The Millennium Bug

I happened to find this movie by sheer random luck and decided to give it a go, despite the fact that I didn't really have any hopes for it, given the fact that it did seem to be one of those awful Sci-Fi movies just from the presentation on the cover.

And I will say, now that I have watched it, that it could have been worse. "The Millennium Bug" actually turned out to be a semi-enjoyable movie, which was a nice surprise. And what made it so was perhaps a combination of the way-out-there storyline and some of the colorful characters; here I am thinking of the folks living isolated out in the forest, of course.

"The Millennium Bug" is not a movie that boasts any kind of impressive special effects or CGI, not in the least. The effects in the movie were, from what I reckon, all physical effects, meaning that they didn't resort to using CGI. And that is in itself an impressive feat, as some people cling on to the old school type of effects. But compared to other movies from 2011, then "The Millennium Bug" is hopelessly outdated.

And while we are on the special effects, then I will say that the creature effects were actually good enough, despite the fact that the humongous creature looked like something taken straight from a child's drawing.

This is hardly a movie that you will pick up and watch for a second or third time. Once you have seen it the first time, that is basically all you need. This movie just simply doesn't have the contents to support more than a single viewing.

"The Millennium Bug" had some good moments here and there, and in my opinion it was mainly some of the quirky characters that salvaged the movie and made it sort of watchable and semi-enjoyable.

All in all, then "The Millennium Bug" scores a less than mediocre rating from me, landing on a four out of ten stars.

The makers of 'millennium bug' must have realised the dilemma they faced before they started shooting but carried on regardless. That dilemma is how do you make a feature length movie when you are really good at creating monster effects but lousy at everything else.The answer is quite simple : rip off (very badly) characters and ideas from successful genre flicks , in this case the sawyer family from the Texas chainsaw massacre, story tropes from the backwards horror subgenre and then copy and paste them to the template of any bog standard monster movie Also bathe every scene in retina damaging lighting to detract from the ultra fake looking sets. lastly cast the most hammy and hysterical amateur thespians to delivery your dreary and cliched dialogue. One of the film companies involved in this movie is called no CGI films and yes 'millennium bug' can claim to some damn fine tangible creature effects work, on the flipside i wouldn't be surprised if no talent for script writing films, we're also involved. 3 for the effects, 1 for the rest of the film

I am not a huge horror movie fan but definitely enjoyed this film. And I love the fact that the monsters in this film are man made and not computer generated. It makes it all the more fun. Being an independent film it was closely and precisely made so it looks like it can be a big budget film. The actors were fantastic and delivered. I can really tell the production team are very creative visually! I don't usually write reviews but had to write about this one, because this film cannot be overlooked. If you like CGI free films, great acting, bugs and scary looking monsters, you will love this film. And I think I am in love with Orpheus!

............. I have to admit that I had fun watching it. I know the acting isn't the best, the story's dumb and the monsters kinda ridiculous but I found found some of it to be funny at times.The hillbilly/ backwoods family was so over the top ridiculous that for me it held this together a bit especially the oldest brother. Of course as dumb as the monster looked I still enjoyed the 80's feel to it and as far as I'm concerned, there's nothing wrong with 1980's horror because that's when horror was fun. Give this a chance if you like 1980's movies with a bit of black comedy thrown in the middle, you'll probably like this......I did.

From start to finish, The Millennium Bug is fun and full of surprises! Any fan of horror movies will finds lots to love about this movie. The Millennium Bug creature itself if very wildly imaginative and awesome on screen dishing out brutal creature kills. There are plenty of imaginative gory kills and great one liners peppered throughout as well. One of the best parts of the movie is the Crawford family, especially Billa Crawford played to a perfect redneck villainous pitch by John Charles Meyer. Hopefully I won't have to wait another 1,000 years (how long it takes a Millennium Bug to reach maturity) to wait for another movie from the writer/director Kenneth Cran. Definitely a movie I can't wait to add to my collection.