Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Woodyanders A disgusting batch of cannibalistic cockroaches caused by your usual illegal'n'unscrupulous scientific mishap terrorize a heretofore dull and peaceful small island community. Sure, the plot sounds dumb and unpromising, but luckily the solid direction by Terrence Winkless (who co-wrote "The Howling"), several quirky and engaging secondary characters (Stephan Davies in particular steals the film with a sidesplitting portrayal of the burg's klutzy, sloppy, eccentric resident exterminator who prefers to be called "a pest control agent"), a clever script by Robert King which has occasional dollops of amusingly macabre black humor (the single most bravura darkly funny comic moment is when endangered waitress Nancy Morgan butchers a bunch of roaches in her diner while "La Cucaracha" blasts on the soundtrack), pretty gruesome and creepy roach attack scenes, nasty and convincing make-up f/x by Cary Howe, a nice turn by the underrated Diana ("Stripped to Kill," "Spellbinder") Bellamy as a whiny old battle axe with a broken foot (the scene where the roaches crawl into her cast is a real hoot), and a wonderfully wicked performance by gorgeous redhead Terri ("The Terror Witin") Treas as a bitchy, cold-hearted evil lady scientist who derives erotic pleasure out of the roaches nibbling on her fingers make this baby a pleasantly enjoyable winner. The only flaw here is the three weak leads: Robert ("Empire of the Ants") Lansing as the corrupt mayor, Lisa ("Deadly Eyes") Langlois as Hizzoner's bimbo daughter, and Robert ("Ghost Town") Luz as the earnest, drippy sheriff are all numbingly bland. That fault aside, "The Nest" overall rates as a superior revolt-of-nature killer animal fright feature.

The_Void The 1980's were a breeding ground for this sort of horror film - cheap, tacky and devoid of anything even resembling a point or an intellect. However, many of these films are fun, easy viewing and although they aren't exceptional in any way, they're a nice waste of time. The Nest is a film that fits that bill pretty cleanly. The plot (or lack thereof) follows an evil corporation that has engineered a new species of Super-Roach™ to wipe out the bog-standard ordinary cockroaches. Naturally, something goes wrong and these new Super-Roaches™ want a more varied diet than their fellow bug and so decide to start eating flesh instead. Oh dear. However, it gets better as these bugs aren't just ordinary bugs that happen to eat flesh, they also have the ability to merge with their subjects, which leads to lots of different hybrids of bug, including dog-bugs and, best of all, a human bug hybrid; which features in one of the most hilarious special effect sequences of the entire 1980's.Make no mistake, this film is rubbish. The acting in particular is terrible, with Robert Lansing providing the heroics and, well, he's no Arnold Schwarzenegger, let's put it that way. Most of the cast are miscast, but one highlight of casting is Stephen Davies, in the role of the over the top bug hunter. Bad films often try and cover up their crappyness with silly characters, and The Nest is no exception. The glaring casting mistake is Terri Treas, who plays the scientist who becomes obsessed with studying the new type of insect. Treas would have been believable as a gardener, or a hairdresser or even the woman on one of those irritating shopping channels - but not a scientist. I know it's just 80's kitsch, but come on! As mentioned, the effects in the film aren't bad. They're not very realistic (but how could they be?), but they're gory and get the job done. One problem with the film, though, is that it gets boring on too many occasions and you will no doubt find yourself just waiting out the talking scenes until the next part with gore comes on. Still, if you're after daft horror, you could do worse.

HumanoidOfFlesh The quiet town of North Port is being overrun by cockroaches!Sheriff Tarbell(Franc Luz)believes that genetic experiments being conducted by the INTEC corporation are the cause.Confronted with the potential disaster,Mayor Johnson(Robert Lansing)calls for help.When Dr.Hubbard(Terri Treas)arrives,she quickly realizes that an innocent experiment has gone terribly wrong.Ordinary roaches are turning into creatures with a taste for blood.Worse,the roaches are genetically mutating...literally becoming whatever they eat."The Nest" perfectly blends grisly gore with humour.The movie has its flaws and it's slightly predictable,but I enjoyed it.The acting is decent and the direction is well-handled.The gore is pretty strong and the special effects are excellent.So if you're a fan of 80's horror give it a look.Killer cockroaches chewing people up and lots of gore,what more can you ask?

matthew87 Ants dont scare me,and nor do spiders.But roaches are the one thing that freak me out. I think this movie had good special effects for 1988,and I thought it had a good cast of character actors.A good companion to this movie is the bug [1975] which has a similar plot about killer roaches.