Most attempts to recapture the Big Bug B-movie magic of yesteryear are either impossibly camp or gratuitously graphic, but this modestly budgeted effort has a certain low key charm. WGil (Bernie Kopell) and Cammie Griffin (Anne Lockhart) buy a resort inn in rustic Mountain View and move there with their daughter Shannon (Katherine Heigl). But they get much more than they bargained for: In a nearby cave, a toxic giant roach awakens from hibernation and starts biting locals like beach bunny Veronica Hart (Meredith Salenger). Sheriff Carlson (James Doohan) orders his deputy, Bo (Ty O' Neal), to close the beach; the Griffins fret about losing business, which is exactly...
Released:
1999
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
93 mins