Jun 29 2009
BUG
Creepy in a different way.
PLOT
Agnes starts getting weird phone calls where the caller doesn’t say anything and she thinks it’s her ex recently released from prison. Her friend RC introduces her to a guy Peter and the three end up partying in her hotel room, drinking and using cocaine. Peter stays after RC leaves and the two start to bond over their hard lives and ends up spending the night. Her ex Jerry turns up and after hitting her, he takes off while Peter helps her take care of her bruises. They sleep together after they bond again, but he wakes up in the middle of the night after being bitten by a bug. He tells her that it’s an aphid and she keeps telling him that she can’t see anything. Eventually he tells her that he was infected by something in the army and is worried that she has it too. Slowly Agnes finds herself getting wrapped into his life and trapped in his own psychosis.
TRIVIA
Based on the play of the same name.
THOUGHTS
I know that Bug isn’t technically a horror movie, but I find it incredibly creepy so I decided to give it a quick review. This movie is scary and intense on a lot of levels that modern day horror movies can’t reach. The entire movie is closely contained, taking part in only a few different rooms and it has a slightly claustrophobic feel. On top of that, the sheer acting is creepy and the plot is off the wall and strange too. The only thing I can say is that if you haven’t seen it before, you should see it now.
