow
The Deadly Mantis
Phase IV

God the Worms · June 06, 2011, 02:52:51 AM

Starship Troopers
Bug (1975)
Squirm
Naked Lunch (they're central to the "plot")
Sick Girl (2006, Lucky McKee's Masters of Horror entry)

Couchtr26 · June 07, 2011, 12:38:47 AM

Quote from: Hammock Rider on June 05, 2011, 04:34:27 AM
The Swarm

I love the scene with the kid in the hospital. I wonder how someone can see the same thing you do without reference?

Them! (1954) (I know mentioned alot but I love the ants)
Sick Girl (2006) (as Assisted Living Dracula mentioned that one was odd but good)
The Naked Jungle (1954) (It is a bit more real in its depiction)
The Nest (1988) (Watch it, I'm always creeped by cockroaches)
Mothra (1962) (You have to go really big sometimes)

Top 5 Time: Bug Movies

venomx

claws