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Release Date:
September 25, 1987
Original Title:
Blue Monkey
Alternate Titles:
Alerta roja en el gran hospital
Insect
Insect!
Invasion of the Bodysuckers
Το Έντομο
Genres:
Horror | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
Mithras
Production Countries:
Canada | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
RO: 15 US: R
Runtime: 96
While working in a greenhouse, a man receives an insect bite after touching an exotic plant. Immediately, he falls ill and is taken to an emergency room where the doctors diagnose him as suffering from an unknown bacteria, and a strange parasite which emerges from his mouth as a large slimy wormlike creature. Soon, there are more cases of bacterial infection, but the more immediate problem for the hospital is the wormlike creature which after accidental exposure to a genetic growth stimulant grows to monstrous proportions and starts a reign of terror and bloodshed in the hospitals abandoned wing.
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Art Direction:
Reuben Freed
Associate Producer:
Risa Gertner
Casting:
Paul Bengston
David Cohn
Anne Tait
Creature Design:
Steve Neill
Todd Masters
Michael F. Hoover
Mark Williams
Director:
William Fruet
Director of Photography:
Brenton Spencer
Editor:
Michael Fruet
Executive Producer:
Tom Fox
Sandy Howard
Michael Masciarelli
Makeup Effects:
Bruce Barlow
Original Music Composer:
Patrick Coleman
Paul Novotny
Producer:
Martin Walters
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