Directed by:
William FriedkinCinematography:
Michael GradyComposer:
Brian TylerVOD (2)
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Looking for terror that will really get under your skin? Then watch this harrowing horror film from the director of "The Exorcist." Ashley Judd stars as a troubled waitress who shacks up in a run-down hotel with former soldier Michael Shannon--who quickly brings the paranoia through the roof when he tells her the room is infested with microscopic bugs courtesy of evil government experiments. (Home Box Office)
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Bug is not an audience-friendly or pleasant film. It is, however, remarkable and admirable in how believable and psychologically precise it is in portraying a weak individual’s descent into a highly paranoid hell. And also thanks to the interesting idea that when we enter into romantic relationships, we not only gain but also lose something. Bug is actually a different kind of romance about a fated encounter of two losers. A romance according to William Friedkin.
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A pretty interesting psycho-thriller (though the first half is more a dramatic probe into the lower layers of American society). The name made me expect something very different. Even though the story takes place basically in one room, the film holds the tension without problem and the two sicko protagonists are very good. PS: The conspiracy subplot would be good in The X-Files.
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