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Stars:
Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles, and Patricia McCormack
Writers:
William Castle and Thomas Page
Based
On The Book By: Thomas Page
Director:
Jeannot Szwarc
Feature
length: 100 minutes
Languages:
English Two-Channel Monaural Sound
Subtitles:
English Captions and Closed Captions
Packaging:
Keep Case
Chapter
Stops: 11
Sound:
Two-Channel Monaural Sound
Year
of Theatrical Release: 1975/DVD Release: 2004
Theatrical
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Home
Video Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment
MPAA
Rating: PG
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
The
great genre film producer William Castle co-wrote this big screen adaptation of
Thomas Page’s novel about an ancient and dangerous breed of foot-long
cockroaches from deep within the Earth. After an Earthquake uncovers this
previously unknown species, an entomologist begins to breed these insects with
surface roaches and potentially unleashes a deadly new mutation upon the globe
that threatens the balance of the ecology and humanity’s position as the
dominant sentient species on the planet.
It
is no surprise that long after humanity has gone the way of the dinosaurs,
insects will still be alive and well and there are definitely many sorts of
creatures all over the globe that have yet to be classified and catalogued. (Trust
me, I live in New York City ;)) So I can suspend my disbelief enough to
think that there could be an insect that can spontaneously create fire since it
feeds on the ash it creates. However I hate insects. They really creep me out,
especially the ones that are big, can fly, and can sting or bite the daylights
out of you. I haven’t seen “Bug” since I was a kid back in the 1970s and
the bug effects, which mix real roaches with animated ones still makes my skin
crawl. Though the film is not gory, I do not recommend anyone with even the
slightest aversion toward insects to view this DVD while eating. I made that
mistake and I almost couldn’t finish my lunch.
Presented
in a (1.85:1) aspect ratio that is enhanced for 16 by 9 televisions, “Bug”
looks pretty sharp for a mid 1970s thriller with some scenes revealing a fair
amount of grain, but ironically the stock footage actually matches up pretty
well with the scenes shot specifically for the film and even looks better than
those few grainy moments in the film. A clear English Two-Channel Monaural
Soundtrack is also encoded onto the DVD along with English Captions and Closed
Captions for the hearing impaired as options.
The
interactive menus are standard still frames and are all easy to navigate. No
extra value features are encoded onto the disc, but the suggested retail price
is a low $14.99, which means you can probably purchase this title for less on or
offline if you shop around. “Bug” is available on DVD-Video now courtesy of
Paramount Home Entertainment.
©
Copyright 2004 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.
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